Swamps Can Protect Against Climate Change, If We Only Let Them
"Wetlands absorb carbon dioxide and buffer the excesses of drought and flood, yet we’ve drained much of this land. Can we learn to love our swamps? … more »
"Wetlands absorb carbon dioxide and buffer the excesses of drought and flood, yet we’ve drained much of this land. Can we learn to love our swamps? … more »
"A higher BMI doesn’t necessarily mean you’re less healthy. In fact, patients with heart disease and metabolic disorders whose BMIs classify them as overweight or mildly obese survive longer than their normal and underweight peers." … more »
“Supply may not be as impaired as we think because other areas will compensate for any losses from Ukraine, and it is happening across the board,” said Marc Ostwald, global strategist at ADM Investor Services in London.' … more »
"With $1.69 billion in its coffers, Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability is now the unicorn of higher education programs focused on climate change." … more »
"New research shows how migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape in recent decades." … more »
"It's now abundantly clear that investors did indeed help accelerate the housing boom and drive up U.S. home prices. In the first quarter of 2022, investors made up a record 28% of single-family home sales, according to a report published last week by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies." … more »
"The commitment vows to set up protections against states that target medical professionals who provide abortions and patients who receive legal reproductive health care services in California, Washington and Oregon." … more »
"Stockholm is set to experiment with new electric passenger ferries that could make commuting along its waterways just as fast as — and altogether greener than — driving by car." … more »
"Planetary scientists are eager to bring Red Planet rocks, soil and even air to Earth, but critics fear the risk of contaminating our world’s biosphere." … more »
"A cone snail’s poison helps to form a fast-acting insulin." … more »