Climate Change

The Caribbean’s cli­mate change re­silience strat­e­gy has an in­sur­ance prob­lem. The lim­it­ed scope of cov­er­age for many who face ad­verse im­pacts due to cli­mate change was put in­to per­spec­tive at the Re­port­ing Cli­mate Im­pacts in a Cli­mate Jus­tice Con­text Work­shop at the Mar­riott ho­tel last Wednes­day. The event was host­ed…

Beavers may play an unexpected role in tackling climate change by transforming rivers into effective carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham. Published in Communications Earth & Environment, the study is the first to measure both the carbon dioxide (CO2)…

Baseball fans watch the Los Angeles Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game with the heat forcing the game to end early, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records…

The idea that heat is related to violence is as old as Aristotle. The Greek philosopher believed that anger was a boiling of blood and heat around the heart. A link between the two has been smuggled across the eons into modern languages. Our metaphors are thick with this connection:…

Human-driven climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at a rate not seen in 3.6 million years, with sea level rise increasing the length of days by 1.33 milliseconds per century, according to a new study. Earth spins faster when its mass is more concentrated, just as twirling figure skaters pull…

An unusually early spring heatwave is developing across the southwestern United States (US), with temperatures that are more typical of summer than mid-March ( AccuWeather, 16 March 2026 ). Driven by a strong, slow-moving high pressure system, called a ‘heat dome’, the event is causing temperatures to rise 11-17℃ (20-30℉)…

How far would you be willing to go to add a little variety to your diet? Some ringed seals may venture into danger. With food webs being reshaped by climate change in the Arctic, a new study published in Ecology Letters from researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC)…

A new report suggests that the majority of people think new economic rules are required to curb climate change. The issue is that those majorities think they are a minority. (Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg via Getty Images) “We’re seen as one of the bad guys,” says an internal document from…

Environment / March 17, 2026 Climate change is rendering the future of many sports more dangerous or impossible. But many teams are still taking fossil fuel dollars. Protesters gather outside of Citi Field in New York City to object to the Mets’ partnership with Citibank. (Alexandra Tey) In January 2025,…

Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that month has even begun. This extreme event, made far worse by human-caused climate change, will…