Climate ChangeMay 22, 2017
Feeding a Hot, Hungry Planet
Creating sustainable food systems in the face of a changing climate isn't easy—but innovators around the world are making real progress
Stories by Lisa Palmer
Lisa Palmer is the author of Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change. She is a journalist and a senior fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis, Maryland. Part of her reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting.
The SciencesJune 13, 2014
Brazil and Other Big Players Lead in South American Science
Despite myriad problems in many countries, pockets of excellence thrive in Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina
EnvironmentMarch 6, 2013
Melting Arctic Ice Will Make Way for More Ships--and More Species Invasions
A new study shows immense increases in shipping are likely over the North Pole and Arctic Ocean in the coming years, alerting scientists who study invasive species
May 22, 2012
Digging into Climate Change, U.S. Students Find More Than Science
Using field trips, editorial cartoons and even parental objections, four innovative teachers are bringing global warming out of the science classroom
May 21, 2012
Climate Education Graduates to the Next Level
The science of global warming has opened rifts in U.S. classrooms like evolution before it, but teaching it differently may improve science literacy overall
EnvironmentDecember 28, 2010
Behavior Frontiers: Can Social Science Combat Climate Change?
Scientists remove some of the guesswork about how individuals will use energy in 2050 by looking at past campaigns to induce personal change and their effectiveness
EnvironmentDecember 18, 2009
Eyes Wide Shut: Earth's Vital Signs Soon to Go Unmeasured as Satellites Fail
NASA's fleet of Earth Observing System orbiters is on borrowed time due to a lack of planning and underfunding