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Home Climate Online ‘Hate Speech’ Increases With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Updated: September 9, 2022 Edited by Chris McDermott Social media apps on a smartphone. Chesnot / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality,

A giant green swims in an aquarium in Blackpool, UK on May 16, 2022. The turtle was rescued after being born into captivity and bred for food in Asia. Anthony Devlin / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing

The predicted path of Hurricane Kay. National Hurricane Center Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Hurricane Kay, which is currently churning off the coast of Baja California, could be the rare

A manatee in Brazil. Beautifulblossom / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Nearly two months after a manatee named Tico was released from a rehabilitation facility

A road sign warns about high heat in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2022. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. The state of

What Is the Local Food Movement?  The local food movement is the push to eat food that is grown and harvested nearby to where it is purchased. It is often contrasted with the contemporary mainstream food system, in which avocados from Mexico are purchased in January from a big-box grocery store in New England. It

Four male dolphin allies and a female. Dr. Simon Allen Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Humans have long been thought to be distinct from other animals in our ability to

The Route Fire burning in Southern California on Aug. 31, 2022 emphasizes the urgency of climate action. Mario Tama / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In the midst

Baby chicks at a farm. danchooalex / E+ / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Millions of day-old male chicks are killed around the world each year because they

In an aerial view, hundreds of dead fish are seen floating in the waters of Lake Merritt, a tidal lagoon of the San Francisco Bay, on August 30, 2022 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform

Construction of a timber-frame secondary school in Saint-Priest, France in 2020. Andia / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. One of the challenges urban planners

By John R. Platt A few times a year, wildlife officials in Texas receive excited phone calls. “I just saw something that looks like a really big cat, or maybe a giant weasel,” a caller might say. “Was it a jaguarundi?” No, they’re not reporting a sighting of a mythical beast like the chupacabra. But

The EPA logo on a door at its headquarters in Washington, DC. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took a

A protest against rising UK energy prices in February. Costs have only increased since then. Guy Smallman / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. As the energy crisis prompted

Manatees, large herbivores that grace the world’s coastal marine waters, estuaries, rivers, swamps and marine wetlands, are gentle creatures often referred to as “sea cows.” Their enormous size — an average manatee is ten feet long and weighs 1,200 pounds — might remind you of their closest relative, the elephant. According to Ocean Today, manatees

A school lunch at Garfield Elementary School in Washington, DC. U.S. dietary guidelines still emphasize too much meat and dairy, climate advocates say. Dixie D. Vereen /For The Washington Post via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality,