Climate Change

Torrential rains in Japan, record-breaking heatwaves in Europe, and recurring droughts in the western US. For the second year in a row the start of summer in the northern hemisphere has been marked by extreme weather. To what extent is global warming to blame?  In France, a particularly intense heatwave is…

MIRPUR KHAS, Pakistan: Mango farmers in Pakistan say production of the prized fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages in a country identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. The arrival of mango season in Pakistan…

Mother applying sun screen lotion on her child. Getty Images The UV index will be very high in Ottawa on Friday as warm July weather arrives — and will likely stick around all weekend, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. It will be sunny, the agency predicts, with a…

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out Russia for blocking Ukrainian grain exports amid rising global food prices in a contentious closed-door session at a meeting Friday of the top diplomats from the world’s largest economies. The Group of 20 meeting hosted by Indonesia on its…

    WILMINGTON, NC, July 08, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- It has been said there is nothing new under the sun - but that statement can sometimes be misleading. Yes, we have always been forced to deal with war - but not the threat of nuclear war. We have always been affected by…

ByBrooke Sabin Photographs ByJaime Rojo Published July 8, 2022 • 20 min read The little bird in my hand looks as delicate as glass. I take a deep breath, focus on the bright yellow streak above its eyes, and think hard about the instructions I’ve been given: Hold the legs…

BALI, Indonesia, July 7, 2022 – At the G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture underscored the importance of agricultural research and development in tackling the challenges of global food security and climate change and called on G20 members to support the Agriculture Innovation…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive warned on Thursday that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change. With extremely dry weather hitting several Mediterranean nations, EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič told legislators on…

VANGA, Kenya — “Tuna is not for everyone,” lamented 65-year-old Chapoka Miongo, a handline fisher on Kenya’s south coast, from his dugout canoe. He’s one of many artisanal fishers in Shimoni, a bustling coastal town 82 kilometers (51 miles) south of Mombasa, dotted with dhows, dugout boats, outrigger canoes and…

Emergency services at the scene of a deadly avalanche in the Italian Dolomites recovered what body parts they could on Tuesday, with the dangers of venturing under the partially collapsed glacier slowing the search. Rescue teams sent helicopters and drones up for a second day after Sunday’s disaster, which saw…