Ireland has a unique relationship to climate change. The country has always relied on its pastoral landscapes for its national character, but the escalating climate crisis threatens this tradition ...

The ocean covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface and holds roughly 50 times the amount of carbon found in the atmosphere.

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...

When policymakers talk about the burden of energy costs on American families, the conversation tends to focus on rising ...

Greenhouse gases from vehicles, power plants and other sources accumulate in the atmosphere, trapping heatand holding it close to Earth’s surface like a blanket. Too much of it causes global ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) That reality has motivated scientists, governments and a growing number of startups to ...

A Community Science Data Talk in Kansas focused on how climate change is impacting wetlands. The Baker/Haskell Wetlands (above) is south of Lawrence and supports nearly 500 plant species, 400 ...

Environmental activist and author Bill McKibben speaks during a march and rally in Burlington calling for a stop to the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota on Sept. 24, 2021. File photo by Glenn ...

For decades, the conversation around microplastics focused on what they were doing to our oceans, our soil, and our bodies.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelsey Roberts, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth; Daniele Visioni, Cornell ...