The Conversation USPlay buttonCoral Reefs Biodiversity helps coral reefs thrive – and could be part of strategies to save themtheconversation.com - Cody Clements Coral reefs are home to so many species that they often are called “the rainforests of the seas.” Today they face a daunting range of threats, …
The Conversation USElectricity Is burning trash a good way to handle it? Waste incineration in 5 chartstheconversation.com - Ana Baptista Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an …
The Conversation USMe Too Movement Women are rising in the conservation movement, but still face #MeToo challengestheconversation.com - Megan Jones and Jennifer Solomon The #MeToo movement has caused profound shake-ups at organizations across the U.S. in the last two years. So far, however, it has left many …
The Conversation USVirginia The Supreme Court's Virginia uranium ruling hints at the limits of federal powertheconversation.com - Cale Jaffe Virginia has the authority to ban uranium mining under state law, even as the federal government regulates the processing of nuclear fuel under the …
The Conversation USPlay buttonU.S. Central Command The Defense Department is worried about climate change – and also a huge carbon emittertheconversation.com - Neta C. Crawford Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern. They project that …
The Conversation USPlay buttonEverglades Climate change alters what's possible in restoring Florida's Evergladestheconversation.com - William Nuttle The Everglades are a vast network of subtropical freshwater wetland and estuarine ecosystems that once spanned the length and breadth of south …
The Conversation USPlay buttonPlastic As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at hometheconversation.com - Kate O'Neill Kate O'Neill is a Friend of The Conversation. Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are following suit. On May 28, 2019, …
The Conversation USPlay buttonGreat Lakes Climate change is driving rapid shifts between high and low water levels on the Great Lakestheconversation.com - Drew Gronewold and Richard B. Rood The North American Great Lakes contain about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. In May, new high water level records were set on Lakes …
The Conversation USPlay button Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democraciestheconversation.com - Eric Freedman What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there’s no journalist to report it? That’s …
The Conversation USRenewable Energy A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than neededtheconversation.com - Richard Perez and Karl R. Rabago The famous inventor Edwin Land said, “It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” He seemed to be telling us that …
The Conversation USPlay buttonMichigan State University The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enoughtheconversation.com - Joan Rose Most Americans take clean drinking water for granted as a convenience of modern life. The United States has one of the world’s safest drinking water …
The Conversation USPlay buttonWhaling High-tech fishing gear could help save critically endangered right whalestheconversation.com - Michael Moore and Hannah Myers Many fish, marine mammals and seabirds that inhabit the world’s oceans are critically endangered, but few are as close to the brink as the North …
The Conversation USPlay buttonFlorida State University How rural areas like Florida's Panhandle can become more hurricane-readytheconversation.com - Eren Erman Ozguven When Hurricane Michael roared onto northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast in October 2018, its 160 mile-per-hour winds made it the strongest storm ever to …
The Conversation USPlay buttonTropical Cyclones Getting ready for hurricane season: 4 essential readstheconversation.com - Jennifer Weeks The official Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, even as many communities are still recovering from a destructive year in 2018. Hurricane …
The Conversation USPlay button Misreading the story of climate change and the Mayatheconversation.com - Kenneth Seligson Carbon dioxide concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere have reached 415 parts per million – a level that last occurred more than three million years …
The Conversation US Hydropower dams can harm coastal areas far downstreamtheconversation.com - Paula Ezcurra and Octavio Aburto Thousands of hydroelectric dams are under construction around the world, mainly in developing countries. These enormous structures are one of the …
The Conversation US Populist alliances of 'cowboys and Indians' are protecting rural landstheconversation.com - Zoltan Grossman The sea of red on recent election maps make it look like rural areas are uniformly populated by Republicans. And conventional wisdom suggests that …
The Conversation USPlay button Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives as artificial reefstheconversation.com - Ann Scarborough Bull and Milton Love Offshore oil and gas drilling has been a contentious issue in California for 50 years, ever since a rig ruptured and spilled 80,000 to 100,000 …
The Conversation USPlay button How is climate change affecting fishes? There are clues inside their earstheconversation.com - Karin Limburg Climate change affects all life on Earth, but it poses unique challenges for aquatic species. For example, as water warms it holds less dissolved …
The Conversation USPlay button Deep sea carbon reservoirs once superheated the Earth – could it happen again?theconversation.com - Lowell D. Stott As concern grows over human-induced climate change, many scientists are looking back through Earth’s history to events that can shed light on changes …
The Conversation US Trump's 'energy dominance' ambitions hit another snag on the West Coasttheconversation.com - Shawn Olson Hazboun and Hilary Boudet Oregon environmental authorities have denied a permit for the the Jordan Cove natural gas export project, citing concerns about water pollution and …
The Conversation USPlay button Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year – it's time to protect themtheconversation.com - Michael Beck The news is grim: According to a report compiled by hundreds of scientists from 50 countries, Earth is losing species faster than at any other time …
The Conversation USPlay button What geology reveals about North Korea's nuclear weapons – and what it obscurestheconversation.com - Marshall Rogers-Martinez North Korea’s leader, Chairman Kim Jong Un, clearly is in no hurry to demilitarize his country. In the wake of two historic yet unproductive summits …
The Conversation US Why reducing carbon emissions from cars, trucks and ships will be so hardtheconversation.com - David Keith and Christopher R. Knittel A growing number of cities, states and countries aim to dramatically reduce or even eliminate carbon emissions to avert catastrophic levels of …
The Conversation USFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Why reducing carbon emissions from cars and trucks will be so hardtheconversation.com - David Keith and Christopher R. Knittel A growing number of cities, states and countries aim to dramatically reduce or even eliminate carbon emissions to avert catastrophic levels of …
The Conversation US Many electric utilities are struggling – will more go bankrupt?theconversation.com - Theodore J. Kury Over the past 12 months, consumers in the U.S. have experienced the disappearance of familiar retailers, such as Toys R Us and Sears, due in part to …
The Conversation USPlay button Trump offshore drilling plan may be dead in the water, but there are better ways to lead on energytheconversation.com - Scott L. Montgomery Scott L. Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation. President Trump’s effort to expand offshore oil and gas exploration has stalled, and may be dead in the water. The newest obstacle is an April ruling …
The Conversation USPlay button As air pollution increases in some US cities, the Trump administration is weakening clean air regulationstheconversation.com - Jason West and Barbara Turpin Air pollution kills. In the United States, 1 of every 25 deaths occurs prematurely because of exposure to outdoor air pollution. It kills more …
The Conversation USPlay button Is an 'insect apocalypse' happening? How would we know?theconversation.com - Brian Lovett Insects scuttle, chew and fly through the world around us. Humans rely on them to pollinate plants, prey on insects that we don’t get along with, and …
