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climate change
Inaction on climate is 'dangerous', warns U.N.'s Guterres
U.N. Secretary−General António Guterres warned on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it.
Not all communities can afford private weather forecasting
As climate change intensifies extreme weather, cities and companies are paying for private forecasting. But what about the places that can't afford it?
Phoenix, Vegas, Denver post records as U.S. Southwest hit with heat wave
Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and California’s Death Valley all posted record temperatures on Saturday, June 12, 2022, as dangerous heat swept across the American Southwest.
Iraq's Lake Sawa dries up amid water crisis
Hussam al−Aqouli remembers the exact spot along southern Iraq’s Lake Sawa where his two daughters once dipped their feet into clear waters. Now he stands there two years on and the barren earth cracks beneath him.
Canada, California to collaborate on climate action and nature protection
Canada and California are kindred progressive spirits on climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Thursday, June 9, 2022, as he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a new blueprint for working together to stave off the worst consequences of a warming planet.
Canada's top bank says economy can withstand higher interest rates
High household debt and elevated housing prices have become bigger vulnerabilities in the past year, but the economy can still handle the rising interest rates needed to tame inflation, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
If humans start shrinking, maybe blame the climate crisis
Paleontologist Steve Brusatte believes this is so because smaller mammals are better able to cope with increased temperatures.
Russia off guest list at Arctic Council resumes meetings
The Arctic Council is deciding to sit again, after suspending its meetings in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
World risks ‘sleepwalking to disaster’
Bonn Climate Change Conference envoys walk out during Russian address.
Trudeau, Anand meet with U.S. defence secretary and Norad commanders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand got a first-hand look on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at North America's first line of continental defence, a system experts and political leaders agree is badly in need of an upgrade.
The ethics of tinkering with the Earth's atmosphere to tackle climate change
Tinkering with the planet’s air to cool Earth’s ever−warming climate is inching closer to reality enough so that two different high−powered groups — one of scientists and one of former world leaders — are trying to come up with ethics and governing guidelines.
Trust this expert when she says we can’t adapt our way out of climate crisis
Katharine Hayhoe says the world is heading for dangers people have not seen in 10,000 years of civilization.
Our wetlands are drowning
A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping up.