Climate Change

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in Oregon, a foreboding sign of how drought and the climate crisis are ravaging the American West. A recent aerial survey found that more than…

Data released by the United Nations shows that about 278 million people in Africa, around one-fifth of the continent’s total population, are affected by hunger as of 2021. This figure is about 50 million higher than in 2019. The 2022 Global Report on Food Crises showed that at least one in five…

The alga Aegagropila linnaei can live as free-floating filaments, grow on rocks, grow into the signature ball shape and form flattened balls when squished, depending on their environment. Ball growth is slow at about 5 millimeters per year and they can live for centuries. Credit: 2022 Yoichi Oyama Climate change…

While 2022 wasn't as bad weather-wise as 2021, there was still a lot of severe weather Canadians had to deal with this year. Have a question or something to say? Email: ask@cbc.ca or join us live in the comments now. "Last year was dramatic, spectacular. I mean, my gosh, I…

Dangerously cold temperatures have been forecast across the Central and Eastern U.S. this week as an arctic air mass spreads across the nation. The winter storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions to much of the Midwest and Great Lakes, with the potential to develop into a powerful "bomb cyclone."…

Existing USPS trucks are notoriously inefficient with fuel. Photo: ANDREW KELLY (Reuters) The US Postal Service will electrify about one-third of the vehicles in its delivery fleet by 2028, the agency announced on Dec. 20. The switch to electric vehicles (EVs) is a low-hanging win for the fight against climate…

Inflation dominated news headlines and American psyches in 2022. Overall, consumer prices jumped an average 7.1 percent this year, with the cost of just about everything going up, from cars to coffee and gas to groceries. The trend triggered a bitter midterm election campaign, prompted a series of aggressive interest-rate…

By CALVIN WOODWARD, LYNN BERRY, CHRISTINA LARSON and CAROLYN KASTER December 20, 2022 GMT PERCE, Quebec (AP) — Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat. Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back…

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WASHINGTON — When it comes to climate change, Bill Gates considers himself a realist – even if that means admitting the world has no chance limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Given “the overall scale of our industrial economy … we’re going to have to do mind-blowing work to stay…