Study connects heatwaves and cold snaps to surges in payday lending, keeping people in debt and harming communities of colorTwo competing payday loan stores stand on the corners of an intersection in south Los Angeles. An area of persistent poverty, south LA is also a banking desert where payday lenders fill the gap. Long lines form inside the stores on the first of the month, when rent is due.Guillermina Molina, a 60-year-old retired housekeeper, visits the same Speedy Cash each month. During...
The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.
The report underlines the urgent need for incorporating occupational safety and health considerations into climate response strategies.
Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change.
“This research has truly been a team effort.”
The indicators of climate change and its effects on the life and health of populations continue to be ignored by many governments, warned Luciana Blanco Villafuerte, Lancet Countdown Latin America researcher.
Climate change is significantly altering bioclimatic environments in China's dry–wet transition zones, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Hydrology.
The small ecosystem in Puerto Rico where the study was conducted
During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burned boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in Science. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century.
By 2049, economic damage from climate change is expected to amount to approximately $38 trillion annually.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria can cause severe symptoms, health complications and even death.