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Researchers from Pennsylvania State Ice and Climate Exploration Research Center and affiliated collaborators in Iceland. (Byron Parizek)
Northwestern University
Tuesday, January 03, 2023
A team of researchers from Penn State traveled to Iceland last year to study the impacts of climate change on glacial melt.
Tags: climate change, comer conference 2022
George Washington University
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
What would you do if some of your favorite animals ceased to exist? With issues like the "sixth extinction," questions like this have to be asked.
Tags: wildlife survival, wildlife, filmmaker, sustainability
Planet Forward
Friday, April 21, 2017
(Kai Boggild/imaggeo.egu.eu/CC BY 3.0)
Northwestern University
Thursday, January 05, 2023
Comer Conference geoscience and climate science graduate students investigate the effect of climate change from ancient life forms to theoretical models.
Tags: climate change, comer conference 2022, Biodiversity, glacial warming
The Rindge Dam in Malibu Canyon near Malibu in Southern California hasn't been functional for decades. (Churnice, CC BY-SA 3.0)
The George Washington University
Thursday, January 05, 2023
The decommissioned Rindge Dam in Malibu Creek poses a major threat to the region's steelhead trout population. Here's why it should be removed.
Tags: dam removal, steelhead trout, policy brief
(Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash License)
The Greenzine
Monday, January 09, 2023
A historical account of the conflicts surrounding animal agriculture, endangered species, and Indigenous rights at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California.
Imagery from the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Michael Kappel/CC BY-NC 2.0)
Northwestern University Medill
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Lightfoot administration in negotiations with Chicago over racist zoning and land use after decades of environmental racism directed at South and West Sides.
Tags: environmental justice, urban development, chicago, environmental racism, air pollution, public health
Chicago's skyline at sunrise. (Brad Knight/Unsplash License)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
In this Q&A, Chicago environmental organizer Dany Robles talks about how the Illinois Green New Deal Coalition pushes for an intersectional environmental agenda.
Tags: Illinois environmental organizing, Green New Deal, Grassroots Collaborative, just transition, green jobs, Green policy
Co-owners of Main Street Farms, Bob Cat (left) and Allan Gandelman (right) hold up produce at their farm in upstate New York. (Courtesy of Main Street Farms)
Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Thursday, December 01, 2022
How an organic farm and a nonprofit health coalition in Cortland, N.Y., are partnering to implement a system of prescription foods to serve people with low incomes in their community.
Tags: public health, prescription foods, food justice, new york
Roy Pfaltzgraff uses sustainable soil health practices on his farm in Haxtun, Colorado. (Eric Forbes)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Colorado State University, Center for Science Communication
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Colorado farmer, Roy Pfaltzgraff, reflects on the challenges he faces as a farmer, how he has adapted, and the importance of consumers understanding food production.