The coronavirus is airborne
With its five wall-length windows, Nick Crandall’s restaurant, Railroad Pub & Pizza, can bring in a lot of outside air. In late December, though, Washington...
Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic, Study Finds
The share of energy generated from coal has dropped more sharply during the coronavirus pandemic than that of any other power source, according to a new...
COVID-19 lockdowns temporarily raised global temperatures
The lockdowns and reduced societal activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic affected emissions of pollutants in ways that slightly warmed the planet for several months...
Back of the Line
Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood sits on a scant 4 square miles on the southwest side of the city, but it packs a lot into that...
Covid-19 Kept Tourists Away. Why Did These Seabirds Miss Them?
When tourists come to Stora Karlso, a limestone-ledged nature reserve off the coast of Sweden, they keep a respectful distance from the many seabirds that...
US greenhouse gas emissions fell 10% in 2020 as Covid curbed travel
But emissions reductions came at huge cost and will likely rebound as vaccines are distributed, authors of report say.
Covid-19 Took a Bite From U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2020
America’s greenhouse gas emissions from energy and industry plummeted more than 10 percent in 2020, reaching their lowest levels in at least three decades as...
Here’s What We Learned From The Pandemic, According To 10 Experts
In the most painful way, pandemics show us what we need to fix in our world. The stress they cause reveals all those parts that...