Created in 1987, the pathbreaking treaty not only phased down scores of ozone
depleting chemicals and is helping heal the ozone hole — it also offers a
flexible, regularly updating example for future environmental treaties.
For centuries, Indigenous peoples have worked to live in harmony with fire. Can
integrating such cultural practices into contemporary wildfire management help
prevent catastrophic wildfires?
Forty years after the Mount St Helens eruption galvanized volcano researchers,
they are using powerful new tools to spy on the world’s most dangerous
mountains.
The ash plumes from the eruption of the Icelandic volcano in 2010 disrupted air
travel in Europe for several weeks. Since then, scientists have developed models
to mitigate ash’s impacts.
As businesses, schools, and entire cities shut down to prevent the spread of the
coronavirus, scientists have been forced to adapt to radically altered working
conditions and data collection techniques.
Large-scale irrigation programs have triggered giant, slow-moving landslides in
arid valleys, leading to the destruction of both traditional and modern
farmland.
During the past 70 years, Peruvian engineers virtually eliminated the risks
posed by glacial lake floods. But climate change and a political blind eye are
increasing the dangers once again.
As Omaha marks 12 years since a gunman unleashed terror at Westroads Mall, a
look back on our coverage of the tragedy, the lives lost, and the healing and
human
In the eighth instalment of our summer series, Leicester City’s official
historian John Hutchinson uncovers the stories behind some of the items in the
club’s extensive collection of historic artefacts.