Climate Change

Two years ago, at the United Nations COP27 climate conference in Egypt, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that global leaders needed to address greenhouse gas emissions to keep air temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by the year 2100. It's only the start of 2025, and…

These goals included being fossil-free by 2027. The Church of Sweden has closed seven churches in Gotland from the Middle Ages that are heated with oil in order to meet climate goals. These goals included being fossil-free by 2027 at the latest, per Swedish radio station Sverige. The pastorate at…

Over half of Earth’s land surface is covered with fire-prone vegetation, with grassy ecosystems—such as grasslands, savannas, woodlands, and shrublands—being the most extensive. In the context of the climate crisis, scientists worldwide are exploring ...Read More

Nova Scotia Cape Breton's Cabot Trail is a destination for tens of thousands of visitors every year, but major weather events exacerbated by climate change have significantly damaged popular vacation spots, driving up the cost of doing business and requiring tourism operators to plan ahead for worst-case scenarios. Vacation hot spots…

Earth Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather events that may have been exacerbated by climate change By James Dinneen Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email The Palisades Fire advancing on homes in…

From the ashes of the Cudlee Creek fire in the Adelaide Hills five years ago has emerged a brandy created from the damaged grapes. All of the vines in fifth-generation grape grower Simon Tolley's vineyard were either burnt or smoke-tainted by the fire, which swept through the region in December…

The 29th United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended late and with a massive finance shortfall of pledged climate finance for countries in the Global South, roughly $1 trillion less than what was sought. Many delegates were already on flights home when the final…

As president-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume the White House on January 20, the federal government is bracing for a massive overhaul in policy – and how it labels issues and individuals. Potentially limited or wiped from official government websites and documents are references to climate change, “undocumented immigrants” or…

Nova Scotia Ice has been steadily disappearing from the Gulf of St. Lawrence with record low levels recorded last winter. Federal officials say within 20 years, it could be gone altogether. Federal officials say ice could disappear altogether from Gulf of St. Lawrence in next 20 years Tom Ayers ·…

New Year is when we do the accounts for the year, and the bad news always gets top billing: how many wars are going on, how big were the natural disasters, etc? Climate change now has its own slot in this annual accounting, and here is what the climate pundits…