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Shifting humanity to more plant-based diets would cut global farm labor needs by up to 28%, freeing up almost USD$100 billion each year—but at the cost of over 100 million jobs. These striking figures from a new Lancet Planetary Health study reveal ...
Three Tracks to Rescue 1.5°C: Fossil Exit, Forest Protection, and Nature's Carbon The planet has crossed a grim milestone, with last year's global temperature averaging more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This shatters the margin for err...
New York has become the first state in the U.S. to require new buildings to be built entirely electric, without hookups to fossil fuels including gas. The rule, known as the All-Electric Buildings Act, was initially passed in 2023 and was finalized w...
Inflation Reduction Act Boosts Truck Electrification The Inflation Reduction Act - the most consequential U.S. climate law ever - will provide a historic jolt to the electric car market. But the incentives of the law will reach beyond passenger v...
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2) and is responsible for around one-third of current global heating. Atmospheric methane concentrations have increased by 256 percent since pre-industrial times. What I...
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New research finds that Hektoria, a grounded glacier in Antarctica, shrank with astounding speed in 2022 and 2023 By Mary Randolph - Staff Contributor November 7, 2025 /https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/61...
After five years of dedicated conservation work, the Emerald Forest Restoration Project has achieved remarkable success in bringing back biodiversity to a once-degraded ecosystem. The project has reintroduced 15 endangered species and planted over 50...