Climate Change

11,000 scientists warn of 'untold suffering' from climate crisis

It only Tuesday, but more than 11,000 scientists around the world have come together to declare a climate emergency. Their paper, published Tuesday in the journal Bioscience, lays out the science behind this emergency and solutions for how we can deal with it…

Since I first wrote in 2003 about how climate change was affecting wine, Ive been keeping watch and talking about it to growers and producers around the world. In recent year…

We are coming off what was a historic event, Andrew Vesey, PG&Es chief executive for utility operations, said during one of the daily briefings about the intentional blackouts. The reason we do this, as weve said many times, is for public safety. We conti…

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg graciously let Critters 3 star Leonardo DiCaprio post an Instagram pic with her on Friday. DiCaprio, who also dabbles in climate activism, praised Thunberg in the post as a "leader of our time" and called upon world lea…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption New coal power plants are planned in Asia The chief of the United Nations has warned Asia to quit its "addiction" to coal in a bid to tackle climate change. UN Secretary General António Guterres said countries in the r…

Harry Nevak (left) starts filling his boat in Newtok with his family's belongings in order to move them over to Mertarvik. Marc Lester/ Anchorage Daily News It's finally moving day in Newtok, Alaska, the village where erosion has already claimed several hom…

Image copyrightProject PermasenseImage caption Frequent rock-falls have added risks for mountaineers in many regions Mountaineering in some parts of the world is becoming riskier because of climate change, climbing experts and scientists warn. They say wa…

On Wednesday, Chile announced it would no longer host an international climate conference despite it being a little more than a month out. The move comes as protests over inequality roil the country. The only reason the conference was scheduled in Chile in th…

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