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An online magazine offering reporting, opinion, and analysis on global environmental issues. Published at the Yale School of the Environment.
A Trump administration plan would allow roads in untouched parts of the Tongass in Alaska, opening wilderness to logging. "Short of replacing forests with, say, shopping malls, roading is the worst thing done to them," writes Ted Williams. Read more: bit.ly/4lsnkUP
A Trump plan would allow road-building in untouched parts of Alaska's Tongass, the world's largest intact temperate rainforest. "Short of replacing forests with, say, shopping malls, roading is the worst thing done to them," writes Ted Williams. e360.yale.edu/features/tonga…
Pakistan is undergoing a massive solar boom. "Pakistan wasn’t expecting to do this for at least 10 or 20 years," says analyst Muhammad Mustafa Amjad. "It was always supposed to be the U.S. and China first." Read more: bit.ly/3IlDK2r
To protect Europe against a Russian invasion, experts are calling for restoring eastern wetlands. “Throughout human history, battles were won or lost because of mountains, bogs, or rivers,” a scientist notes. e360.yale.edu/features/europ…
Carbon trading schemes are costly and complex. In Liberia, where illegal logging is rife, hopes of selling carbon credits from forests have gone unfulfilled. A new plan will pay communities up front and in cash if they agree to protect their trees. e360.yale.edu/features/liber…
China broke ground this week on a massive dam project in the longest and deepest canyon in the world. Experts fear the impact on wildlife in the river gorge, which is home to snow leopards, Bengal tigers, and the tallest tree in Asia. e360.yale.edu/digest/chinach…
From our archives: A.I. weather forecasts are cheaper to produce than conventional forecasts, and in most cases more accurate too. Read more: bit.ly/4jcpXsD
A new scheme will pay Liberian villagers up front and in cash if they agree to protect their forests. "There is no wasting money on carbon accounting or international consultants," says an expert. "And critically, it is easy to understand — by everyone." e360.yale.edu/features/liber…
Liberia is losing forests to illegal logging at an alarming rate. But there is new hope. A novel scheme will pay villagers up front in cash if they agree to banish loggers and protect their trees. e360.yale.edu/features/liber…
In war zones from Ukraine to Sudan, seed banks are coming under fire. Salvaged seeds — which may be needed to grow crops in a warming world — are being rushed to the “doomsday” vault in Norway. e360.yale.edu/features/seed-…
Pakistan is undergoing a massive solar boom. "Pakistan wasn’t expecting to do this for at least 10 or 20 years," says analyst Muhammad Mustafa Amjad. "It was always supposed to be the U.S. and China first." Read more: bit.ly/3IlDK2r
When Europeans arrived to the Pacific Northwest, they spread smallpox to the Indigenous people, plundered salmon, hunted down deer, and erected sprawling cities. New research details the profound impact, in numbers. e360.yale.edu/digest/pacific…
A Trump plan would allow road-building in untouched parts of the Tongass, America's biggest and wildest national forest. The last time Trump sought to allow roads in the Tongass, 96 percent of public comments were opposed, Ted Williams writes. e360.yale.edu/features/tonga…
From our archives: Nuclear startups are aiming to recycle spent fuel to power reactors, but the recycling process yields material that could be used in nuclear weapons. e360.yale.edu/features/nucle…
A new study finds that logging can reshape watersheds in surprising ways, leading to dramatically more flooding in some, while having little impact on others. e360.yale.edu/digest/clearcu…
When Europeans arrived to the Pacific Northwest, they spread smallpox to the Indigenous people, plundered salmon, hunted down deer, and erected sprawling cities. New research details the profound impact, in numbers. e360.yale.edu/digest/pacific…
An ice core taken from the European Alps was found to date back at least 12,000 years. The core, the oldest sample yet taken in the region, holds a record of history stretching back before the dawn of human civilization. e360.yale.edu/digest/french-…
A new study finds that logging can reshape watersheds in surprising ways, leading to dramatically more flooding in some, while having little impact on others. e360.yale.edu/digest/clearcu…
A Trump plan would allow roads on more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Roads open wilderness to traffic, logging, and mining, writes Ted Williams. Elevated culverts, built where roads cross streams, block migrating fish. e360.yale.edu/features/tonga…
When Europeans arrived to the Pacific Northwest, they spread smallpox to the Indigenous people, plundered salmon, hunted down deer, and erected sprawling cities. New research details the profound impact, in numbers. e360.yale.edu/digest/pacific…