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A century of Woodcraft Folk

Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the former MP for Brighton Kemptown, started attending his local group aged six. Three decades later, having spent seven years in parliament, he has now been appointed chief executive of the charity he grew up in.  Responsibilities “It guided my most formative work” he tells me “I went into politics because of Woodcraft […]
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Columbia Will Co-Lead Major Project To Study Global Carbon Cycle – State of the Planet

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, one of the most rapidly melting glaciers in the world. Credit: James Yungel/NASA ICE via Flickr Four teams of scientists, including a team co-led by Columbia University researchers, will receive up to $45 million over five years for research that advances human understanding of the global carbon cycle driving a changing climate. […]
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NYC’s Composting Rates Are Low. A Sustainability Expert Thinks AI Will Offer a Solution. Eventually. – State of the Planet

In the U.S., more than one third of food goes to waste. As such, more food ends up in landfills than any other material. There, organic products decompose and produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to warming the planet. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, discarded food is responsible for 58 percent of […]
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In Nepal, Scientists and Spiritual Leaders Honor a Dying Glacier – State of the Planet

On May 12, 2025, Buddha Day, Buddhist monks and scientific researchers gathered to pay tribute to Yala Glacier in Nepal’s Langtang Valley. The International Centre for Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an international NGO housed in Kathmandu, collaborated with local Indigenous community leaders to organize this event to raise awareness of Yala’s rapid retreat and highlight the […]
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Protecting the protectors

As part of its long-term conservation efforts in the Amazon, The Caring Family Foundation has partnered with Associação Médicos Da Floresta (AMDAF) to launch a medical bus that provides specialist healthcare to Indigenous Amazonian communities, including gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology and ophthalmology diagnosis and treatment.  Since the start of the year, the mobile health unit has offered […]
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Why Is Modeling Climate More Complex Than Forecasting Weather? – State of the Planet

Satellite image of Hurricane Matthew. Photo: NASA Goddard In classrooms across the world, students learn that weather is what’s happening at a particular moment, while climate is the long-term pattern.  And yet, climate is more than long-term weather. That means that researchers who build mathematical models of Earth’s climate have to account for many variables […]
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Declaring war on the climate

Military spending rises will increase these emissions. However, the exact relationship between military spending and military carbon emissions is highly complex and not easy to predict.  For example, will extra funding be mainly used to increase military activity, leading to rises in fossil fuel use by combat planes or warships?  Or will the funding be […]
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Scientists Respond to the Planned Termination of the Only U.S. Antarctic Research Vessel – State of the Planet

On July 28, 170 researchers sent a letter to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Congress after NSF’s 2026 budget request included plans to end its lease of a U.S. research vessel in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. The Nathaniel B. Palmer has been in operation for over 30 years and is the only U.S. […]
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