An Agricultural Crime against Humanity
It doesn’t get madder than this. Swaziland is in the grip of a famine and receiving emergency food aid. Forty percent of its people are facing acute food shortages.
Alarming or Alarmist?
A Review of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas
Walking Canes
Invasive toads prone to debilitating arthritis infections
No Room at the Top
Climate change forces birds to live at higher and higher altitudes-until there’s nowhere to go
Boreal Forests Aflame
More and bigger fires are turning the taiga into a carbon source
Greener Grass
Could switchgrass be the next biofuel?
Flood Insurance
Revisiting an old debate, study finds that forest cover reduces flooding in 56 countries
Flood Insurance
Revisiting an old debate, study finds that forest cover reduces flooding in 56 countries
Lonely Polar Nights
Selective hunting of male polar bears could dangerously skew sex ratios
The Heat of Battle
Historical climate changes linked to war and famine