Climate Change

At least 69 people were killed this week in unusually intense thunderstorms across eastern India's Bihar state and in neighbouring Nepal, officials said Saturday (April 12, 2025). While flash floods and lightning kill thousands of people each year, scientists warn that rising global temperatures are unleashing a cascade of extreme…

Pollen allergy season is getting longer and more intense as the climate changes, creating more misery for allergy sufferers. But it’s not the only type of allergy threat getting worse with warming. There are other allergens, like mold spores, whose spread coincides with higher temperatures and weather disruption. But one…

Why Trump Axed a Bedrock U.S. Climate Program The dismemberment of the U.S. Global Change Research Program was outlined in Project 2025 as a way to elevate the “benefits” of climate change when fighting regulations in court By Scott Waldman & E&E News U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a…

Scouring for sea slugs by combing through long seagrass blades is not easy, according to Richelle Tanner, a marine ecologist at Chapman University in Orange, California. She has to blindly but carefully run her hands along the entire plant, pressing lightly, to pick out the species she studies, Taylor’s sea…

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to operationalizing the Climate Change Fund (CCF). Edun made this disclosure with the Director-General of the Nigeria Climate Change Council (NCCC), Nkiruka Madueke, on Monday in Abuja to make  efforts to align climate finance with…

Bad news for allergy sufferers: climate change may make your seasonal allergies last even longer. Scientists developed a model accounting for how different warming scenarios could affect pollen production and emissions. What they found was, by the end of the century, warmer temperatures could kick off the spring allergy season…

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has announced this morning a new policy by the Australian Labor Party those targets Home Battery Storage for Australians. The new policy would reduce the cost of a ‘typical’ installed battery by 30%. Home Storage Batteries allow you to collect energy from…

‘One of the most significant challenges facing India is in securing funding for adaptation’  | Photo Credit: THE HINDU/RITU RAJ KONWAR Countries around the globe, including India, are facing the repercussions of climate change. The physical risks from this can be classified as acute and chronic. Acute risks result from…

As the world ramps up efforts to combat climate change and improve the global shipping industry, Nigeria is leading the charge for Africa in shaping its role in the global transition towards low-carbon and zero-emission shipping.  At the inaugural two-day African Strategic Summit on Shipping Decarbonisation which held in Abuja…

A major storm took hold across swaths of the central and southern United States on Wednesday unleashing extreme flooding and huge tornadoes from Arkansas up to Michigan. And conditions are expected to worsen on Friday as soils become saturated and water piles up: The National Weather Service is warning of…