July 2021 Was Officially The Hottest Month On Record
By Sara Boboltz: Last month “outdid itself” on the heat scale, a NOAA official said… […]
The Argentine River That Carries Soybeans To World Is Drying Up
by Jonathan Gilbert: Snaking its way through thousands of miles of South American rainforest and pampas and past sprawling soybean and corn farms, the Parana River is the main thoroughfare for Argentine commerce… […]
Form Energy’s New Low-Cost, Iron-Air Battery Runs For 100 Hours
by Edd Gent: Finding a way to store large amounts of energy at low cost will be vital if we want to shift our grids to renewable energy… […]
Civilization-Ending Climate Change Is Knocking On The Door — Unless We Act Now
by Thom Hartmann: We already face immense disruption and tragedy. The choice now is whether we want to save human civilization… […]
Harrowing New UN Report Finds Humans Are The ‘Unequivocal’ Cause Of Climate Change
by Chris D’Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman: The latest review of climate literature finds that the window to avert catastrophic warming with existing tools is rapidly closing… […]
A Critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds
by Sarah Kaplan: The consequences of a collapse would likely be far-reaching… […]
Has the Electric Car’s Moment Arrived at Last?
by Craig Welch: We’re on the cusp of transitioning to electric vehicles—if Biden and Congress take the right steps. […]
Strange Behaviour Of Earth’s Core Reveals A Mystery Inside Our Planet
by Scott Sutherland: Scientists have discovered a mystery at the centre of the Earth. The solid iron core of our planet is cooling faster on one side than the other, and nobody knows why… [...]
Report: 30M Solar Homes Would Create 1.77M Jobs, $69B In Energy Savings
by John Farrell: Our new report finds that installing rooftop solar panels and community solar systems to serve the equivalent of 30 million American homes would create significant economic benefits… […]
What Is Green Energy?
by S.A. Rogers: In the past three decades, research and development in green energy has exploded, yielding hundreds of promising new technologies that can reduce our dependence on coal, oil, and natural gas… […]
Embodying The Spirit of Mother Earth’ – Guru Singh
by Guru Singh: As we’ve all seen in the news here lately, some of the world’s recent billionaires are designing industries to colonize other planets in the nearby space […]
Could One Of America’s Reddest States Be The Next Green Crypto Capital?
by Robert Hefner: By any definition, Oklahoma is deep red… […]
How Scientists Are Using The International Space Station To Study Earth’s Climate
by Erin Winick Anthony: On Earth, we often look toward the sky, longing to know what resides in the rest of the universe. Meanwhile, 250 miles above our planet, the International Space Station is looking back… [...]
Elon Musk Explains Why Tesla Solar Power Is So Cheap
by Zachary Shahan: After discovering just how much cheaper Tesla solar power was compared to the US average and state averages, I was curious to learn more. So I asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk about [...]
The Second Wave Of Renewables Is Here. What Did We Learn With The First?
by Ted Page: Billions of dollars of investment flowing into renewable energy… […]
Sandia Explores Molten Salt Batteries For Grid-Scale Energy Storage
New molten sodium batteries operate at lower temperatures using low- cost materials… […]
52% Of Emissions From Major Urban Areas Come From Just 25 Big Cities
by Nick Lavars: Around 56 percent of the world’s population currently live in cities, a figure that is expected to increase in coming decades… […]
Sweeping “Green Deal” Promises To Revamp EU Economy, Slash Carbon Pollution
by Tim De Chant: Slew of proposals still leaves the hardest cuts for future generations… […]
Global Citizen Live: A 24-Hour Broadcast Event Uniting The World To Defend The Planet
by Jaxx Artz: Global Citizen Live will feature events and performances filmed across six continents… […]
Europe Just Unveiled Its Most Ambitious Climate Plan Yet. Here’s 6 Things You Need To Know.
