Climate Change

A fresh burst of snow has caused dangerous driving conditions and dozens of crashes across Calgary, Alberta, marking the second major spring storm in a week. Environment and Climate Change Canada had warned of up to 20 centimetres of snow across central and southern Alberta. A snowfall warning was issued…

This co-published story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When George LaComb moved two years ago to a new high school in Orlando, Florida, he quickly noticed safety precautions that the football team at his previous, less affluent school…

STORM ÉOWYN WAS the most expensive storm-related insurance event in Irish history, with claims in excess of €301m – but these weather events are growing more frequent and Ireland is not prepared. This is one of the conclusions of a new report by the Climate Change Advisory Council which looks…

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency When northern communities can grow and access more of their own food, they're better able to handle disruptions, whether due to climate change, supply chain issues, or global tensions. Improving food security strengthens sovereignty, supports local economies, and improves community resilience. During the Food Sovereignty…

A weather expert is warning that humans could face a very serious future even possible extinction if we don’t take climate change seriously and act fast. This warning comes after a new report from the World Meteorological Organization, which says the Earth’s climate is now more unstable than at any point…

KATHMANDU — In the rugged mountains of the Dolpo region in western Nepal, Youngdung Jhama Lama spent her childhood herding nagton (domesticated yaks) across the vast alpine pastures. Two decades on, mobile herding has greatly changed. “We only have four yaks left now,” said the 24-year-old resident of Vijer (Tra)…

For as long as we’ve known that soil bacteria manufacture molecular weapons to fight each other, we’ve been swiping their battle plans. In clinics and hospitals, those turf-war weapons have become miraculous drugs of modern medicine—antibiotics—that blow away otherwise deadly infections. But, of course, there’s a dark side of mimicking…

In recent years, residents of Spain, France and the UK have looked up to see an eerie sight: deep orange sunrises and skies thick with a yellowish haze. These hazy skies often deposit “blood rain”, rust-colored precipitation that leaves a fine grit on cars and windows. These events are caused…

A study of soil microbes showed that drought favors the microorganisms that survive antibiotics. It also found that some of the genes for resistance in soil-dwelling bacteria show up in antibiotic-resistant pathogen samples collected from hospital patients. Because bacteria can easily swap big chunks of genetic information ‪—‬ a process…

UN issues global climate warning: Earth in critical energy imbalance, El Nino threat grows The Earth is once again at the mercy of an unprecedented climate change crisis marked by the critical energy imbalance than at any time in recorded history, warned by the UN’s weather agency. According to The…