How climate change affects health in the US (and elsewhere)

For health, climate change is a catchall detrimental factor, increasing hazards across the board

A wildfire recovery guide for California

Many good-intentioned people take wrong steps after a fire because of ignorance. The California Native Plant Society has released a guide for …

Climate change: More Tamil Nadu children at diarrhoea risk

The relation between warmer and wetter weather and diarrhoea has been well established in other parts of the world

Can bicycle sharing reduce global carbon emissions?

Shared bicycles can be part of a more sustainable world; but, ridership needs to expand beyond those who are already committed to a green lifestyle

America’s urban timber movement

Instead of turning trees in urban areas into mulch or sending them to the sawmill, US cities are harvesting them locally, lessening their carbon …

Ecological drought: where not just humanity but ecosystems suffer

US scientists have defined a new type of drought brought about by climate change, one which increases the vulnerability of ecosystems