Climate Change

Australia is the top country of a list of 10 which would be most affected by coastal erosion over the next 80 years, a new study has found.  The study predicts that southern Australia's shoreline could move inland by more than 100m by 2100. Oceanographer Professor John Church from the…

Photo: APRussia holds a place in our cultural imagination as being cold as balls. But with climate change, past results don’t guarantee future performance. Or even present performance for that matter.Moscow just had its first winter in recorded history with average temperatures above freezing, running a blistering 6.3 degrees Celsius…

This French beach is probably safer than others, but no beach is truly safe from climate change.Photo: Getty I freaking love the beach. It is my place of solace come summertime and my preferred destination come vacation time. So it breaks my heart to share this news: Half of our…

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Hundreds of people are preparing to gather in Adelaide to participate in a unique talk about climate change. 1.5 Degrees Live! will see 100 policymakers, business leaders, scientists and artists spend 35 hours reading the entirety of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) landmark Global Warming of 1.5 ºC…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Ice wine is a dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine Germany's harvest of ice wine - a dessert wine produced from grapes that have frozen while still on the vine - has failed for the first time…

Photo: GettyIn 2019, broadcast news programs produced more climate coverage than the previous year. But it’s still far from enough.A new report from Media Matters for America found that nightly news programs and four Sunday morning political shows spent a combined 238 minutes reporting on climate change in 2019, compared…

Some 80 million passengers fly through London's Heathrow Airport each year, but to boost its capacity by another 50 million, the airport seeks to add a third runway. This could make Heathrow, by far, the busiest airport on Earth. But three UK judges on Thursday blocked the construction of a…

Photo: Getty ImagesPresidential candidate Bernie Sanders has spent the past several months promising to cancel student debt, provide Medicare for everyone, and stave off climate change. But pundits and fellow candidates have spent just as much time asking Sanders how he’s going to pay for all that. This week, the…

A few weeks back, I found myself on a cramped and loud C130 cargo plane, flying headlong out to the middle of the North Pacific Ocean. The plane and crew were part of the Air Force’s fabled “Hurricane Hunters” — they fly into hurricanes to collect crucial data on the…