Climate Change

Although irrigation only covers a small portion of the planet, it substantially impacts regional climates and landscapes. In some regions, it is already unsustainable or on the verge of being scarce. But because irrigation provides 40% of the world’s food, we need to understand the intricacies of its effects to…

published : 20 Jun 2023 at 07:45 Nearly two billion people rely on water from Himalayan glaciers that scientists say are melting at a worrying speed. (Photo: AFP) KATHMANDU - Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change,…

Once upon a time, the mainstream Republican Party did not deny the reality of climate science and even saw the environment as something to be valued and protected, not exploited. "They staged a coup... the fox was now guarding the hen house from that point forward. Energy and environmental policy,…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Tinubu to Attend Paris Summit, Sign Global Financial Pact President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Thursday, join world leaders in Paris, France, to review and sign a New Global Financial Pact that places vulnerable countries on priority list for support and investment, following devastating impact of…

June 17, 2023 9:10 AM Image Credit: Created with Midjourney Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Barely a week passes without another dramatic report about humanity and the planet reaching a climate change…

Open this photo in gallery:A firefighter battles a flame in a forest on the slopes of the Troodos mountain chain in Cyprus on July 3, 2021.GEORGIOS LEFKOU PAPAPETROU/AFP/Getty Images John Rapley is a political economist at the University of Cambridge and managing director of Seaford Macro. Out of sight, out…

European central bankers’ price stability mission is on a collision course with the goal of combating climate change, unless they change their ways. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Jana Randow Published Jun 17, 2023  •  6 minute read fxle2b92t)jyrb2h72d21e5k_media_dl_1.png Source: IMF (Bloomberg) — European central bankers’ price stability mission…

In 1999, Susan Lin, a bespectacled plant researcher at the World Vegetable Center, in Taiwan, pulled on a pair of latex gloves and got to work cross-pollinating some chili peppers. She collected tiny white flowers from a cayenne-pepper plant, shook their pollen into a tiny test tube, and walked over…

‘TO CHECK ON PINOYS AS WELL' By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA Integrated News Published June 15, 2023 11:04am Updated June 15, 2023 11:15am President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Thursday that he is hoping to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai this December 2023. “I hope…

Climate change is predicted to shrink the Colorado River. But right now, there's more snow melt than the river has seen in decades. That's good for fish, birds and people who enjoy rafting. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hey, the Rocky Mountains received a lot of snow last winter, and that melting…