Climate Change

Machines pump out snow at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, a venue for the Beijing 2022 Olympics. The Games get under way Feb. 4.AFP via Getty Images There’s something about this Winter Olympics that sets it apart from all others: Basically none of the snow fell from the…

Piñons are essential to certain coffee roasters’ brews, but they may not be around forever (James Ransom / Food52) This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful…

The Sahel is what ecologists call a “realm of transition” – a vast, semi-arid landscape stretching from one coast of Africa to the other, separating the harsh desert of the north from the more fertile savanna and rainforests of the south. After this week, political scientists might start using the…

By Abigail Beall Jennie Edwards FROM the breathtaking Atlas mountains in Morocco to the expansive deserts of the US, Christopher Jackson’s work has taken him to some incredible places. Incredible and sometimes risky, too: he has been held at gunpoint and put in prison in the line of duty. Why…

Krypton: Dawn of Machine is the latest online game to launch, focusing on resource management and real-time community interactions. In Krypton: Dawn of Machine, players take the role of large armies looking to colonize and settle on distant planets after the Earth was left decimated by climate change, war and…

The most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops as climate change progresses, predicts new first-of-its-kind analysis. Coffee, cashews, and avocados are important crops for consumers and for tropical small-scale farmers around the world. Extensive research…

Apple blossoms during spring. Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture, and gardeners. Credit: Ulf Büntgen Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have…

Apple blossoms during spring. Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture and gardeners. Credit: Ulf Büntgen Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have…

PM Jacinda Ardern says the superannuation age will stay at 65 (video first published in July). Finance Minister Grant Robertson has rejected a warning from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that New Zealand needs to raise the age for superannuation. The OECD said in its 2022 Economic…

The nationwide simulation of the 100-year design flood from fluvial, pluvial, and coastal sources. Credit: Fathom (www.fathom.global) Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the United States by 2050 – and disadvantaged communities will bear the biggest brunt, according to…