Climate Change

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…

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A sign at the edge of Amherstburg is shown on Jan. 25, 2021. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Amherstburg town council has approved in principle a 2022 budget with an overall tax rate increase of 2.36 per cent. The increase represents an additional property tax of $38.82 per $100,000…

Photo: Patrick T. FALLON / AFP (Getty Images) Oil prices are rebounding as global economic activity picks back up. But the boom could likely be a mirage as governments finally get their act together on climate change—and it could lead to financial ruin if Big Oil ends up chasing it.…

As a record-breaking heat wave roasted the Pacific Northwest last summer, anxiety rose with the temperatures. Surveys of residents in British Columbia—where the heat in some places soared above 120 degrees Fahrenheit—suggest the disaster caused a spike in negative mental health related to climate change. The results of the surveys, recently published…

When rain falls, it picks up pollution from streets, farms and other humanmade features as it winds toward the ocean. In the Broad Run watershed of Loudon County, Virginia, runoff travels through an increasingly urbanized landscape before reaching the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. In 2000, fewer than 170,000…

In case you need a reminder of how fast pop culture can move these days, consider the case of Wordle, the five-letter word-guessing game that’s taken the internet by storm. Although the browser-based puzzle, in which players have six tries to guess one set word of the day, has only…

A new analysis predicts that, as climate change progresses, the most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops. Roman Grüter and colleagues at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, present these findings in the open-access journal…

Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics and snow sports by eroding the season and forcing more dangerous, artificial conditions, experts have warned in a report published a week before the 2022 Games. The Beijing Olympics, which start on 4 February, will be the first Winter Games…