While these may look like your typical adorable joeys, they hold the potential to become the superheroes for their species’ survival.
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Maine Turns Its Heat Pump Focus to ‘Whole-House’ Systems That Can All but Eliminate Fossil Fuel Use
The state recently clarified requirements for a new heat pump rebate program, which encourages participants to use the technology for at least 80% of their home heating.
The state recently clarified requirements for a new heat pump rebate program, which encourages participants to use the technology for at least 80% of their home heating.
Wind-Powered Ships, Food Scents and Forest Guardians Vie to Lead Research Advances
Five experts who appeared in Horizon Magazine in 2023 outline how their areas of activity will evolve in the coming year and beyond.
Five experts who appeared in Horizon Magazine in 2023 outline how their areas of activity will evolve in the coming year and beyond.
What Happens When U.S. Insurers Stop Covering Prescribed Burns?
Prescribed fires are a positive land management method, but when the flames occasionally escape control, the resulting damage to land and private property also hurts this conservation tool’s reputation.
Prescribed fires are a positive land management method, but when the flames occasionally escape control, the resulting damage to land and private property also hurts this conservation tool’s reputation.
Paying People to Replant Tropical Forests − and Letting Them Harvest the Timber − Can Pay Off for Climate, Justice and Environment
Tropical forest landscapes are home to millions of Indigenous peoples and small-scale farmers.
Tropical forest landscapes are home to millions of Indigenous peoples and small-scale farmers.
Snow Drought Adds Insult to Injury for Ecosystems
Dear EarthTalk: Is there really a “snow drought” in parts of the U.S. and how does this negatively affect ecosystems?
Dear EarthTalk: Is there really a “snow drought” in parts of the U.S. and how does this negatively affect ecosystems?
Scientists Map the Best Areas for Europe’s Bison to Thrive in the Wild
“It’s especially crucial because of the war in Ukraine. Over 50 percent of all free-living bison are in Ukraine, and conservationists are really worried,” Pilowsky adds.
“It’s especially crucial because of the war in Ukraine. Over 50 percent of all free-living bison are in Ukraine, and conservationists are really worried,” Pilowsky adds.
Rev. Deb Walker and I Agree, Somehow
Individuals across Canada continue to lose religion. Why is British Columbia so ahead of the game when it comes to secularity?
Reverend Deb Walker has some important points about religious voices in climate change. What can we do to include every voice?
Enhanced Geothermal Power: The Clean Green Way of the Future?
Why are ecologists so bullish on “enhanced geothermal” power plants, and how do they differ from regular geothermal?
Why are ecologists so bullish on “enhanced geothermal” power plants, and how do they differ from regular geothermal?
Accelerated Climate Action Needed to Sharply Reduce Current Risks to Life and Life-Support Systems
2023 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5 C.
2023 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5 C.
Inaction on Climate Change Is a Death Sentence for Emperor Penguin Chicks
Climate journalist’s photographs from Antarctica paint a grim picture for the species’ survival.
Climate journalist’s photographs from Antarctica paint a grim picture for the species’ survival.
Here, There, Everywhere: Environmental DNA Clues to Biodiversity
Traces of life in the environment reveal ecosystem health, prompting a scientific hunt for them.
Traces of life in the environment reveal ecosystem health, prompting a scientific hunt for them.
AI Can Teach Math Teachers How To Improve Student Skills
When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math performance improved.
When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math performance improved.
COP28 Cements Goal to Halt Forest Loss in 7 Years, but Where’s the Money?
While COP28 in Dubai included a goal to halt and reverse forest loss by the end of the decade, tropical forest nations say they are still not seeing the funding required to keep forests standing.
While COP28 in Dubai included a goal to halt and reverse forest loss by the end of the decade, tropical forest nations say they are still not seeing the funding required to keep forests standing.
Scientists in Europe Are Arming Queen Bees with Robots and Smart Hives to Save Their Colonies
In the last three decades, the global biomass of flying insects has shrunk by 75%. Among the trend’s most notables victims is the world’s most important pollinator, the honeybee.
In the last three decades, the global biomass of flying insects has shrunk by 75%. Among the trend’s most notables victims is the world’s most important pollinator, the honeybee.
Spirit of Giving Is Central to Cleveland-Area Company’s Blades-to-Benches Business
Sustainable solutions to the wind industry’s growing numbers of old turbine blades call for marketing savvy, as well as creativity and engineering smarts.
Sustainable solutions to the wind industry’s growing numbers of old turbine blades call for marketing savvy, as well as creativity and engineering smarts.