Climate Change

Another top United Nations (UN) official will join the international chorus telling Australia it must rapidly phase out coal or else it could suffer devastating climate change consequences. The messages follow the release of the sixth assessment report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which concluded that it…

More than 200 health journals worldwide are publishing an editorial calling on leaders to take emergency action on climate change and protect health. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) said it is the first time so many journals have come together to make the same statement, reflecting the severity of the…

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Big cats have lost 90 percent of their range and population. The world's leading global conservation congress opened on Friday, with warnings that humanity must tackle the grave risks of biodiversity loss and climate change together. The key message from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is…

(AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou) Record flooding in Philadelphia and New York City. Tornadoes in New Jersey. Fires burning through California and Nevada. Read Full Article » Read More

(RNS) — Hurricane Ida has devastated communities in Louisiana, leaving many without electricity during one of the hottest months of the year. Because of a lack of resources or reliable transportation, many people have not been able to evacuate the region, even as their current environment remains uninhabitable. It is…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says the world — and especially urban areas — experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel restrictions put in place over the coronavirus pandemic. The World Meteorological Organization, releasing its first ever…

Warming of the Arctic caused by climate change has increased the number of polar vortex outbreaks, when frigid air from the far north bathes the central and eastern United States in killer cold, a study finds. The study in the journal Science Thursday is the first to show the connections…

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, meets Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at Suga's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Kerry met with Japan's top diplomat to push efforts to fight climate change ahead of a United Nations conference in November. BEHROUZ MEHRI/POOL PHOTO VIA…

Environment 31 August 2021 By Adam Vaughan A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in New Orleans by Hurricane Ida Eric Gay/AP/Shutterstock Hurricane Ida, which reached wind speeds of 240 kilometres per hour, killed at least one person and left more than…