New research implicates emissions from the 2019-2020 Australian fires in the emergence of a three-year super La Niña that fueled droughts in Africa and hurricanes in the Atlantic.
High-profile initiatives to plant millions of trees are being touted by governments around the world as major contributions to fighting climate change. But scientists say many of these projects are ill-conceived and poorly managed and often fail to grow any forests at all.
New green building standards are giving rise to a phenomenon researchers call "environmental gentrification" — an "elite, white waterfront for the young and wealthy" that's pricing out other residents.
