Here you will find different categories of news that we published during the week, with links to each article to read the full story. Enjoy!
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which can help support food security and financial stability for countries increasingly prone to climate catastrophes.
A poll shows 45% of U.S. adults say they’ve become more concerned about climate change over the past year.
Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold — symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are on his mind. “We have four children that are []
How can we turn the tide of deforestation, and what role can banks play?
Climate change is impacting the agriculture industry right here in Michigan, although experts say they’re doing things to make sure our state stays one track ahead of it.
Once trashed by local media and some officials, MMSD now enjoys wide support.
A study by the University of Southampton has found that market forces have provided good food price stability over the past half century, despite extreme weather conditions.
As Hawaii faces a mounting water crisis, Oahu stands on the brink of what locals describe as an environmental catastrophe.
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.
Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shiftA landmark legal ruling at the European court of human rights could open the floodgates for a slew of new court cases around the world, experts have said.The Strasbourg-based court said earlier this week that Switzerland’s failure to do enough to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions was a clear violation of the human rights of a group of more than 2,000 older Swiss women. The...
Fish and invertebrate animals are far more affected by warmer and more acidic seawater than was previously known. This is the conclusion of a study co-led by NIOZ marine biologist Katharina Alter, based on a new analysis method published in Nature Communications.