Category: Environment

New net-zero pledges made at United Nations climate talks have created a slim but viable hope that the world could avoid a crucial redline for climate catastrophe, according to a Continue Reading

After nine days of grand pronouncements, pledges and plans, scientists delivered a rude awakening to a COP26 summit that has been called “the last, best hope” for climate action: Earth Continue Reading

Over the past 40 years, as climate change leaped into global awareness, exposure to extreme heat jumped by close to 200 percent in more than 10,000 of the world’s biggest Continue Reading

For years climate scientists have warned about the ferocious wildfires and hurricanes that are now overwhelming many communities. Today alarms are ringing about a related financial danger: risks lurking within Continue Reading

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new ultra-white paint that reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight and can keep surfaces up to 19 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings. Continue Reading

Global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and food production have risen by 17 percent over the past 30 years, according to UN data, underscoring their importance in limiting climate change. Continue Reading

Everyone gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference is aware that the world is heating up and human activity is responsible—but how much of an individual weather event can Continue Reading

Water and mud landslides overran houses and roads in Germany this month, killing more than 160 people and leaving hundreds missing. Deadly weather as far apart as China, Germany and Continue Reading

The seasons are strange now in Beverly Longid’s home of Cordillera, in the Philippines. The crops don’t ripen at the usual times. The sun beats down hotter than ever before. Continue Reading