huge expanses of rainforest cleared by industrial soybean producers, Brazil

Giant Food Producer ADM Embraces No-Deforestation Policy

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) pledged to help stop Deforestation by committing itself to ‘build traceable and transparent agricultural supply chains that protect forests worldwide’. Their...

Climate Change May Mean Faster Tarantulas

If you need another reason to convince others to reduce their carbon emissions this study could be just the ticket. Researchers at Harvey Mudd College...
Bird's nest, Beijing National Stadium, China shrouded in smog

Beijing to shut its last major coal plant down next year

Beijing, the capital of China is leading the country in a fight against pollution. Next year Beijing is going to close the last of...

Nestlé Keeps Bottling California’s Water Despite Drought

The drought in California has gradually become worse over the past few years, yet companies bottling drinking water continue to unprecedently pump out and make...

Global Forest Watch Monitors Deforestation Almost in Real Time

Global Forest Watch is a new interactive online tool, which helps monitoring and management of world's forest cover. Backed by Google, UNEP and USAid among...
Electric vehicles could cut the heat in Beijing.

Electric Vehicles Could Reduce Summer City Emissions, say Researchers

We already know that electric vehicles can significantly reduce emissions, merely by virtue of the fact that they can be recharged via renewable energy,...

Jet Stream Messed Up, Accelerating Climate Change

The effects of man-made greenhouse gas emissions is worse than we thought.  Not only is it melting the polar caps, there is also evidence...
Sea level rise means this Portland, Maine, lighthouse is too close to the water.

Sea Level Rise Not Just a Theory in Northeastern US

Ask any climate change denier about sea level rise, and you'll get the usual mishmash of “lacking anecdotal evidence” and “normal cycle” nonsense, instead...
In the arctic, some point to disappearing ice shelves and methane plumes as proof that climate change is happening. In the permafrost of the Russian steppe, people point at holes in the ground.

Big Hole in Russia Appearing Due to Climate Change

Thanks to ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that human activity is pumping into the atmosphere, climate change is increasing average...

Sea-Level Rise – Five Crucial Consequences

Sea level rise results in flooding, everyone knows that much. But this goes way beyond only that, and to demonstrate it, here is a...