The EcoPlum Daily

The world must invest $1.8 trillion by 2030 to prepare for the effects of global warming. A new report said the payoff could be four times that.

Archangel Ancient Tree Archive clones champion redwood trees, the biggest and tallest of their species, to preserve their genetics and to combat climate change.

While parts of the world have warmed or cooled in the past, modern climate change is happening just about everywhere at the same time.

One structure, two solutions to climate change issues: excess waste and extreme weather.

As the dangers and costs of climate change rise, policymakers are facing painful choices about how to decide which communities to protect.

And in more unsettling climate related news...

 

Researchers at Stanford and elsewhere also found climate change “substantially increased” the chance of armed conflict in a small portion of cases in the past century.

Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and other Democratic hopefuls are competing to deliver the most aggressive climate policy packages.

A new Stanford study finds that removing methane from the atmosphere, and converting it into carbon dioxide, could combat global warming.

The push comes as Waikiki Beach faces frequent flooding thanks to climate change's rising sea levels.

Under one pessimistic climate change forecast, mosquitoes could expand their range all the way to the Arctic, redefining what we mean by 'tropical' diseases.

Climate change and population growth, meaning less supply and more demand, could equal an “existential threat,” England’s environment chief warned.

Klaus Lackner’s once wacky idea increasingly looks like an essential part of solving climate change.

If we do nothing to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the weather in New York City will feel like Alabama and Los Angeles will be as hot as the tip of the Baja Peninsula.

A pumice "raft" the size of Manhattan is drifting towards Australia, bringing along with it new marine life that could help with the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef's corals that have seen rapid deterioration in recent years due to climate change.

Researchers find some species seem to be able to cope with global warming, but are still running out of time.

The city is now the largest on earth to pass such a measure.

Machine learning has the potential to make some real inroads against our biggest threat.

Machine learning has the potential to make some real inroads against our biggest threat.

Some of the world's largest companies estimate they face roughly $1 trillion in climate-related risks, with most of that looming in just the next five years.

To avoid the worst risks of climate change, we need climate legislation that can harness the power of the whole economy to drive down emissions.

The proposal would transform air-conditioning units into machines that capture carbon dioxide and transform it into fuel.The context: Air-conditioning units are energy intensive, causing emissions that contribute to rising global temperatures (which then, ironically, cause more people to buy AC units).

To fight climate change, the city is forcing the buildings, like the Empire State Building and Trump Tower, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The announcement follows several natural disasters that cost the company $847 million since 2016, including $626 million in 2017 alone.

One expert said the island mammal "is just the first of what will be countless species lost to climate change if we don’t get our pollution under control."