The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit news organization bringing readers facts and analysis from researchers and scientists to help them make sense of a complex world. Why would a young ...

Last year, record wildfires fueled by dry conditions incinerated large swaths of Bolivia’s forests, wetlands and other ecosystems, burning an area larger than the state of Indiana. The blazes ...

There is something humbling about realizing that the most urgent climate questions we wrestle with today were, in many ways, already being answered decades ago. Scientists, policymakers, and ordinary ...

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Despite progress, capital deployment for the energy transition and climate action remains uneven across sectors and geographies. Policymakers, capital allocators, and industry stakeholders need to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anjali Chaudhry is an educator, researcher, and a climate ambassador. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

Why would a young Republican back solar power but reject a carbon tax? Why would two Democrats agree that climate change is real but split over a policy that would charge households more if they ...

The climate during the Little Ice Age also influenced various military campaigns due to its effects on the region's weather and the lake's conditions. During the War of 1812, for instance, two ...

Learn how to balance mitigation activities in the shorter term with long-term investments that will help your organization adapt to future changes. Climate change is causing severe weather, ...

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the ...

SURVIVOR STORY: There’s a new climate advocacy group in town and it’s taking inspiration from an unusual source on how to make disasters personal — the anti-gun violence movement. Extreme Weather ...

Students in Vicki Sando’s class at PS 41 draw up their plans for a container to protect a sea turtle egg. Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education ...