Helping India Adapt to Climate Change: One Man Makes an Impact

Climate change has made rainfall patterns in the north Indian state of Rajasthan increasingly unpredictable and is threatening the livelihoods of local people dependent on rain-fed agriculture. Rajendra Singh, also known as ”The Rainman,” realized that indigenous water conservation was key to solving northern India’s most pressing water problems. Check-out this video from ChinaDaily.com to see a great example of how a single person can [...]

Getting Better Together

Ashes await the return of the river (c)John Matthews/WWF-US

by John Matthews, WWF-US
When I was in graduate school, I spent a lot of time reading mostly abstract scientific papers about how the world’s climate was shifting. My time in the field was spent measuring how changes in rainfall and air temperatures have been affecting dragonflies. I began to feel very worried about how even [...]