Climate Change

ZHENGZHOU, China —  The mayor of this flooded city arrived at the tunnel at midnight. Muddy water poured across the road as workers drained the six-lane-wide underpass. Dozens of onlookers gathered, hoping to glimpse what lay beneath the water. Police shooed them away. Chen Yuanqiu lived nearby. He had witnessed the…

In early July, Spain’s minister of consumer affairs, Alberto Garzón, posted a short video on Twitter urging Spaniards to decrease their meat consumption. From a political communication perspective, it was flawless. He listed the many ways large-scale meat production and consumption harm humans, the environment, and animals, all backed by…

Climate scientists and marine advocates are calling on governments worldwide to look beyond green policymaking when it comes to climate change. They say a critical shade is missing in the fight against global warming. Blue. Countries must recognize the important role that oceans have in limiting climate change and enact…

Wildfires raging across the US West Coast have filled the air with enough carbon dioxide to wipe out more than half of the region’s pandemic-driven emissions reductions last year. And that was just in July. The numbers illustrate a troubling feedback loop. Climate change creates hotter, drier conditions that fuel…

We are experiencing a summer of weather extremes encapsulating heatwaves, wild fires and intense rainfall followed by flash floods. This has come in the form of blistering heatwaves throughout the Northern Hemisphere – the most destructive being the “heat dome” which sat over a vast area of North America –…

Flooding is common during India's monsoon season but climate change is making the monsoon stronger, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Swathes of India are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains, just the latest example of how the vast country is…

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SICAMOUS, B.C. — There’s a grey haze hovering over the district of Sicamous, a community in southern B.C. about halfway between Vancouver and Calgary. Here, Charlotte Sutherland gazes out over a motel parking lot while small white flakes of ash occasionally touch down softly on the ground. Sitting on a…

Climate change is here and now. Action can’t wait. July 23, 2021 Read More

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