Land Management & Land Use

Solar geoengineering: Spectacle, tragedy, or solution?

Solar geoengineering – a technology that reflects incoming sunlight back into space – has gained attention as a potential solution for preventing global temperature rise and reducing the risk of the worst global warming impacts. Recent research shows that solar geoengineering has the capacity to immediately cool the atmosphere, but also calls attention to the fact that it can be extremely controversial and excessively risky.   

Monday, October 24, 2022
Golden Bells Tayebwa

Has climate change already impacted global agriculture? 

Climate change is one of the gravest threats to global agriculture. New research reveals that historical climate change has already made its mark on the productivity of our food system, eliminating 20 percent of potential productivity growth. 

Saturday, October 15, 2022
Seung Min Kim

Shedding Light on Stream Daylighting

In cities around the world, there are vast networks of streams hidden below the ground surface. Through a process called daylighting, some cities are looking to rediscover these buried urban waterways. A new study provides a window into this hidden side of cities and tracks how daylighting affects the ecology and water quality of a stream in Norway. 

Thursday, June 30, 2022
Grace Hilbert

More than an Eyesore: Plastic Pollution’s Contribution to Global Greenhouse Gas Emission

Plastic pollution is one of the most visible environmental stressors of our generation. However, its most damaging impact is invisible to the human eye. Oceanographer Dr. Sarah-Jeanne Royer explains how plastic pollution contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. 

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Liz Plascencia

Coastal Wetland Conservation: Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change

Conserving tidal wetlands, such as mangroves and saltmarsh ecosystems, can mitigate the risks of coastal flooding and sea level rise associated with climate change. Nature- based solutions can benefit 40% of the world’s population that are exposed to sea level rise by mitigating storm surges and reducing the impact of waves and shoreline erosion. 

Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Kristina Rodriguez

Children pay the price for mountaintop removal

From a distance, it sounds like thunder. Explosive charges blast five hundred feet or more of bedrock from mountain peaks across Appalachia. New research highlights how mountaintop removal can harm Appalachia’s children, not just its landscape.  

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Robin Happel

Coexistence on the plateau: Tibetan pastoralists help study and conserve snow leopards in China

Tibetan pastoralists and snow leopards have a long history of coexistence on the Tibet Plateau. Researchers recognize the essential role that pastoralists play in conserving China’s snow leopards and propose a global framework to involve local communities in conservation. 

Monday, May 23, 2022
Anna Yue Yu

Beavers can help protect streamside vegetation from wildfires

Wildfires are becoming increasingly common and more destructive throughout the western United States. New research shows that beaver dams can help streamside vegetation stay green during wildfires.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Grace Hilbert

To Enable the Clean Energy Future, Electric Transmission Planning Needs an Upgrade

The electric transmission system is the backbone of the electrical grid. Expanding the transmission system is a critical component of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and an 80% clean electricity sector by 2030, but this expansion will require significant reforms to currently uncoordinated grid planning processes.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Noah Mitchell-Ward

Moving better in our landscape: Unexpected impacts of human activities on animal movement

Human activities, from agriculture to tourism, have significant impacts on wildlife. Strikingly, activities that we might think of as harmless, such as recreation, can have bigger impacts than permanent landscape changes. To preserve the planet’s biodiversity, we need to incorporate these movement patterns into the way we think about and move in our landscapes. 

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Laura González Mantecón
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