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This winter, popular Lee Street Beach in Evanston, Illinois, was shrinking as Lake Michigan rose. (Anne Snabes / Northwestern University)
Northwestern University
Thursday, May 07, 2020
The Evanston, Illinois, and Beaufort, South Carolina, areas are considering how to combat beach erosion and planning to fix strained storm water systems.
Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Flooding, City planning, local government
Greta Thunberg on Friday, Sept. 20, during her closing speech for the Climate Strike in New York. (Elina Mariutsa/Northeastern University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northeastern University
Friday, October 04, 2019
With the goal of motivating world leaders, young people have drawn universal attention to global warming in ways that decades of scientific progress could not.
Tags: climate, climate action, climate strike, Greta Thunberg, New York City, youth, environmental activism, united nations, PFfaces
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, December 10, 2020
What is precision agriculture? How can the use of drone technology, information services and artificial intelligence assist farmers in maximizing their productivity while emphasizing sustainability?
Tags: precision agriculture, Green Tech, artificial intelligence, Resource efficiency
Photo taken by Big Sur Land Trust volunteer coordinator Jose Carlos at ice plant pulling event at Martin Dunes, California, on Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo courtesy Jose Carlos)
Middlebury College
Friday, March 18, 2022
In the face of the widespread presence of the ice plant along hundreds of miles of coastline, is there any hope that the California coastal ecosystem could ever be returned to its natural state?
Tags: storyfest2022, invasive species, restoration
The tri-level home offers two bedrooms and 2.5 baths as well as an additional bed and bath in the accessory dwelling unit. EngiNUity even included a deck. (Photo courtesy EngiNUity - Northwestern Solar Decathlon team)
Northwestern University
Monday, August 02, 2021
A team of Northwestern University engineering students won the 2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge by designing an energy-efficient home. Their approach makes us ask: Could small homes be a viable investment in a sustainable future? Medill's...
Tags: sustainability, tiny houses, tiny homes, Northwestern, illinois, Solar Decathlon
An ancient old-growth redwood forest along California's northern coast. Changes to forestation on the West Coast may have downstream effects on temperatures and precipitation in the Mississippi River Basin. (Halley Hughes)
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
In this podcast, I chat with Jose Soto, Ph.D. about his work in Ecoclimate Teleconnections and the importance of communicating complex scientific ideas to a wider audience.
Tags: science communication, epistemic injustice, teleconnections, accessible science, value shifts
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The University of Tennessee’s Living Light house is engineered with an innovative design that maximizes visibility and natural light without sacrificing efficiency.
Tags: Technology, solar, Green, Green building, Efficiency, engineering, innovation, Solar Energy, sustainable, renewable
Planet Forward
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Maryland and 14 other states have resolutions that deny the climate threat and seek to prevent limits on greenhouse gas pollution.
Planet Forward
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Maryland and 14 other states have resolutions that deny the climate threat and seek to prevent limits on greenhouse gas pollution.
Photographed in the forests of Palawan, a Philippine pangolin pup nudges its mother, rolled up in a protective ball. (Gregg Yan/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Pressuring governments to issue bans and closures of wet markets could prevent the emergence of infectious disease. But it does not solve the widespread issue of bushmeat circulation between hunters and their families.