Climate Change

WASHINGTON —  At a moment when American democracy looks increasingly vulnerable, President Biden and Democrats pointed to their third landmark bill as evidence that American government is working once again. A nearly $400-billion investment in clean energy subsidies will mark the United States’ most serious effort yet to combat climate change.…

The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Monday that warns of severe supply stress in a climate change "hotspot". The reservoirs of the Tibetan Plateau, which covers much of southern China and northern India, are fed by monsoons and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening. The June…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill. That’s “very nerve-wracking” when you’re grazing 600 to 700 cattle, said Kemp, who manages an organic…

In January, 2000, during the run-up to the New Hampshire primaries, Presidential candidates in the Granite State were confronted by a young man—a recent Dartmouth graduate—wearing a red cape, orange long johns, and yellow-painted galoshes. He called himself Captain Climate, and asked any candidate within shouting distance, “What’s your plan?”…

As climate change boreal trees are moving into the Arctic. Young white spruce are now growing in the tundra, where climate scientists did not expect them to be for another hundred years or more, according to a new new research that shows scientists underestimated the speed at which the Arctic…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While the Asian monsoon brings rain that is vital for the agricultural economy of the vast region, it is also known to suck up into the upper atmosphere chemical pollutants that accelerate climate change. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the results of a US-led international project that…

WASHINGTON — The House passed a far-reaching Democratic bill Friday to combat climate change, extend health care coverage and raise taxes on corporations, voting along party lines to send the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature. Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act represents a major victory for Democrats…

Climate change and a growing population mean England needs long-term solutions like new reservoirs and desalination plants, not just short-term fixes like hosepipe bans Environment | Analysis 11 August 2022 By Adam Vaughan England’s driest July since 1935 has left the grass parched in Greenwich Park, London Richard Baker /…

Damage from global warming isn’t just incurred by glaciers—it's now showing up much closer to home Caroline Lee is a senior research associate at the Canadian Climate Institute Governments and corporations have largely cast climate change as an environmental issue. Even in 2022, they rarely factor its economic toll into…