These eight charts show why climate change matters right now – CNBC
A girl sits on a cot as she crosses a flooded street at Sohbatpur in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province in Pakistan on October 4, 2022. Fida Hussain | Afp | Getty Images “The climate time bomb is ticking,” António…
The state of the climate in 2023 – BBC
In the last few years, the world has experienced extreme weather, record temperatures and rapid ice melt. Where are we on key climate indicators? This week the UN’s climate science body is releasing a major report on the climate changes…
Climate change is causing Western Disturbances to weaken; here is how
The warming of the Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea mean that Western Disturbances are striking India less in winter and more in summer; with catastrophic consequences
The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future – Al Jazeera English
Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a “liveable” future at risk. So concludes the United Nations Intergovernmental…
Alaska’s Willow arctic drilling project is a climate turning-point. Biden must say no | Kim Heacox
President Biden faces a legacy-making – or legacy-breaking – decision in arctic Alaska with the $8bn Willow project, the largest oil and gas project currently proposed on US public lands. If Biden remembers his visionary pledge – forged in the…
Biden denies reports that Alaska oil drilling project has been approved
The Biden administration has denied reports that it has authorized a key oil drilling project on Alaska’s north slope, a highly contentious project that environmentalists argue would damage a pristine wilderness and gut White House commitments to combat climate crisis….
Will Gadd: An ice climber’s close-up view of climate change – BBC
Climbing the slick side of a frozen mountain requires nerves as cool as the ice under your crampons. But what happens when the ice can’t be trusted any more? It’s a question renowned ice climber Will Gadd has had to…
Risky feedback loops are accelerating climate change, scientists warn – CNBC
A firefighter battles flames during the Mosquito Fire near Michigan Bluff, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Jen Osborne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Risky feedback loops that are accelerating global climate change may not be fully accounted for…
Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021 – ABC News
Phillip Meintzer was hours away by car from the largest fires raging in the forests of British Columbia and Alberta in summer of 2021, but the air was still thick with smoke from the Canadian infernos. “The fires weren’t next…
‘A part of winter is missing’: Ottawa grieves over lack of canal ice for skating
Every winter for more than two decades, Chris Macknie has laced up boots, clipped on skis or slipped on running shoes to compete in Ottawa’s Winterlude triathlon. The event, held in dead of winter, has hundreds skate along the frozen…
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