Why communities resist saving the planet even when sustainability promises a better future?

Phys.org Monday 13 July 2026, 17:00 UTC 1 min read

Key Points

When we talk about climate adaptation, conservation or sustainability, we often assume that resilience is something everyone wants. The logic seems straightforward: Stronger resilience means better protection from floods, droughts, heat waves and ecological disruption. But what happens when communities resist projects that are explicitly designed to make them more resilient?

Originally published by Phys.org Read original →

Five whale entanglements in five days see sharks swarm and beaches close on Ningaloo Reef Tue 14 Jul 2026 at 8:04am In short: Five whales have been seen entangled in fishing lines in as many days off Ningaloo Reef. One has died, another was freed, and another three are unaccounted-for. Authorities have urged the public to quickly report tangled whales, while some experts are calling for more preventative action.

ABC Australia 44m ago

From water hyacinth to award-winning gin: The unlikely story of Cambodia’s Mawsim

From water hyacinth to award-winning gin: The unlikely story of Cambodia’s Mawsim A Japanese recycling company’s failed bioethanol project in Tonle Sap led to a Phnom Penh micro-distillery using fresh Cambodian botanicals – and a World’s Best Flavoured Gin title. Picture a lake choked by a plant that can reportedly multiply two millionfold in just seven months. As it spreads, it blocks waterways, tangles fishing-boat propellers and eventually washes ashore to rot, sending the smell of...

Channel News Asia 59m ago

These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans

These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans The temperature of some sub-Neptunes could rise to several thousand degrees, turning the ground into a lava bath. Clouds formed from vaporized rock could create the ultimate thermal insulation on one of the most common types of exoplanets discovered so far — the sub-Neptunes — raising temperatures so high that these worlds' solid surfaces melt and turn into oceans of magma.

Space.com 1h ago

Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds

As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for computing power across the U.S., a new study co-authored by Hon Chung Lau, adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University and founder of Low Carbon Energies LLC, has found that carbon capture and storage could play a major role in limiting the climate impact of data centers.

Phys.org 2h ago

Why communities resist saving the planet even when sustainability promises a better future?

Related Stories

Five whale entanglements in five days on Ningaloo Reef

From water hyacinth to award-winning gin: The unlikely story of Cambodia’s Mawsim

These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans

Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds