In 2025, American climatologist James Hansen and a team of research colleagues declared the goal to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius was no longer viable. That goal, part of a pledge negotiated by 196 parties at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference near Paris,...
Earth Day is now a global event, but its origins are somewhat humble. Prior to the 1960s, awareness of the link between public health and pollution was minimal. However, according to EarthDay.org, the 1962 publication of Silent Spring by American marine biologist, writer and conservationist Rachel...