Climate Change

In 1998, ocean temperatures soared, and the world experienced its first significant coral bleaching event. From the Great Barrier Reef to Indonesia to Central America, corals turned white and ghostly. Many of them died. And this was just a hint as to what was to come. Over the following two…

Senator Kamala Harris and President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett tussled on climate change during Wednesday's Senate confirmation hearing.Speaking via teleconference during the hearing, the Democratic senator and vice-presidential nominee asked Barrett whether she "accepts COVID-19 is infectious.""I do accept that COVID-19 is infectious," the judge…

Catastrophic events hog the climate limelight but there are more understated effects that demand attention too, says Hannah Cloke Environment | Comment 14 October 2020 Michelle D'Urbano SOME climate crises are big, noisy and obvious: think hurricanes, typhoons, floods and wildfires. But there are other climate crises that tend to…

Americans are now nearly four times more likely to say they’re alarmed about the climate crisis than to be dismissive of it. That’s the highest ratio ever since the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) first began gathering data on American attitudes about climate change back in 2008. According…

New Princeton University research suggests that restrictive border policies could increase many people's vulnerability to extreme climate conditions and weaken economic prosperity by limiting their ability to emigrate from countries that are facing worsening conditions due to climate change, such as drought, heat waves, and rising seas. Credit: Egan Jimenez,…

GENEVA — Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said on Monday (Oct 12). The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019, claiming 1.23 lives, affecting…

Prince William was speaking as part of a free streamed TED event aimed at unifying people to face the threats of climate change © Kirsty Wigglesworth - POOL/AFP/File By Relaxnews October 12, 2020 Prince William issued an urgent plea Saturday for a global effort to resolve the climate crisis by…

Written by Esha Roy | New Delhi | Updated: October 12, 2020 7:48:27 am At least 66 species have been found 1,000 m higher than their previously recorded mean habitat altitudes. (Photos: ZSI)Rising average temperatures in the Himalayan region have driven several dozen species of butterfly and moth to habitats…

David Roberts, Vox October 11, 2020 A new report lays out a series of bold steps Biden could take as president without any help from Congress.Read Full Article » Related Topics: Environment Comment Show comments Hide Comments Log In with your RCMG Account Register Read More

If all of Antarctica was to melt, it would increase the sea level by nearly 60 metres and would see cities such as Sydney disappear. It's not a pleasant thing to think about but for Australian National University scientist Adele Morrison, it's something that she considers on a daily basis.…