Archive for May 2023
Africa’s energy future and the fight over the EACOP pipeline
African nations like Nigeria bank on oil and gas resources. But pushback against the EACOP project points to risk and the renewable future.
Brussels must show solidarity with farmers in drought-hit southern regions
Steeped in a deteriorating drought since January, Spain is taking action to pull its hardest-hit regions back from the brink.
We can drastically cut plastic pollution, the UN says
As much as 80% of plastic waste can be eliminated within less than two decades.
A tiny invading insect could wreak havoc in Antarctica
The tiny midge is an 'ecosystem engineer' in a similar way to earthworms in temperate soil systems.
Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences
The countries that suffer the most from climate change are precisely those that are the least responsible.
Greenland’s glaciers are even more prone to melting than previously thought
The newly discovered ice-ocean interactions make the glaciers more sensitive to ocean warming.