Climate Change

  January 12, (THEWILL) – The management of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) has reiterated its readiness to plant 10,000 trees to enhance ecosystems and fight climate change following the recent flood in Maiduguri and its environs. The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Ahmed Ahijo, stated this during…

Climate change didn’t start the wildfires that are ravaging Los Angeles County this week. But the big swings in weather patterns that have accelerated over the past two decades serve as rocket fuel that intensifies the flames and spreads the devastation. Environmental experts and scientists warn that Southern Californians will…

Social media is a fun exercise in observation. You can read a breaking news story and -- in real time -- watch the narrative unfold around that story. Los Angeles has fallen victim to horrific wildfires this week. Tens of thousands of people evacuated, thousands of homes and businesses have…

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…