Prairie provinces reportedly chipped in for new climate data hub ClimateWest
Scientists have shown the Prairies have had the strongest warming to date across southern Canada, in particular, during the winter.
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Pope’s adviser says COVID-19 has highlighted ‘existential’ climate risk
The focus must be on justice for those fleeing the impact of extreme weather events, says a new scientific aide to the Vatican.
2020 was Australia's 4th-hottest year
Australia sweltered through its fourth-hottest year on record last year despite the recent return of the usually cooling La Nina climate pattern, the nation’s weather bureau said on Friday, January 1, 2021.
Thousands of wells in rural California may run dry
Years of pumping, drought and a thirsty agriculture industry have taken a heavy toll on the water supply – and new plans are leaving vulnerable residents behind
A Congresswoman's plan to slow global warming by using the soil
A new bill sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree would enlist growers to help slow global warming by using their soil to sponge up carbon dioxide.
California drier than it's been in 150 years
February is typically one of the wettest months in California, but the state is parched, and there’s no moisture in the forecasts
Canberra got pelted with hail when what it needed was rain
The fire-scorched landscape needs water. But not the kind that recently fell on Canberra.
Waiter, There’s a Climate Surcharge in My Soup
A new initiative will use haute cuisine to fund carbon sequestration.
Austria’s new coalition government stokes fears of climate 'nightmare'
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz may have traded his far-right governing partners for the progressive Greens, but his anti-Muslim views haven’t changed.
Australia's earlier axing of climate change research funding condemned
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility funding was discontinued in 2017, while Scott Morrison was treasurer
Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now
I am a climate scientist on holiday in the Blue Mountains, watching climate change in action
Climate whiplash: wild swings in extreme weather are on the rise
As the world warms, scientists say that abrupt shifts in weather patterns — droughts followed by severe floods, or sudden and unseasonable fluctuations in temperature — are intensifying, adding yet another climate-related threat that is already affecting humans and natural world.
71 percent of California voters 'very concerned' about climate change
The findings reflect increasing concerns about global warming across the country.
With New Perennial Grain, a Step Forward for Eco-Friendly Agriculture
A cereal and beers are now being made with a new variety of perennial grain known as Kernza. Proponents say this marks a significant advance for a new agriculture that borrows from the wild prairie and could help ensure sustainable food production in a warming world.
One family makes sense of losing its Colorado River water
Pinal County farmers suffer more drastic cuts than cities in Arizona’s tenuous drought plan.