Heat waves, floods and heavy rain: India battling climate change and it is getting worse, warn experts – The Financial Express

The spectre of climate change is here to stay and even worsen, say climate scientists as searing winds blow across swathes of north India, including New Delhi where temperatures have crossed 49 degrees Celsius, and flash floods ravage parts of…

‘This is our forest’: Climate change means uncertain future for maple trees, syrup season – USA TODAY

Climate change means uncertain future for maple trees, syrup season News Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion Indigenous people tapped maple trees for centuries, but the warming climate is changing sugar season Warming temperatures and extreme weather stresses the…

Storm-chasing: A picturesque Texas tornado

Meteorologist Peter Forister spent the first week in May on the Great Plains, witnessing eight tornadoes over three days. Read his storm chasing account.

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Water scarcity ahead for 80% of croplands, but farming methods can help

With a possible water scarcity looming, scientists say farmers can use different techniques to conserve rainwater in soil and crops.

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Global Warning: Extreme weather conditions are sweeping large parts of the world – The Financial Express

Climate change has been at the top of the agenda for many nations across the world. Why would some global leaders otherwise appoint ‘chief heat officers’, who have the most important tasks at hand—to deal with rising temperatures in their…

New report highlights risk from global warming in the “Third Pole” – Modern Diplomacy

There are thousands of small-scale, community driven initiatives making a huge difference in people’s lives and contributing to efforts to curb global warming. In early April, 29 countries pledged more than $5 billion to the UN-backed Global Environment Facility (GEF)….

Small solutions, big impacts: 5 community-based projects tackling climate change – UN News

In early April, 29 countries pledged more than $5 billion to the UN-backed Global Environment Facility (GEF). The Fund said this was “record support, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats to climate change,…

What is carbon pricing?

Carbon pricing works by putting a monetary value on carbon, which makes the cost of emitting carbon explicit to those polluting

How Oil And Gas Is Being Affected By Climate Change – Response To A Presentation In Mid-America. – Forbes

A pumpjack siphons oil in the foreground of a wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. Corbis via Getty Images Independence, Kansas, is a small conservative town in the heart of the USA. The area produced oil for decades, before natural gas…

Friendship Ornaments From the Stone Age Were Crafted and Worn as a ‘Symbol of connection’

Roughly 6,000 years ago, hunter-gatherer communities in northeast Europe produced skillfully manufactured slate ring ornaments in great numbers. While these ornaments are commonly referred to as ‘slate rings’, they were rarely used as intact rings. Instead, the ornaments were fragmented on purpose, using pieces of rings as tokens. These fragments were further processed into pendants. […]

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