Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological significance. Some of these trees are thousands of years old. Global demand for baobab …
Climate change
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
Farah Nibbs – Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape …
Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina
Nick Shay – Professor of Oceanography, University of Miami The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is …
Rising costs of climate change threaten to make skiing a less diverse, even more exclusive sport
Brian P. McCullough – Associate Professor of Sport Management and Director of the Laboratory for Sustainability in Sport, Texas A&M University Lance Warwick – Graduate student, University of Illinois at …
Dangerous urban heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk
Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the …
Dance and movement therapy holds promise for treating anxiety and depression, as well as deeper psychological wounds
Lana Ruvolo Grasser – Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Fellow, Wayne State University A few years ago, framed by the skyline of Detroit, a group of about 15 children resettled …
