Climate Change

Salt Lake City Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Ms. Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration.”Mr. Pence, who leads…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mario Molina, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995 and the only Mexican scientist to be honored with a Nobel, died Wednesday in his native Mexico City. He was 77 years old.Molina’s family announced his death in a brief statement through the institute that…

Britain’s Prince William has teamed up with celebrities to launch a multi-million-pound environmental prize aimed at tackling the world’s climate problems.The Earthshot Prize will award five one-million-pound ($A1.80 million) prizes each year for the next 10 years under the categories of protecting and restoring nature, cleaner air, reviving oceans, waste-reduction…

Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Warming temperatures may inspire a feedback loop of climate-altering flatulence, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Over the last decade, atmospheric methane concentrations have risen dramatically, and studies suggest livestock and their digestive systems are responsible for…

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a legally binding target for the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, against 1990 levels, according to vote results released on Wednesday.Reuters Last Updated: October 7, 2020, 1:30 PM ISTFOLLOW US ON:BRUSSELS: The European Parliament has…

Supporters of President Donald Trump ranked climate change last among issues they view as important to their 2020 election decisions, with just 11 percent of Trump backers saying it's a high priority topic this November 3.Less than 30 days before Election Day, a sizable overall majority of U.S. registered voters…

On a scorching day this August, Caleb Woodall wielded his shovel like a spear, stabbing it into the hardened crust of an asbestos-filled pit near Coalinga, California. Woodall, a graduate student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, was digging out samples from an asbestos mine that’s been shuttered since 1980,…

Jessica Flores   | USA TODAY California reached another alarming milestone Monday in its historic wildfire season: A single fire has burned 1 million acres. The August Complex, which has spread into seven counties since sparking Aug. 17, is larger than the combined total of all of the state's wildfires from 1932 to 1999,…

As much as 40 per cent of the Amazon risks crossing a tipping point from rainforest to savanna as greenhouse gas emissions reduce the rainfall needed to sustain its unique ecosystem, scientists said Monday.Forests are particularly sensitive to changes that affect rainfall for extended periods, and trees may die off…

Actors Priyanka Chopra and Chris Hemsworth will come together for an important discussion on climate change at the closing ceremony of TED Countdown. The session will be held on October 10, 2020.According to the official website, "This closing session will explore the road ahead. How to think urgently and long-term…