Flash Droughts Fueled by Climate Change
Climate change is making droughts hit harder and faster, giving farmers even less time to prepare, a study published Thursday in Science finds. In addition to the impacts on regular droughts, so-called
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Child Brides Victims Of Climate Change
The catastrophic flooding that submerged one-third of Pakistan last year is driving an increase in the number of girls sold off as child brides there, Atmos reports. The increase, after child marriages
Italy Is Fighting Energy Poverty — and Climate Change
San Giovanni a Teduccio is a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Italy. Once an industrial center, today it’s home to abandoned factories that sit in ruins by the sea. But
Drought Study Finds Climate Change To Blame
In a new study published in Nature Water, authors find a warming planet is increasing the frequency, duration, and severity of drought and heavy rainfall events. “This is an observation. It’s actual
ExxonMobil Accurately Predicted Climate Change
ExxonMobil climate scientists predicted the climatic damage their product would cause with remarkable accuracy, all while the company spent huge sums of money denying and obfuscating the science of climate change, a
Whiplash Fueled by Climate Change
The repeated, major storms dumping levee-breaching rain on California are both insufficient to alleviate the Golden State's drought, and a symptom of the climate change-fueled weather whiplash exacerbating both droughts and extreme
Antarctica Biodiversity Threatened by Climate Change
With attention generally trained on activities at the North Pole, new research warns the continued extraction and combustion of fossil fuels could kill off nearly two-thirds of Antarctica's native species by the
Biology Textbooks Not Adequately Addressing Climate Change
Fewer than three pages in a typical 1,000-page biology textbook from recent decades address climate change, according to the new study, despite climate experts’ warnings that this is one of the biggest
Mobile Homes Offer Low-Cost Living. Now, They’re Threatened by Climate Change.
Charlotte Bishop was standing at her kitchen window in January 2019 when she saw water streaming into her yard. A block of ice had clogged the brook that snakes around the mobile
W. Africa Floods 80x More Likely Due To Climate Change
Climate change worsened the flooding that killed more than 800 people across West Africa this summer, a new World Weather Attribution report finds. Climate change, mainly caused by the extraction and combustion
Lancet: Fossil Fuel Pollution, Climate Change Kill Millions
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels and biomass kills 1.2 million people a year, and the fossil fuel industry's relentless pursuit of profits without regard for human costs is to blame,
Football Players Threatened by Climate Change
Extreme heat and high humidity pose an increasing threat to football players with harms disproportionately affecting Black student-athletes, Sports Illustrated reports. In the last two years, at least 14 football players have
Monsoon Cycle Destabilized by Climate Change
The monsoon cycle is integral to South Asia's agriculture, economy, and culture, but climate change is destabilizing weather patterns, and life itself, for nearly one-quarter of the world's people, the New York
Climate Change Increased Ian Rainfall By 10% — Analysis
Climate change caused Hurricane Ian to dump 10% more rain on Florida than it would have otherwise, a rapid analysis using well-established methodology has found. The atmosphere can hold 7% more water
Cities Are Tapping Residents to Study Climate Change Impacts
On very hot days, Victor Sanchez makes sure to leave his home in the afternoon. "The sun just pours in," he said of his top-floor, west-facing apartment in Harlem, where he has
Border Crossing More Deadly Due To Climate Change
About one-third of people who die along the U.S.-Mexican border seeking a better life in the United States perish from exposure to environmental extremes like heat, and climate change will make that
Unprecedented Pakistan Flooding has Signs of Climate Change
A third of Pakistan — a land mass about the size of Colorado and home to about 220 million people — is underwater, the country's climate change minister, Sherry Rehman said Monday.
Infectious Diseases Made Worse by Climate Change
Climate change is already worsening the impact of infectious diseases, like Zika, malaria, and Covid-19, on human health, a study published Monday in Nature Climate Change finds. “There is no speculation here
Britain Heatwave 10x Times More Likely Due To Climate Change
Britain experienced its highest temperatures ever recorded in an extreme heat wave last week, as temps rose to over 104°F. Analysis by the World Weather Attribution group — composed of scientists from
Climate Change Made Britain’s Heatwave At Least 10x Times More Likely
Britain experienced its highest temperatures ever recorded in an extreme heat wave last week, as temps rose to over 104°F. Analysis by the World Weather Attribution group — composed of scientists from