Focus on Climate
Global ocean summit nets $10 bn in pledges: Greek PM
"Our ocean is literally sending us distress signals. Of course, long before we understood climate change, the ocean was already under attack from...
Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move
There is much more inorganic carbon in soil than anybody realized – and it may be a surprisingly big player in Earth’s carbon...
The Conversation: Domination of private interests presents a risk to the long-term health of Canada’s Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy in Atlantic Canada is facing pressures from sea-level rise along with more unpredictable and intense flooding and hurricane events...
Heavy rains lash UAE and surrounding nations as the death toll in Oman flooding rises to 18
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the...
Colombia’s capital announces new measures to cut water consumption as dry weather persists
A drought associated with the El Niño weather pattern has already prompted officials in Bogotá to ration water in most neighborhoods and ask...
Canada’s NDP leader defends carbon price position — without directly supporting a consumer levy
Canada's federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is refusing to say explicitly whether he supports Canadians having to pay a carbon price on consumer...
Much of central US faces severe thunderstorm threat and possible tornadoes
Some scientists believe that over the past few decades, tornadoes in the U.S. have been shifting. One possible factor could be that the...
France plans subsidies for tree felling to help exterminate bark beetle
Since 2018, successive droughts and high temperatures in northeast France have made trees more vulnerable to beetle attacks.
Urban firefighters to get additional training to also battle Canada’s wildfire blazes
The impacts of climate change and population growth are combining to increase the risk that wildfires happen in or near urban areas. Natural...
