Gales blowing across damp windswept landscapes around parts of Great Britain can be a bit of a downer when you are out and about. The same winds, though, can also come in handy — by powering homes, shops and offices. A case in point are high-speed winds blowing from the […]

Late Sunday, President Trump signed into law H.R. 133, the legislative package containing Coronavirus relief, the Fiscal Year 2021 Omnibus bill, and the Energy Act of 2020—the largest energy package to be enacted into law in over a decade. This sweeping legislation, nicknamed the “Coronabus,” contains a number of climate-related […]

Event Post December 29, 2020 Policy seminar: Expanding policy research to strengthen Eurasia’s food systems Francesca Edralin COVID-19 and other challenges to regional food security.

A rare, snow-white kiwi bird that inspired a children’s book and was the first of its kind ever hatched in captivity has died in New Zealand after multiple surgeries to remove an unfertilized egg.

The illegal wildlife trade is posing an existential risk to numerous endangered animals and not even the ongoing pandemic has slowed its rate. That is because even though several thriving wildlife markets were closed down earlier in the year in countries like China and Vietnam as the pandemic got underway […]

How do we save whales and other marine animals from plastic in the ocean? Our new review shows reducing plastic pollution can prevent the deaths of beloved marine species. Over 700 marine species, including half of the world’s cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), all of its sea turtles and a third […]