EarthBeat

30/07/2026

Upon returning home from her journey to the Alaskan Arctic, Franciscan Sr. Joan Brown remained in awe of a vast and remote land she saw teeming with life.

New wildflowers and miniature trees burst through the permafrost as gray mountains towered above. Peregrine falcons and songbirds flew overhead. Rivers ebbed from trickling to roaring as glacier melt fed new water. Visible far off in the distance was the Arctic Ocean. On the last day, caribou walked through the campsite. Throughout the trip, in late June, sunlight shone at all hours of the day.

At a time when climate change and business pursuits pose ever-growing threats, it’s that image that Brown and other faith leaders on the expedition hope to reframe — to reposition the Arctic in the minds of Americans as not just a place worth preserving, but one essential to life and ecosystems across the country.

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08/07/2026

In the face of decades of papal teachings about the reality and urgency of climate change, U.S. sisters have been leaders on environmental action. In contrast, U.S. bishops have largely not been creation care leaders.

19/06/2026

As global temperatures rise, the impacts of climate change are not limited to more extreme heatwaves, flooding and storms. It is also stunting children's growth and contributing to malnutrition, according to new research by the University of Notre Dame.

Researchers say climate change is a "threat multiplier" on social inequalities facing vulnerable communities and poor households unable to buy food elsewhere after a bad harvest, losing sources of nutrition and income.

11/06/2026

A year after the Trump administration's wholesale cuts to U.S. foreign aid levied a heavy toll on Catholic Relief Services, the State Department awarded the agency $240 million for disaster and humanitarian assistance.

09/06/2026

A reform to Argentina's 2010 glacier protection law has been met with popular opposition, with opponents arguing that the changes loosen government oversight of mining and oil projects, and put water sources at risk.

05/06/2026

For decades, a tourism slogan has declared Virginia is for lovers. These days, the commonwealth is also for data centers, the critical infrastructure powering and training highly advanced artificial intelligence models.

A typical AI data center uses the same amount of power as 100,000 houses, according to the International Energy Agency.

29/05/2026

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo said, "Technology has the power to heal, connect, educate and protect our common home; but it can also divide, exclude and generate new forms of injustice."

23/05/2026

"Convert, change your ways, because what you are doing is not only a crime, it is a sin that cries out to God for vengeance," said Bishop Antonio Di Donna.

"Convert, change your ways, because what you are doing is not only a crime, it is a sin that cries out to God for vengeance," said Bishop Antonio Di Donna.

20/05/2026

The vast majority of young adults in the United States worry about climate change but have declining faith in government and institutions to effectively act on sustainability issues, according to a new poll from Sacred Heart University.

Nearly 70% of young people aged 15-29 said they were somewhat (40.6%) or very worried (27.9%) about climate change.

02/04/2026

The Global Alliance for Laudato Si', inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on ecology, was officially formed during a March meeting of almost 100 scientists, researchers and environmental activists.

The Global Alliance for Laudato Si', inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on ecology, was officially formed during a March meeting of almost 100 scientists, researchers and environmental activists.