Climate Change

A new report says the conditions that fuelled July wildfires in Ontario and the Northwest Territories were made roughly twice as likely due to human-induced climate change...Read More

Wildfires in Canada. Credit: Wayne Wastaken. More than 3 million hectares have burned to date  ( Natural Resources Canada, 2026 ), prompting a Level 4 National Preparedness response ( GoC, 2026 , ciffc ). Although the season began with below-average wildfire activity, prolonged hot, dry weather through July has driven…

Centre for Ecosystem Management As climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, and overexploitation continue to reshape ecosystems worldwide, a central challenge for scientists and natural resource managers is understanding what makes ecosystems resilient—and how that resilience can be protected. A new synthesis paper recently published in Frontiers in Ecology &…

Betsy Robertson was standing in the center of the Spokane Convention Center on Monday afternoon, but she wasn’t there for a gala or a conference. Instead, the event space in the middle of Washington state’s second-largest city had been transformed into a Red Cross emergency shelter as a trio of…

Credit: Samson Katt from Pexels The power of social influence could be key to changing attitudes and behaviors around climate change, according to a new study by researchers at the Center for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). The team examined the role of social influence in accelerating climate action,…

TOKYO, Aug 5, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, is strengthening its efforts toward carbon neutrality to contribute to the development of a sustainable society. We announce the reduction rate of JCB’s own greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions for FY2025. Goals and initiatives toward carbon…

Forecasters are warning that the ongoing El Niño is likely to become supercharged in the coming months and inject potentially unprecedented heat into our already warming world. El Niño is the warm phase of a multiyear natural climate pattern, but models suggest this year's cycle will be exceptionally intense .…

Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Religion, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change Pilgrims, accompanied by pony operators and porters, continue their journey along the Baltal route during rain on the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir in July 2026. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS SRINAGAR, India, Aug…

analysis From the West Coast to Europe, climate change is making wildfires worse Published August 3, 2026 7:57PM (EDT) A Virgin Mary statue remains untouched in front of a burned out residential home in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on August 2, 2026. Fast-moving fires left a trail of…

August 3, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Dry conditions and climate change are putting forests across the country at risk for disaster By Mary Randolph edited by Andrea Thompson A burned truck sits in the driveway of burned out residential home in the Balboa neighborhood…