Climate Change

BANGKOK - Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India's summer to Australia's winter, authorities said, in fresh evidence of the impact of climate change. The sweltering temperatures match longstanding warnings from climate scientists and come as countries from Greece to Canada battle record heat and deadly wildfires. In…

Trump thinks it's a Chinese hoax. What's your excuse? Credit - Stefan Müller (climate stuff) from Germany. — Photo: Stefan Müller (CC SA 2.0) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the grant which would pay for energy efficiency incentives as part of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. It is all part…

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Chinese ChatGPT alternatives just got approved for the general public The news: Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial-intelligence companies, has announced it’s opening up access to its ChatGPT-like…

So even though I live in the Northeast now, by the time late August rolls around I’m constantly on hurricane watch. And while the season has been relatively quiet so far, a storm named Idalia changed that, hitting the coast of Florida this morning as a Category 3 hurricane. (Also,…

It's 91 degrees in Charlotte, North Carolina, in mid-July as evening sets in, and you can watch the story on WJZY-TV, the local Fox TV station there with the moniker Queen City News. "Another week, another scorcher," says Morgan Frances, a co-anchor of the station's 5 o'clock broadcast. "Triple-digit temperatures…

This article is sponsored by Sphera. When considering climate ambition, many companies focus more on the costs of carbon abatement initiatives and technologies than they will pay for failing to act. One common method for determining the price of carbon for an organization is using a carbon abatement cost curve.…

Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar addressing newsmen in Kaduna NAF Adopts Measures to Mitigate Climate Change- Air Marshal Hasan The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has stated that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has adopted measures aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, which have…

Climate change is a form of 'violence' against children: UNChildren increasingly active in climate lawsuitsGreta Thunberg, others, call for bolder actionGENEVA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A United Nations body on Monday updated a key treaty designed to protect children's rights to strengthen their hand in fighting climate change, as they…

Coral bleaching in Japan the worst in 20 yearsCoral reefs may not be as vulnerable to climate change as previously thought - and appear to be adapting to warmer seas - a new study suggests.  But scientists say their research shows that carbon emissions must still be reduced.  Reefs in one…

RENO, Nev. -- Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure to the hot sun while on various other jobs. But last summer, while on a construction crew in Las Vegas, he…