A professor at Melbourne University talks about the limitations of water diversion during a time of extreme weather events. By Jiang Yifan, October 12, 2022The exposed bed of the Yangtze River in Wuhan during this summer’s record-breaking heatwave (Image: Ren Yong / Alamy)This summer, China saw the hottest, widest-spread and longest-lasting heatwave since the country started to keep comprehensive records in 1961. What should have been the
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December 28, 2022 Thinking BigThere’s one thing 2022 has made clear: If we’re going to tackle the extinction emergency and climate crisis — and save life on Earth — half-measures and business as usual won’t cut it. This moment calls for bold, far-reaching ideas and the drive to realize them. That’s why the Center for Biological Diversity just launched an ambitious petition to bring back jaguars to the American Southwest. Our vision for
Americans’ appetite for the bird had unintended consequences.BY MICHAEL CAROLAN, NOVEMBER 15, 2021A wild turkey displays its tail feathers. JOE MCDONALD/GETTYINTENSIVE LIVESTOCK FARMING IS A huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork, and poultry every year. When I asked one producer recently to name something his industry thinks about that consumers don’t, he replied, “Beaks and butts.” This was his shorthand for
