How Climate Change Is Altering American Coastlines Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine America's coastlines are highly populated areas. Upwards of 25 million Americans are at risk for coastal flooding, and an even greater share of Americans could be adversely affected by climate change if...
As Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, New Research Shows How Much Energy Polar Bears Use to Find Food Anthony Pagano Science & Medicine Polar bears live in a remote and inhospitable environment far from most human settlements. For most biologists, opportunities to observe these animals are fleeting. In fact, scientists’ main resources for...
Hippo Reading List: Hurricane Harvey Hippo Reads Staff Science & Medicine Now that the devastatingly powerful Hurricane Harvey has made landfall, Texas is struggling to pick up the pieces, as the country at large wonders what we can learn from this disaster. (Don't forget to donate...
“Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue”: An Interview with Naomi Ages of Greenpeace Hippo Reads Staff Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine Naomi Ages is the climate liability project lead at Greenpeace USA, out there fighting the good environmental fight day after day. Our editor Tori Telfer chatted with her about keeping the oil and gas...
Are We Mature Enough to Deal with Climate Change? Glenn McLaren Philosophy, Science & Medicine One does not transcend nature; one transcends the abstractions which alienate us from it.
Few Cities Cool Enough for 2085 Summer Olympics Joel Bahr Science & Medicine By 2085, only eight Northern Hemisphere cities outside of western Europe are likely to be cool enough to host the summer Olympic games, predict researchers. San Francisco would be one of just three North...
Why the Ocean’s Past Can Be Explained Through Mud Evangeline Sessford Science & Medicine Ocean mud is an incredible active archive of the natural history of the oceans.
