Elisabeth Briggs, 48, a mother of three teenagers, from Shropshire, fights back tears as she recounts how her life changed after she contracted Covid - which then developed into long Covid.
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The intrusion of Donald Trump into this nation’s political bloodstream and his refusal to depart the field after eight long years has provided him ample opportunity to reveal his nature to the American public. His grotesque mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and his callous disregard of the lives of American citizens was probably the worst example of his stunning lack of human conscience or empathy. That was almost certainly the primary reason Americans decided to dispose of him after one...
As doctors report more severe allergy symptoms in patients, scientists are blaming climate change and severe weather. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports.
Behind a chain-link fence in a corner of San Joaquin County sits one of California's — and perhaps the world's — best hopes for combating climate change. Here at the nation's first commercial direct air capture facility, towering trays of limestone mineral powder are working round-the-clock to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Robots skitter and whir around the 40-foot-tall columns, which are part of a multi-step process that will ultimately convert the CO2 to concrete, rendering the...
On Earth Day, many try to raise awareness of the need to protect the earth
Cambridge Press & Assessment survey says students need to be empowered with skills and knowledge.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these efforts, Salk Institute scientists are harnessing plants' natural ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air by optimizing their root systems to store more carbon for a longer period of time.
'Instituting change is difficult and changing behaviour even more so,' writes Terry Neefs.
Climate change has taken up a permanent presence in our global discourse. The broad issue is complex, riddled with an assortment of challenges.Yet in the mainstream, the idea of climate change is regularly oversimplified, and the conversation around this multifaceted topic invariably circles back to one element: carbon.As the primary contributor to the greenhouse effect and our changing climate, it’s understandable why carbon – and its capture and removal – has become the central character in...
To the editor: The Times' editorial board issues yet another dire warning about the health of our planet. Record-breaking heat due to fossil fuel emissions shows we are headed in the wrong direction. These grim facts might leave readers discouraged and hopeless. While there is damage that we may not be able to fix, it's not too late to heal our Earth. Indeed, we have seen other seemingly hopeless situations change. My grandmothers couldn't vote when they came of age. There were racial covenants...
A climate academic has warned of a potential “competition” for water that could one day emerge between householders and farms.