It used to be that rising tides due to climate change were just a far-off fear - now they're a present-day reality. But we all know that humans are a race of survivors, and some of the best designs come out of the necessity to adapt to environmental changes and challenges. So while we're working on actually mitigating global warming, architects, designers and visionaries are one step ahead, imagining homes, buildings and entire cities situated above or e...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via EHP This might be the most depressing story I've read all day (and that's saying something when your job description includes reading depressing stories all day): a recent survey found that most Africans 'blame themselves' for climate change, citing the damage they've done to the environment in their homelands. Remember, all of Africa combined is only responsible for some 4% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions--they're among the least responsible for global warming in the world. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image credit: Friends of the Earth Back in 2008, TreeHugger founder Graham Hill posted on author Ian McEwan's thoughts on climate change. At the time, the word was that McEwan's next book would be all about climate change. Now that book is out—and it looks like it's going to be a cut above the usual simplistic fearmongering and moralizing that has come to stand for climate change art. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image via NBC And Really Cover It? Over the last few years, the mainstream media seemed to tire of covering advances in climate science in any real depth. Instead, it turned to the admittedly more dramatic non-scandals du jour, easily debunked memes (the snow-in-winter-so-climate-change-is-false being particularly eye roll-worthy), and interviewing climate skeptics. It all seemed to serve to craft a 'Global Warming: Is It Real or Not?" narrative that was in theory more compelling tha...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image Source: DeclanTM Dear Pablo: What is the contribution to climate change by TreeHugger.com for each page view? If the reverse-psychology of this article's title got you please keep reading, you will find it interesting. Past articles have explored the environmental impact of the internet and the environmental benefits of shopping online but this time I am taking our favorite sustainability media...Read the full story on TreeHugger