Climate Change

Success not guaranteed — Suing governments and fossil fuel companies is a key tool in the climate change battle. Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine - May 13, 2023 10:24 am UTC Enlarge / Shareholders of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), join a demonstration against the central bank's investments in the East…

By 2050, up to 5% of Africa’s population — potentially 113 million people — may have to leave their homes because of the effects of climate change, a figure that is up from 1.5% today. Most of this will happen within countries, with a second migration across borders taking place…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Friday said a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging the state's pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case. The upcoming trial in Helena would be the first of its kind in the…

Your subscription makes our work possible. We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. Subscribe | Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/File Smoke blows from the Four Corners Power Plant in Waterflow, New Mexico, near the San Juan River in the northwestern part of the state. By Mark Trumbull Staff writer Jacob Turcotte…

Life Butterflies with larger wingspans may be more likely to expand their range at high latitudes because they can fly to new habitats as temperatures rise By Carissa Wong A monarch butterfly on the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota Chris Frost/Shutterstock Butterfly species with larger wingspans have expanded their…

Canada is a leader in green energy. I hope more immigrants will come to help realize our goals. “This country has so many natural wonders we need to protect.” (Illustration by Victor Kerlow) I send my mother so many videos of the snow in Canada. I never saw it back…

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2023 — Special U.S. Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry issued an urgent call today for climate action by announcing ways to partner and accelerate investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation during the final day of the AIM for Climate Summit, which was held…

A new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning. The research was done on Dungeness crabs and found that ocean acidification causes them to physically sniff…

Have you ever sat down and tried to list all things the Democrats have blamed on “climate change“? Me neither, but if we did, what an exhaustive list it would be. Welp, House Democrat Chair Pete Aguilar (DUH-Calif.) just added another ridiculous occurrence to the list: the Biden Border Crisis™.…

Observed and simulated changes in global-mean monthly mean temperature in six atmospheric layers. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2300758120 New research provides clear evidence of a human "fingerprint" on climate change and shows that specific signals from human activities have altered the temperature structure of…