Frank Jordans

Associated Press

A passerby walks past an entrance to a closed store in the nearly empty Downtown Crossing neighborhood, Tuesday, April, 14, 2020, in Boston.

Practical Reopening Problems

The doomsday scenarios that many were predicting just two weeks ago have not come to pass, raising hopes from coast to coast.

Rover Mission to Mars Postponed

The ExoMars mission was due to launch this year.

In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 photo provided by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute the icebreakers Kapitan Dranitysn, front, and Polarstern, rear, are pictured in the Arctic ice.

Arctic Mission Gets Record Resupply

The icebreaker set a record by going farther north under its own power than any other ship so early in the year.

In this April 30, 2015 file photo, a man fishes along the receding banks of the Salton Sea near Bombay Beach, Calif. Scientists say that half of the world's sandy beached are at risk of disappearing by the end of the century if climate changes continues unchecked. Researchers at the European Union's Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy, used satellite images to track the way beaches changed over the past 30 years and project how global warming might affect them in the future.

Half of World's Sandy Beaches at Risk from Climate Change

The beaches could disappear by the end of the century if climate change continues unchecked.

Workers dismantle a booth after that the 90th Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) is cancelled by Swiss authorities, at the Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. The 90th edition of the International Motor Show, scheduled to begin on March 5th, is cancelled due to the advancement of the (Covid-19) coronavirus in Switzerland. The Swiss confederation announced today that all events involving more than 1,000 people would be banned until 15 March.

Geneva Auto Show Canceled

The government put an immediate ban on all public and private events involving more than 1,000 people.

Heating power plant at the district Mitte in Berlin, Dec. 5, 2019.

Climate Talks Aim to Pave Way for Global Carbon Market

The hope is that putting a price on carbon will unlock billions in investments as countries and companies seek the most cost-effective way to cut emissions.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg waves as she arrives in Lisbon aboard the sailboat La Vagabonde Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019. Thunberg has arrived by catamaran in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. The Swedish teen sailed to the Portuguese capital before heading to neighboring Spain to attend the U.N. Climate Change Conference taking place in Madrid.

Voyage ‘Energized’ Climate Fight

The Swedish teen's protests helped inspire a global youth movement.

This Jan. 18, 2019 file photo shows a cyclist amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India. Beth Gardiner's new book 'Choked' documents how air pollution is responsible for seven million premature deaths around the world. Inger Andersen, head of the U.N. Environment Program, says the world needs 'quick wins to reduce emissions as much as possible in 2020.' Ahead of a global climate summit in Madrid next week, her agency published a report Tuesday showing the amount of planet-heating gases released into the atmosphere hitting a new high last year.

‘Quick Wins’ Needed for Climate Goals

The amount of planet-heating gases being pumped into the atmosphere hit a new high last year, despite a near-global pledge to reduce them.

In this May 17, 2019 file photo, Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris. The French government will implement an 'ecotax' on plane tickets for flights departing from France from next year, the government said Tuesday July 9, 2019. The tax is expected to raise over 180 million euros ($200 million) from 2020 to invest in eco-friendly transport infrastructure, including rail.

France Adds 'Ecotax' to Plane Tickets

The fees will go towards funding environmental initiatives to help offset the greenhouse gas emissions generated from air travel.

Activists hold up signs outside the Vatican as Pope Francis meets with oil executives, Friday, June 14, 2019. The meeting marked the second year that Francis has invited oil and financial sector executives to the Vatican to impress upon them his concern that preserving God’s creation is one of the fundamental challenges facing humankind today.

Oil Companies Commit to Carbon Pricing

Pope Francis said carbon pricing was necessary for humanity to not burden the poor and future generations with the debt incurred by the rich.

Personnel look up at an experimental salt-based heat storage facility at Berlin's Reuter thermal power station on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The energy company, together with a Swedish start-up, is testing the use of salt to store heat, which accounts for more than half the power consumed in Germany.

Engineer Creates Salt Battery

The system could help solve a problem posed by renewable energy sources: they are unreliable.

Demonstrators holding wooden shields are confronted by police during a protest against the Federal Fiscal Control Board, as part of the May Day celebration in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The U.S. Congress established the appointed Fiscal Control Board to oversee the debt restructuring in order to combat the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis.

Workers Demand Wages, Rights on May Day

The tradition of May Day marches for workers' rights began in the United States in the 1880s.