by Joe McCarthy: “The fossil fuel economy has reached its limits….” […]
DOE Announces Goal to Cut Costs of Long-Duration Energy Storage by 90%
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) goal […]
EVs Will Gain Market Share Much Quicker than Previously Thought
Electric vehicle (EV) sales in the US, China and Europe will outstrip all other engines five years sooner than previously expected, according to new EY research and analysis. […]
WWOOF, A Global Organic Movement Started By 1970s London Secretary
by Meg Pier: WWOOF is a worldwide network that serves as a conduit linking volunteers with organic farms and was created by Sue Coppard in 1971… […]
Forest Bathing And The Healing Power Of Trees
by (The Atelier): She was my first. I decided she was a she and named her Celeste… […]
The Powerful New Use For Cocoa
by Gitonga Njeru: The world’s largest producer of cocoa, Ivory Coast, has found an inventive use for the cocoa plant that could power millions of homes… […]
Solar Is Dirt-Cheap And About To Get Even More Powerful
by Dan Murtaugh: The solar industry has spent decades slashing the cost of generating electricity direct from the sun. Now it’s focusing on making panels even more powerful… […]
Report: New Solar Is Cheaper To Build Than To Run Existing Coal Plants
by Jennifer Runyon: This week, BloombergNEF’s released estimates for its global benchmark that tracks the levelized cost of electricity, or LCOE, for utility-scale PV and onshore wind… […]
First Hints At Biden’s Climate Strategy For Food And Ag
by Jim Giles: President Joe Biden’s new administration is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to climate change… […]
Lessons From Inside the Heat Dome About the Future of the Electric Grid
by Sarah Golden: The impacts of climate change feel abstract until they’re not… […]
Responding To Climate Change
by (NASA): NASA is a world leader in climate studies and Earth science… […]
Climate Change Is Making Extreme Weather Events More Frequent, Say Scientists
by Eva Hamrud: The United Nations calculated that extreme weather events resulted in 15,000 deaths and resulted in economic losses of US $170 billion in 2020… […]
Why Electric Cars Will Take Over Soon Than You Think
by Justin Rowlatt: I know, you probably haven’t even driven one yet, let alone seriously contemplated buying one, so the prediction may sound a bit bold, but bear with me… […]
Dr Goodall Remembers Koko The Gorilla
by Jane Goodall: I so well remember when I visited Koko, at the invitation of Francine (Penny) Patterson (the woman who taught Koko a modified form of American Sign Language), for the first time… […]
Watch The New Award Winning Film Narrated By Rosario Dawson For Free!
Awaken.com in association with Food Revolution is proud to bring you an exclusive screening of the new film ‘The Need To Grow’… […]
21 Glorious Ways To Go Green In The Kitchen
by Rinkesh: There is so much talk about saving the planet these days. It’s so viral that no one can pretend not to have a part to play in it… […]
The Shocking Numbers Behind The Lake Mead Drought Crisis
by Rachel Ramirez,: The United States’ largest reservoir is draining rapidly… […]
10 U.S. Wilderness Areas You Should Know
by Katherine Gallagher: Public lands designed to manage and preserve natural resources… […]
This Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Is Longer Than the Titanic and Costs $700 Million
by Dan Avery: Designed to attract the best and brightest minds in exploring and combating climate change, the vessel plans to be a “science city” on the water. […]
Are We finally in the Death-Throes of the Fossil Fuel Era?
by Jemma King: Global efforts to curb the use of fossil fuels are being made by all of the world’s leading nations, but occasionally, despite the genuine momentum, […]
An Australian Inventor Wants To Stop Global Warming By Electrifying Everything
by Rachel Pannett: During a TED talk, Australian inventor Saul Griffith wanted to show his audience how much a person’s individual choices can affect the planet… […]
Residential Solar Prices Hit Record Low In 2020, Says EnergySage
by Jennifer Runyon; This week online solar shopping comparison company EnergySage released its twelfth semiannual Solar Marketplace Intel Report… […]
Scientists Revived A Creature That Was Frozen In Ice For 24,000 Years
by Mike Wehner: It sounds like the plot from a cheese science fiction movie: Scientists unearth something that’s been buried in the frozen ground of the Arctic for tens of thousands of years and decide [...]
Angelina Jolie Shines Spotlight On Women Beekeepers
by Michael d’Estries: The actor and humanitarian details her new role as a UNESCO ‘godmother’ for the group Women for Bees… […]
Study Blames Climate Change For 37% Of The World’s Heat Deaths
by (CBS News): More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change… […]
How Fast Food Reveals Secrets Of The Economy
by Chris Baraniuk: That is an economist’s favorite food? […]