Climate Change

Between the view, the marshes, and the birds, Liat Meitzenheimer concedes the drive along California State Route 37 is scenic. Still, she avoids it for two reasons: congestion and flooding. The highway, about half of which is two-lane, is often backed up with people commuting between affordable communities in Solano…

For decades, global warming was treated primarily as an environmental or scientific crisis. Highlighted by a landmark study from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), climate change is now being treated as a sovereign financial crisis. According to the study released on Wednesday, this rapid change could weaken Italy's…

Construction crews on June 27, 2023, work to repair a Houston road that was damaged from the heat. Roads were similarly damaged during the July Fourth weekend heat wave this year. Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images A heat wave scorched much of the eastern United…

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MALINDI, Kenya -- The unfinished restaurant is still little more than concrete walls and wooden beams. As her daughter sweeps away the last piles of sand, 54-year-old Nuru Mohammed directs women hanging fishing nets to serve as décor. In a few days, the beachside restaurant on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast…

The World Health Organization has identified climate change as the single greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. This crisis spans borders and political sentiment, and increasingly, physicians will be expected to provide climate-informed care. Surveys of healthcare professionals have shown that we, as medical trainees, are generally…

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Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Whether it is the middle or working classes, or even the well-to-do, life can start to shrink in the face of extreme weather. Credit: Shutterstock PARIS, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) - If you pay close attention to the rhetoric regarding climate change (at least in…

The Trump administration has secured a significant legal reprieve in its efforts to reshape the historical narrative within US national parks. A federal appeals court has issued a stay on an earlier ruling that would have compelled the National Park Service to reinstall dozens of exhibits concerning slavery, climate change,…