How Wildfire Smoke Affects Your Body
Youth Global WarmingIsabelle MacNeil spoke to two doctors and an air pollution expert to find out how wildfire smoke can affect our bodies.
These Countries Are Cheating
Adults Global WarmingBy overcounting how much carbon their forests suck up, and undercounting how much carbon their industries release, countries undercount their total carbon emissions.
Melting Ice Experiment
Kids Global WarmingToday, we delve into a crucial aspect of climate change - the melting of ice caps and how they impact sea levels.
Are Our Allergies Getting Worse?
Youth Global WarmingKids News contributor Arjun Ram investigates how issues like global warming may have impacted allergy season and what kids can do to get help.
Greenwashing
Youth Global WarmingDo you ever see companies using terms like “sustainable” or “eco-friendly?” It could be a clue that they are doing something called greenwashing.
A Love Letter To The Ocean
Youth Global WarmingLearn about the vital role the ocean plays in the carbon cycle and in regulating Earth’s climate with this poem.
Studying Forest Biomass From Space
Youth Global WarmingForestry expert Maurizio Santoro explains how the use of various data can bring a great contribution/benefit to the field of mapping biomass.
Wasted: Fast Fashion
Youth Global WarmingNew season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away: the pollution, waste, and emissions of fast fashion are fuelling an ecological crisis.
Rescuing Indigenous Knowledge In The Andes To Restore Ecosystems
Youth Global WarmingConstantino Aucca Chutas has pioneered a community reforestation model driven by local and Indigenous communities, which has led to three million trees being planted in Peru.
Endangered Cuban Crocodiles
Youth Global WarmingIn Cuba, a unique species of crocodile is at risk of extinction.
Agrology: Helping Farmers Grow More Sustainably
Youth Global WarmingAdam and Tyler co-founded Agrology to help farmers adapt to changing climates.
Why Don’t We Cover The Desert With Solar Panels?
Youth Global WarmingExplore what would happen if we covered the Sahara Desert in solar panels, and the possibility of it solving our energy crisis.
Watch A Free-Diver Rescue This Entangled Whale Shark
Adults Global WarmingA Hawaiian family spotted this whale shark while free-diving off the coast of Lanai. First, they were excited about the rare sighting of the 20-foot-long endangered shark.
Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic
Adults Global WarmingModern life would be impossible without plastic - but we have long since lost control over our invention.
97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree
Adults Global WarmingDo 97% of climate scientists really agree that humans are the main cause of climate change? Yep! Here's what the 97 percent statistic *really* means.
What Could Survive An Atomic Bomb?
Adults Global WarmingModern weapons are vastly more powerful than the relatively small bomb, so fewer cockroaches would survive today's nukes.
British Diver Exposes Sea Of Plastic Rubbish Off Bali Coast
Adults Global WarmingThe ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift of a slick of jellyfish, plankton, leaves, branches, fronds, sticks, etc.... Oh, and some plastic.
How long will human impacts last? - David Biello
Adults Global WarmingImagine aliens land on Earth a million years from now. What will these curious searchers find of us? They will find what geologists, scientists, and other experts are increasingly calling the Anthropocene, or new age of mankind. David Biello explains how the impacts that humans have made have become so pervasive, profound, and permanent that some geologists believe we merit our own epoch.
The Nuclear Waste Problem
Adults Global WarmingNuclear energy is one of the cleanest, most efficient, and most available sources of power on earth.
What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare
Adults Global WarmingIs it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history's biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons.