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Trump issues Earth Day message without mentioning climate change
President praised the benefits of a ‘strong market economy’ but did not echo warnings from scientists on rising temperatures
5 facts on water and climate change
Climate change is about much more than polar bears – it is about the lives of millions of children around the world who are at risk of climate related disasters – such as storms, floods and droughts. On World Water Day, we kicked off a virtual #ClimateChain campaign, with people around the world standing untied for action and protecting the futures of children. The effects of climate change are first felt through water – through droughts, floods or storms. When these disasters hit…
How Soil Microbes Fight Climate Change
They're our microscopic allies in making dirt a major resource for storing excess carbon
Dirt's Key Role In Climate Change: How Soil Captures Carbon
In conversations about climate change, the role of soil often comes up as one way to sequester carbon. Better soil management would retain more carbon in
How to reduce home water use in an age of drought and climate change
Even if you don’t live in an area with mandatory conservation measures, cutting back on your use can save water, energy and money.
What to do when climate change poses a risk to your water supply
Assessing and tackling the risk of contamination will be essential to business success in the 21st-century economy
Water wars: How conflicts over resources are set to rise amid climate change
Conserving forests, wetlands and watersheds, including those around cities, can help absorb rainfall, helping stem crop losses from flooding and drought.
How will climate change affect rainfall?
As the world warms, rainfall will increase overall but changes in distribution will increase droughts as well as floods
How to treat wastewater in the climate change era?
If you manage a wastewater treatment plant, you already know it’s time to get serious about climate change. Utilities are under pressure to deliver more with less, especially when it comes to energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Whether your forecast calls for intense droughts or storm clouds ahead, the silver lining is that plenty of solutions are readily available.
How Will Climate Change Impact Water?
Access to fresh water supplies is a critically important societal challenge posed by climate change. Center for Climate and Life scientists examine how changing…
How minimum tillage helps to cope with climate change
It helps reduce moisture loss to wind and sunshine
Why peatlands matter in the battle against climate change
Living peatlands sequester carbon-dioxide, drawing it down from the atmosphere through plants and trapping it underground as carbon
How sci-fi could help solve climate change
50 years before the first photovoltaic cell was put to use, the women of “Ladyland” were thriving on solar energy
How Big Oil could walk the talk on climate change
These major contributors to global warming must swiftly get on board with climate action—or get out of the way.
Why Climate Change Could Make Hurricane Impact Worse
Rising sea levels means higher waters during powerful storms
Geoengineering May Be Our Last Resort for Climate Change. What If It Fails?
Using sulfur particles to dim the sun is considered a last-ditch remedy for an overheated planet. But a new finding suggests we should be skeptical.
How water is helping to end 'the first climate change war'
A pioneering irrigation project in North Darfur is bringing people together again
How will the West solve a water crisis if climate change continues to get worse?
A decades-long megadrought spurred by climate change is drying the West, but will it run out of water?
How ‘Water: A Biography’ addresses climate change, resource security and more
Giulio Boccaletti , an expert on environmental concerns, says the choices about our landscape are political ones.
Droughts, Heat Waves and Floods: How to Tell When Climate Change Is to Blame
Weather forecasters will soon provide instant assessments of global warming’s influence on extreme events
How Climate Change Could Make Extreme Rain Even Worse
