Why Measuring a Mountain Is Like Quantifying Climate Change

Seemingly simple as a 1.5°C temperature we do not want to exceed, global warming metrics can be much more complicated.

How To Prevent an Island From Disappearing

When we plan on losing an island to climate change, we can select an alternative that will forever preserve it.

How a Nestle Crunch Can Help a Brazilian Rainforest

Questioning their effectiveness, firms like Gucci and Nestle are concerned that their carbon offsets might have been miscalculated.

How Cost Can Change Climate Policy

With COP28 having begun, we can ask if the delegates are comparing marginal decisions about the cost of climate policy to its benefits.

The High Cost of Cheap Fast Fashion

Ultracheap, the cost of fast fashion is rather high on the supply and demand sides of the market when we look beyond money.

Why Norway Needs a Floating Wind Turbine

Norway’s stat-of-the-art gargantuan floating wind turbines will let them use wind power in many surprising ways.

Why We Want to Overfish

A Montauk fisherman is in court because of a 74,000-pound catch. Where are we going? To the tragedy of the commons. Overfishing Rules Our story starts in 1976. Moving from 12 to 200 miles, the U.S. expanded its jurisdiction over…

The Most Destructive Weather Events

Idalia reminds us that the cost of hurricanes for storms with the letter “I” has been especially deadly and destructive.

The Shift in Recycling That No One Knew About

As a seemingly virtuous activity with a hidden downside, the impact of recycling is not what many of us expect.

Should We Recharge or Refill?

Knowing that every decision has a cost, we can compare the tradeoffs between a refill or a recharge when we consider an EV.