Climate Change

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1of29Matt Lisignoli shuts off an irrigation sprinkler at his farm, Smith Rock Ranch, in the Central Oregon Irrigation District on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Terrebonne, Ore. The stark contrast between the water haves and have-nots two hours southeast of Portland has brought new urgency to efforts to share the…

With the UK’s native ladybirds in decline, many people have heaped blame on the harlequin ladybird, but the situation might not be as simple as it seems, according to a new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). Scientists found that when the harlequins were observed alongside the…

In 2014 tens of thousands of sea birds washed up dead on the shores of French island Ile-de-Re. Thousands of seabirds that wash up on Atlantic coasts every year could have been starved to death by cyclones that whip up "washing machine" waves, a new study says, with experts warning…

Sep. 15, 2021Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 6:39 a.m. 1of3A car is seen flooded in Bernis, southern France,Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 in Paris. Emergency workers rescued or evacuated hundreds of people in southern France as flash flooding abruptly turned roads and fields into rivers and lakes. As new heavy rainfall threatened the…

Sky News Washington Correspondent Annelise Nielsen says there is a “significant couple of weeks” coming up for the Australia-United States alliance. Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Foreign Minister Marise Payne are currently in the United States and Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be visiting from September 21 for an in-person…

President Biden took his pitch for a massive spending bill to the West Coast on Monday, saying the federal money will combat climate change and reduce wildfires. In his first trip to western states as president, Mr. Biden surveyed areas that have been devastated by one of the worst wildfire…

A best-case scenario has 44 million people displaced from their homes by 2050 because of climate change, a new World Bank report published Monday has found, the Associated Press reported. The report examined three different scenarios for the effects of slow-onset climate change, such as water scarcity, decreased crop yield…

Without immediate action to combat climate change, rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050, the World Bank said in a new report on Monday. The report, Groundswell 2.0, modeled the impacts of climate change on…

Alexander I. Platt Contributor Alexander I. Platt is an associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Law. Once upon a time, a successful startup that reached a certain maturity would “go public” — selling securities to ordinary investors, perhaps listing on a national stock exchange and taking on…