We’ve all heard the warning, “If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.” Still, with daily reports harping on the dangers of climate change, just about any method to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is getting a closer look. Carbon capture and ...

Last month, when I wrote a column headlined “Apocalypse when? Can three experts all be wrong on looming disaster?,” I expected that readers would harangue me for taking up ranks with the pessimists. After all, for every doomster, there seems to be a Pangloss ...

If you ask British scientist James Lovelock about the future of humanity, be prepared for a shock. Writer Decca Aitkenhead of the London-based Guardian newspaper recently spoke with the 88-year-old independent scientist, inventor and author, and found his predictions “unnerving” and “alarming” — especially ...

N ow that the wider world has finally recognized the extent to which human activities are altering the Earth’s climate, maybe we can also begin to grasp the fact that our oceans, too, are in dire straits. Oceans cover more than 70 percent of ...

In 2007, climate change finally became a reality in the wider public’s consciousness. So what about this year? With a U.S. presidential election slated for November, it’s a good bet that 2008 will mark the first time our planet’s health plays a prominent role ...

How can an economic superpower founded on progress and innovation be so averse to change that would cut the greenhouse-gas emissions that are spurring global warming and climate change? While the Japanese government now has a team of researchers working on scenarios for a ...

As an environmental columnist, one question that repeatedly comes to mind is, “How much denial is humanly possible?” Inevitably, the answer turns out to be the same, time after time: “Boundless amounts.” Humans routinely overcome the complexities of war, disease and famine, and yet ...