In the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, where the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers meet, workers are putting the final touches on the grandstand for Bon Om Touk, the annual water festival which begins this weekend. It’s a huge party—the country pretty much shuts down for the three-day holiday, with dragon …
In a low-warming scenario, we expected rising tides to cover areas currently occupied by 37 million people. The real number is closer to 150 million. Climate change will bring (and has already brought) a wide variety of menacing disruptions to human existence. Some of these are well-known and already operative, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change is making stronger El Ninos, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new study finds. Scientists examined 33 El Ninos — natural warming of equatorial Pacific that triggers weather extremes across the globe — since 1901. They found since the …
If greenhouse gas emissions don’t soon start falling there will be ‘hell to pay’, researchers warn. A damning new UN report published on Sunday warned the world was falling badly behind in the race to avert climate disaster as a result of runaway warming, with the five years ending 2019 …
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Climate issue: Expensive engineering is no match for Mother Nature In north jakarta, not far from a quayside where workers unload frozen mackerel, a derelict building stands a metre deep in murky water. The warehouse was flooded in 2007, after torrential rains and a tidal surge submerged half the city …
The Great Barrier Reef’s outlook has been officially downgraded from poor to very poor due to climate change. Rising sea temperatures thanks to human-driven global warming remain the biggest threat to the reef, a five-year Australian government report says. Actions to save it “have never been more time critical”, the …
The president managed a G-7 summit his way — unwilling to commit to clear stances and declining to be boxed in by anyone. BIARRITZ, France — The divisions were laid bare on the first day, when President Donald Trump insisted to U.S. allies at an opening dinner for the G-7 …
In 2014 and 2015, NPR reported on a mysterious form of kidney diseasethat has killed tens of thousands in Central America, many of them in their 30s and 40s. Now there’s a new theory about a possible cause. Dr. Cecilia Sorensen in an editorial in the current issue of The New England …
“Harry can’t be preaching about the catastrophic effects of climate change whilst jetting around the world on a private plane.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been branded “hypocrites” after flying to Ibiza with baby Archie in a private jet for their first overseas family holiday. Harry and Meghan flew to the …
As more cities and states try to cut carbon emissions, some are taking aim at a new target: natural gas inside homes. Buildings, through heating and cooking, use almost a third of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. In July, Berkeley, Calif., became the first city in the country …
Abnormally high rates of wildfire and peat fire in the Arctic are the latest symptom of climate change THE EASTERN Siberian landscape does not normally resemble hell. In winter it is blanketed in snow; in summer, its forests are lush and its wetlands soggy. This year, however, the region is …