Climate Change

Extreme weather events like Hurricane Ian have provoked calls for US disaster policy to adapt to climate change. After an extreme weather event, such as Hurricane Ian which devastated parts of Florida last month, most Americans choose to rebuild rather than move to less hazardous areas. But as climate change…

Daily Maverick produces a rousing anthem to raise awareness about climate change, a new study explains the ‘Mandela Effect’ and, how the first black Comrades winner broke the door down for others. Discussions need to turn into action in one moment. There is a chance that we still have a…

In a crucial meeting for tackling the climate crisis, almost 200 countries will come together in Egypt at the start of November for a “Conference of the Parties”, or COP27. You may remember hearing about COP26 in Glasgow about this time last year. It was often hailed as our “last best chance” to keep…

A new scientific review article led by WCS captures the unique and dynamic characteristics of coastal lagoon ecosystems in the Arctic Beringia Region, and discusses how climate change effects and human development could alter these habitats. Lagoons make up 40 percent of the Chukchi Sea coastline of Alaska, and are…

With COP 27 taking place in Egypt this year and COP 28 happening in Dubai next year, conversations about renewable energy must take centre stage Published: Wed 5 Oct 2022, 5:15 PM Last updated: Wed 5 Oct 2022, 5:28 PM The world has less than three years to curb carbon…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world—very dry stretches punctuated by storms that drop large amounts of rain or snow in a short amount of time. While wetter and drier spells may have certain effects that are easy to predict, such as…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Drought that stretched across three continents this summer—drying out large parts of Europe, the United States and China—was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study. Drought dried up major rivers, destroyed crops, sparked wildfire, threatened aquatic species and led to…

Helen Flores - The Philippine Star October 6, 2022 | 12:00am President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. gave a press briefing in Indonesia on Tuesday morning. The STAR / Alexis Romero MANILA, Philippines — Building the country’s resilience to natural disasters and climate change adaptation are on top of the administration’s…

The Supreme Court’s decisions on abortion, guns, and climate change regulation in the past year have sparked outrage and upended decades-old laws and precedent. Public esteem for the high court has fallen to its lowest level in decades. But the court has an older set of decisions that are causing…

October 5th 2022, 10:49 Morten Thorsby insists he would never join either Newcastle United or Manchester City out of “principle”. The 26-year-old midfielder, who currently plays for Union Berlin and who has also represented Sampdoria and other clubs, is outspoken in his views as he has addressed issues such as…