As hundreds of wildfires in California continue to blaze and thousands of people evacuate, this year’s hurricane season is on track to become one of the busiest on record. Andrew Freedman, editor of…
More than 100 investors in Whitehaven Coal have filed a resolution asking the company to plan its own closure — the first in an ambitious play by an activist shareholder group to push fossil fuel…
Volunteers will take to the streets to measure temperatures in neighbourhoods across Vancouver
A horde of cyclists and electric vehicle drivers will soon take to the streets of Vancouver to map out…
1) Pollution driven by huge increase in mask sales
The promotion of mask wearing as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19 has led to an extraordinary increase in the production of disposable masks:…
Farmers are the stewards of our planet's precious soil, one of the least understood and untapped defenses against climate change. Because of its massive potential to store carbon and foundational…
Anyone who's tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and "outplanting," or…
Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional…
After a Japanese-owned oil tanker struck a reef off Mauritius on July 25, a prolonged period of inaction is threatening to become an ecological disaster.
Carrying nearly 4,000 metric tons of fuel…
Expert warns of health implications of climate emergency as Britons flock to beaches.
As people flock to beaches and parks this weekend after the hottest August day in 17 years, a leading health…
As the black stuff burnt in the UK plummets to a level not seen since the early steam age, we trace its long, deep history and the problems left in its wake.
Britain achieved an unlikely status as a…
PITTSBURGH: As the world demands more energy, nations face the often-competing pressures to increase energy access and affordability, protect the environment, and assure energy security. The…
If weather is your mood, climate is your personality. That's an analogy some scientists use to help explain the difference between two words people often get mixed up.
In other words, weather exists…
The temperature of the Arctic matters to the entire world: it helps to keep the global climate fairly cool. Scientists now say that by 2035 there could be an end to Arctic sea ice.
The northern…
An MIT study explains why the Mediterranean Basin will be arider with the rising temperatures, which is expected to cause increased rainfalls in other parts of the world.
The Mediterranean Basin is…
Fears of flash flooding in parts of country, while experts warn extreme heat could become the norm.
Over a month’s worth of rain could fall within two hours on parts of Britain this week, causing…
William Tohmé, senior regional head for CFA Institute MENA looks at how GCC countries can move forward towards a future that works for everyone.
In just a few months, COVID-19 has necessitated…
Drop in emissions was a blip, say scientists, and a green recovery is vital to halt global heating.
The draconian coronavirus lockdowns across the world have led to sharp drops in carbon emissions,…
August 9 is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples – a celebration of the uniqueness of the traditions of Quechua, Huli, Zapotec, and thousands of other cultures, but also of the…
As advertising disappears amid the coronavirus downturn, radio stations helping farmers adapt to climate shifts could disappear
KANGEMA, Kenya, Aug 6 - In these hills a two-hour drive north of…