Trump climate deal pullout: The global reaction
Source: BBC Former President Barack Obama, who negotiated the Paris deal for the US “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits […]
Trump Announces Withdrawal From Paris Agreement
Source: Time BY Justin Worland President Trump announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change Thursday, a move that will weaken a key international measure aimed […]
Vatican would see U.S. Paris deal exit as slap in face: official
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY The Vatican, which under Pope Francis’ insistence has strongly backed the Paris climate change deal, would see a U.S. exit as a […]
Coral reefs can be saved but change is inevitable, scientists say
Source: BBC The world’s coral reefs can be saved by addressing climate change but they will not resemble those of the past, a new study has said. Future reefs will […]
Climate change: Trump keeps world waiting on Paris deal
Source: BBC Donald Trump has said he will decide whether to pull out of a key climate change deal in the next week, having apparently shrugged off pressure from US […]
Pope Francis Gave President Trump a Copy of His Encyclical on Climate Change
Source: Time BY Katie Reilly Pope Francis gave President Donald Trump a copy of his landmark 2015 encyclical on climate change when the two leaders met at the Vatican on Wednesday. […]
Global Warming Is Turning Antarctica Green, Study Says
Source: Time BY Lisa Marie Segarra Parts of Antarctica are starting to see more greenery as temperatures rise, a new study says. “We identified significant changepoints in all sites and proxies, […]
This Is the Pivotal Moment in the Fight Against Climate Change
Source: Time BY Justin Worland Momentum is building in the Trump administration to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change in the coming weeks — which would put the global climate […]
There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up
Source: BBC By Jasmin Fox-Skelly 4 May 2017 Throughout history, humans have existed side-by-side with bacteria and viruses. From the bubonic plague to smallpox, we have evolved to resist them, […]
Depression, anxiety, PTSD: The mental impact of climate change
Source: CNN By Meera Senthilingam, CNN (CNN)It’s a dream many city-dwellers long for: moving to a spacious house surrounded by greenery in the countryside, where they plan to raise their […]
How western civilisation could collapse
Source: BBC By Rachel Nuwer 18 April 2017 The political economist Benjamin Friedman once compared modern Western society to a stable bicycle whose wheels are kept spinning by economic growth. […]
Vatican says Trump risks losing climate change leadership to China
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME The Vatican urged U.S. President Donald Trump to listen to “dissenting voices” and reconsider his position on climate change on Thursday, saying the […]
Volcanoes could erupt much more, thanks to climate change
Source: BBC By Vivien Cumming, Dan John and Adam Proctor 6 March 2017 In the frozen world of Iceland, climate change is having a dramatic effect. It is melting the […]
Polar Bears and Climate Change: The Photographs That Moved Them Most
Source: Time By Alice Gabriner Images, whether captured by a satellite, a scientist, an explorer, a photojournalist or an artist, enable us to record, study and reflect on our planet’s evolving […]
The World’s Oceans Are Losing Oxygen. Here’s Why That’s a Big Problem
Source: Time BY Melissa Chan Feb 17, 2017 Oceans across the globe are slowly losing oxygen, which poses a major problem for every living marine animal and underscores the serious […]
Badlands on Twitter: US park climate change tweets deleted
Source: BBC “Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years. #climate,” said one of the tweets. The posts […]
Trump’s ‘control-alt-delete’ on climate change policy
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Are the recent actions taken by the Trump team on the issues of climate and energy the opening shots in a war on […]
Scientists Warn of ‘Eleventh Hour’ for Many Primate Species
Source: Time By Justin Worland “We have one last opportunity to greatly reduce or even eliminate the human threats to primates and their habitats” Nearly two-thirds of primate species face the […]
Climate change: Fresh doubt over global warming ‘pause’
Source: BBC By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent A controversial study that found there has been no slowdown in global warming has been supported by new research. Many researchers had accepted […]
Climate changing ‘too fast’ for species
Source: BBC By Helen Briggs BBC News Image copyrightTHINKSTOCKImage captionTropical species are thought to be particularly vulnerable Many species will not be able to adapt fast enough to survive climate change, say scientists. A study of more than 50 plants and animals suggests their ability to adapt to changes in […]