Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Solar panel installation in Ghana. Photo: SAgbley / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable

Change happens rapidly when we know where to look: these solutions could tip the world towards a better future.
A veterinarian and a farrier at a farm in Hardwood, Maryland, April 30, 2025. Photo: USDA (public domain)

Too Few Vets, Too Many Animals: Inside the Farm Veterinarian Shortage

Fewer than 15% of veterinary school graduates are opting to care for farm animals.
Flooded street in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Wonderlane from Seattle, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but...

Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.
Flooded houses in Chertsey, England. Photo: Alan Hunt / CC BY-SA 2.0

Insurance firms help flooding victims mop up. They also make flooding worse

Major insurers are fuelling the climate crisis while benefiting from a scheme that helps cover their flood losses
A beaver dam and wetland at Yates Mill Pond. Photo: ncwetlands.org / CC BY 2.0

How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan

A pilot scheme reintroducing beavers has created a green, wet corridor which could be valuable during hot, dry summers.
Hogs in a confinement barn. Hog operations account for nearly 60 percent of the manure produced by Iowa's mapped livestock facilities, Sentient Media found. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.

Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.