Climate Change

‘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…

Bogor, Indonesia, June 14, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The 43rd ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) meeting hosted by Indonesia on June 7-8, 2023, has discussed food security as one of the concerns of Southeast Asian countries since the world is facing the threat of a global food crisis…

A new report from the Venezuelan Observatory for Political Ecology (OEP) details the most pressing environmental issues facing Venezuela.They include oil spills, illegal mining, deforestation, tourism, poor waste management, water shortages and climate change.The Venezuelan government has done very little to address these problems, the report said, and has even…

It has been a chaotic start to the Northern Hemisphere’s “danger season,” those few months of the year that are accompanied by a parade of disasters. This year’s danger season already includes abnormally high sea-surface temperatures in the world’s oceans, catastrophic wildfires in Canada, and unusual flooding in California. Experts…

Rikki Held’s last name has been referenced in legal briefs, news articles and water cooler conversations for two years now, since the court case Held v. State of Montana was filed in Montana’s First Judicial District Court. Held was one of 16 youth plaintiffs who filed the 2020 lawsuit against…

“I couldn’t help but feel a bit hopeless, knowing the next storm could bring the same, or worse” (Photograph by iStock, illustration by Maclean’s) It’s been my dream to live by the ocean ever since I got my first taste of it as a teenager. I grew up in Toronto,…

BONN, Germany -- A growing number of companies are pledging to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to " net zero " as part of global efforts to tackle climate change, but that goal is rarely supported by a credible plan, according to a report published Monday. The idea behind net…

ExxonMobil Corp’s chief executive officer (CEO), Darren Woods has said the company is investing in new technology to reduce carbon emissions and assures to continue to produce oil and gas to meet market demand. European leaders looking to tackle climate change should look to U.S. policy and ‘let the market…

Marine carbon cycle. Credit: Wikipedia While the world has been heavily focused on the usual players of global climate change, like fossil fuels and deforestation, a group of unlikely contenders has emerged from the depths of the ocean—marine viruses. These minuscule but mighty entities are now stealing the limelight as…