GLOBAL CLIMATE

Students in a 1966 black-and-white photo stand around aeronautics equipment
Future engineers need to understand their work’s human impact – here’s how my classes prepare students to tackle problems like climate change

[ad_1] Engineers spend much of their time absorbed in the technical aspects of problems, whether…

A man wearing a medical face mask handing flowers to a woman, both in front of a podium
These are some of the most important political events in 2022

[ad_1] While last year was optimistic with the emergence COVID-19 vaccinations, it quickly turned out…

Several cars and a large pickup truck are piled up against a bridge after being swept downstream by a flood.
Colorado’s devastating fires have ended a year worth of climate disasters. In 2021, one side of the country was too wet while the other was dangerously dry.

[ad_1] Along with a lingering global pandemic and climate disasters, 2021 was filled to the…

how 'securitisation' became a mindset to dominate Australian politics for a generation
How’securitisation became a dominant mindset in Australian politics for a generation

[ad_1] 2001 was the final year of the Howard government’s second term in office. It…

normal behaviour or result of climate change?
Normal behaviour or result of climate changes?

[ad_1] Recently, scientists in Hornsund, Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic ocean –…

covid testing kit laid out on a table
Should we be concerned about their impact on the environment

[ad_1] Home testing kits have been rediscovered because of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The…

Annotated stripes
The Wheel of Time is set to be in place thousands of years from now, but it’s still weighed down by today’s climate change

[ad_1] Wheel of Time, a 14-book epic fantasy, has been turned into an Amazon Prime…

A mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo
If we want to see climate change progress, carbon colonialism must be challenged

[ad_1] Assessments of UN climate conference COP26’s success have been mixed, but none have been…

Several cars and a large pickup truck are piled up against a bridge after being swept downstream by a flood.
2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry

[ad_1] Along with a lingering pandemic global, 2021 was also filled with climate disasters. Some…

Melting ice chunks floating on Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire
Our lakes are losing their ice cover faster than ever — here’s what that means for us

[ad_1] Locals believe that Takeminakata, a Shinto male god, crosses Lake Suwa every winter to…