Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Brian Enquist and Patrick Roehrdanz
Almost 40% of global land plant species are very rare, and these species are most at risk for extinction as the climate continues to change, according to new research.
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- Written by: Nitya Rao
People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest victims of the climate crisis.
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- Written by: Mark Maslin
The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about the reality of climate change - where none exists. The latest estimate is that
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- Written by: Elizabeth Fussell and David Wrathall
A new modeling approach can help us better understand how policy decisions will influence human migration as sea levels rise across the globe.
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- Written by: Walter Suza
Growing up in Tanzania, I knew that fruit trees were useful. Climbing a mango tree to pick a fruit was a common thing to do when I was hungry, even though at times there were unintended consequences.
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- Written by: Cristine Russell
One year ago, the international scientific community could hardly have expected that Greta Thunberg, a teenager from Sweden, would become one of its greatest allies.
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- Written by: Frédérik Saltré and Corey J. A. Bradshaw
For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to occupy every ecosystem on Earth.
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- Written by: Stephanie Jenouvrier
The concept of a canary in a coal mine – a sensitive species that provides an alert to danger – originated with British miners, who carried actual canaries underground through the mid-1980s to detect the presence of deadly carbon monoxide gas.
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- Written by: Juan Jose Alava
We live in an era — the Anthropocene — where humans and societies are reshaping and changing ecosystems.
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- Written by: Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, et al
The grasslands of the Canadian Prairies are a hidden gem for bird watchers, with millions of migratory birds passing through the area each year.
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- Written by: Stephanie LeMenager
The Golden State is on fire, which means that an idea of American utopia is on fire, too.
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- Written by: E. Marie Muehe, et al.
Climate change may cause a dramatic drop in rice production in major growing regions, a decline that could jeopardize critical food supplies, researchers report.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In a shocking report the US Army's assessment of its future under the unfolding climate crisis, every American should pause and so should other countries' military.
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- Written by: Abrahm Lustgarten
At the beginning of October 2019, my kids’ preschool informed me that it might be closed the next day because of rolling blackouts — a radical new effort by our local power utility in Northern California to avoid sparking wildfires.
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- Written by: Wolfgang Knorr
As a climate scientist of more than 25 years, I’m proud of the work my profession has done in recent decades to alert humanity to the unfolding climate crisis
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- Written by: Matt Shipman
Shoreline recreational fishing will likely be another casualty of climate change, according to new research.
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- Written by: John Vidal
The relationship between a heating planet and violent clashes is complex — and critical. “This is where I keep my weapon,” said Lolem, a young Karamojong cattle herder.
Hurricane Michael Recovery Efforts Point To The Power Of Local Generosity After Overlooked Disasters
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- Written by: David Berlan
When Hurricane Michael made landfall on Florida’s Panhandle on Oct. 10, 2018, as a Category 5 storm it was only the fourth on record to have ever hit the U.S. mainland.
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- Written by: Jon Brodie and Alana Grech
As I write this, much of inland eastern Australia is enduring what is likely to be the worst drought ever recorded.
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- Written by: Charlie Gardner
Just like us, the natural world dances to the rhythms of its seasonal cycles. We all enjoy the first suggestions of spring as trees come into leaf, migrant birds arrive, bees and butterflies emerge, and men in cities start wearing shorts.
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- Written by: Caroline Hickman
Eco-anxiety is likely to affect more and more people as the climate destabilises. Already, studies have found that 45% of children suffer lasting depression after surviving extreme weather and natural disasters.
