Category: Environment
The Animal Crisis Is a Human Crisis
The systems that harm animals go hand in hand with systems that harm humans. Combating…
How Insect ‘Civilizations’ Recast Our Place in the Universe
When looking to other creatures for signs of intelligence, insects are rarely the most obvious…
Qatar: Faster Than We Thought
Omar El Akkado in Orion: I grew up in Qatar, a tiny peninsula off the…
‘Rivers in Bangladesh Have Vanished Due to the Effect of the Farakka Barrage’
Although flooding has become a routine annual affair in Bangladesh, more than half of its…
Scaling the World’s Largest Urban Vertical Farming Network
In a conversation with McKinsey, Infarm CEO and cofounder Erez Galonska shares his passion and…
Human Ingenuity Would Ultimately Rise to the Challenge of Net-Zero Emission
Financed Emissions Threaten Climate Stability Poorer countries and those reliant on fossil fuels are most…
Global Warming Will Make Record-Breaking Temperatures in India and Pakistan Much More Frequent
Jude Coleman in Nature: Human-induced climate change made the deadly heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan…
Ramez Naam on how to beat Putin, solve climate change, and build the future
Noah Smith’s interview with Ramez Naam, futurist, author, and investor, in Noahpinion: When I want…
Scientists succeed for first time growing plants in soil from the moon
University of Florida scientists have managed to grow plants in lunar soil for the first…
This is What We Need to Invent to Fight Climate Change
The world now has many of the tools needed to keep climate change in check,…
Austerity and Renewables
A new IMF-approved tax regime is crippling Pakistan’s green energy sector Lee Harris in Phenomenal…
A Lake in Florida Is Suing to Protect Itself
Lake Mary Jane, in central Florida, could be harmed by development. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit asks…