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2018 Is Shaping Up to Be the Fourth-Hottest Year. Yet We’re Still Not Prepared for Global Warming.
This article discusses how the planet is heating up, and we are not doing enough to stop it.
This summer of fire and swelter looks a lot like the future that scientists have been warning about in the era of climate change, and it’s revealing in real time how unprepared […]
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Study: Cost of Coastal Flooding in Europe Could Reach $1 Trillion Annually by 2100
This article discusses the financial impact to Europeans from sea level rising and flooding.
Without additional climate change adaptation measures, the annual cost of damage from coastal flooding in Europe could jump from $1.4 billion today to as much as $1 trillion by the end of the century due largely […]
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This new electric car can charge while you drive
This article discusses new breakthroughs in the automotive industry with electric cars. The solar panels are cheaper than a paint job, and add up to 18 miles to range.
German startup Sono Motors has integrated solar panels into its Sion electric vehicle (EV), allowing the car to charge while it […]
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Studies: If We Can’t Stop Hothouse Earth, We’d Better Learn to Live on It
This article discusses how humanity will have to adapt to a much hotter earth because of global warming. New research is a warning that we face a desperate global struggle.
Migration is sometimes a blessing and sometimes a curse, but our personal opinions about migrants are becoming irrelevant except […]
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Study: The heat is on for 4 more years: Extreme temperatures expected through 2022
This article discusses how temperatures are expected to continue to rise across the globe.
This summer’s heat has shattered records around the Northern Hemisphere, from Algeria to Canada and Japan to California. New research suggests this could be only the beginning of a four-year global “warm spell.”
Using […]
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When Climate Change Starts Wars
This article discusses how climate change is drying up water sources, and that could lead to wars. Rising temperatures are bringing ethnic tensions to a boil in Central Asia.
The Kyrgyz soldier stepped quietly out of the dark green bushes and swung his Kalashnikov rifle in the direction of our […]
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ENTIRE STATE DECLARED DROUGHT ZONE AS CLIMATE CHANGE STRAINS WATER SUPPLIES
This article discusses the severe water problems facing parts of Australia.
The entire Australian state of New South Wales (NSW)—the most populous in the country—is now in drought, according to local officials.
Drier weather than expected has resulted in water shortages, failing crops and a lack of animal fodder, according to
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Our climate plans are in pieces as killer summer shreds records
This article discusses how climate change is affecting everyone.
Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean. Drought in Europe has turned verdant land barren, while people in Japan and Korea are […]
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Ravenous for Meat, China Faces a Climate Quandary
This article discusses China’s meat addiction and its impact on climate change. On the whole, the country consumes 28 percent of the world’s meat — twice as much as the United States. And that figure is only set to increase.
At the center of the table in a modest, high-rise apartment […]
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How wildlife will keep cool in the face of rising temperatures
This article discusses how wildlife will keep cool in the face of rising temperatures, if they can.
Large numbers of species are at risk of global extinction from climate change. As a result, some governments are trying include wildlife in their plans for how to adapt the management of natural landscapes to a […]
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