Focus on Climate
New England braces for major spring snowstorm as severe weather continues to sock US
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A major spring storm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of New...
Africa now emits as much carbon as it stores: landmark new study
As natural ecosystems are converted for agricultural purposes, Africa's carbon storage capacity is decreasing while the rate of emissions goes up.
Dame Prue Leith lauds leftovers at UK’s Big Lunch launch
Dame Prue Leith hosted eco-minded community organisers at a picnic in London to launch the “greenest” Big Lunch campaign on Wednesday. The Big...
Citizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going
Billy Barr first began recording snow and weather data more than 50 years ago as a freshly minted environmental science graduate in Gothic,...
From polar bears to groundwater, nature is riddled with ‘forever chemicals’
They didn't exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from groundwater to Antarctic snow to turtle eggs, and...
Hunger grips southern Africa as Zimbabwe declares drought a disaster
President Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared Zimbabwe’s drought a national disaster and said the country needed more than $2 billion in aid to feed...
Reindeer herders battle power line needed for Norway’s climate goal
By Gwladys Fouche JERGUL, Norway (Reuters) – It is minus 6 degrees Celsius in Arctic Norway and some 30 Indigenous Sami herders have...
Drought poses key risk to Canada’s natural gas producers in 2024: Deloitte
Persistent drought conditions are poised to challenge natural gas producers as they aim to ramp up in anticipation of Canada's first liquefied natural...
Rescuers plan helicopter airlift of orca calf stranded in B.C. lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Plans are now underway to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver...
