Nicaragua’s South Caribbean Coast Improves Readiness for Climate Change
The effects of climate change have hit Nicaragua’s Caribbean coastal regions hard in the last decade and have forced the authorities and local residents to take protection and adaptation measures to address the phenomenon that has gradually undermined their safety and changed their way of life.
Water streaming across Antarctica surprises, worries scientists
In a unique study spanning the entire continent, scientists have found that water is gushing across Antarctica — more than they ever realized.
Why people are marching for science: ‘There is no Planet B’
Earth Day has arrived, and so has the March for Science — a global event on six continents (and cheered on by scientists on a seventh, Antarctica).
See How the View of Earth From Space Has Changed Over 21 Years
In honor of Earth Day 2017, TIME partnered with scientists at the Environmental Defense Fund to create a never-before-seen animation of 21 years of nighttime imagery of the Earth.
The Vanishing Nile: A Great River Faces a Multitude of Threats
The Nile River is under assault on two fronts – a massive dam under construction upstream in Ethiopia and rising sea levels leading to saltwater intrusion downstream.
Earth Day 2017 – April 22: Environmental & Climate Literacy
Earth Day 2017’s Campaign is Environmental & Climate Literacy. Education is the foundation for progress. We need to build a global citizenry fluent in the concepts of climate change and aware of its unprecedented threat to our planet. We need to empower everyone with the knowledge to inspire action in defense of environmental protection.
Blooming Gibraltar
At the strait’s narrowest point, Africa stands just 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Europe. But the narrow waterway is a complex environment that gives rise to striking phytoplankton blooms when conditions are right.
BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in US history. This is the first comprehensive appraisal of the financial value of the natural resources damaged by the 134-million-gallon spill.
Trillions of Plastic Bits, Swept Up by Current, Are Littering Arctic Waters
Pollution is now as dense in the northernmost ocean as it is in the Atlantic and Pacific..