Climate Change

Dijon mustard is the latest food shortage casualty—causing distress for France, the biggest consumer of the condiment. While produced in Burgundy, France, the mustard seeds for Dijon mustard largely come from elsewhere, highlighting the intricacies of the global food supply chain. At least 80% of the brown seeds come from Canada, Luc…

Extreme heat caused by climate change is going to be lethal. Here's what we can do to prepare and lower the toll. Publishing date: Jul 16, 2022  •  5 hours ago  •  12 minute read  •  10 Comments “It’s not hypothetical, it’s happening right now — we’re already seeing more heat…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your…

Pham Thi Huong went from the backbreaking job of coaxing coffee out of Vietnam’s central highlands to an inconceivable one: growing strawberries on rocks. Huong and her husband threw in the shovel on their days of toil at the mercy of volatile commodity prices in 2019 and joined vertical agriculture…

Temperatures on this scale pose a risk to life, particularly among the elderly and the clinically vulnerable, and put increased pressure on the NHS and emergency services People enjoy the warm weather at Brighton beach in West Sussex (Image: PA) Many people will be looking forward to the spell of…

HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press July 13, 2022Updated: July 14, 2022 8:20 a.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of38A forest fire closes on a house in the village of Bemposta, near Ansiao, central Portugal, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Thousands of firefighters in Portugal continue…

An analysis of two decades of satellite data shows that forests in arid, tropical and temperate regions are becoming less able to bounce back after events such as drought and logging Environment 13 July 2022 By Adam Vaughan A pine forest near Auckland, New Zealand Tahreer Photography/Getty Images Climate change…

Australia needs to “stretch” its emissions targets to tackle climate change faster, said former central banker Guy Debelle, who made a dramatic career switch this year to help drive the country’s energy transition. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Swati Pandey 98od]h0ndl9nbhm)8ye3mk6f_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg RSS (Bloomberg) — Australia needs to “stretch”…

Biodiversity could be a key component in how the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, adapts to changing ocean conditions, say researchers from Flinders University. As part of the study, recently published in BMC Ecology and Evolution – researchers took part in a census to determine the genetic diversity in over 200…

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