Climate Change

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…

The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Floods are destroying infrastructure that took decades to build. Droughts are collapsing harvests and displacing communities. Extreme heat is eroding labour productivity and straining health systems. Coastal communities are losing ground to…

This photo taken on July 21, 2022 shows a view of the Mount Geladandong in the source region of the Yangtze River in northwest China's Qinghai Province.  (Xinhua/Zhang Long) LANZHOU, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have uncovered the drivers of divergent climate changes across Asia over the past 130,000…

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Climate change appears to be making our days a little longer. According to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, rising sea levels are slowing the Earth’s spin. At a rate of 1.33 milliseconds per century, it is not enough to squeeze in a quick workout…

AI + ML PLUS: SAP expands Japanese cloud; SK hynix close to shipping LPDDR6; Lenovo's biggest ever IaaS deal; and more ASIA IN BRIEF India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change last week staged a two-day national workshop titled “Policy Implementation for Minimizing Elephant Mortalities on Railway Track” –…