ESA data records help underpin climate change report
Source According to the newly released 35th State of the Climate report, 2024 saw record highs in greenhouse gas concentrations, global land and ocean temperatures, sea levels, and ocean heat […]
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‘We cannot do it the way our fathers did’: farmers across Europe struggle to adapt to the climate crisis
Source As wildfires rage in southern Europe and crop losses only set to increase in the coming years, producers are getting creative to beat the heat “I’m not ready to
Once a fragrance goldmine, Egypt’s jasmine harvest is losing its scent as climate change takes its toll
Source SHUBRA BALULA (Egypt), Aug 25 — For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top global perfume houses. But in
‘We’re trying to call on everybody that we can’: South Australia scrambles to fight its pulsating algal bloom
Source State considers its options to control Karenia mikimotoi, which has left beaches littered with dead seaweed and sealife New satellite imagery of South Australia’s devastating algal bloom shows it
It’s so hot in the western U.S. that some people are ‘wobbling’ and collapsing to the ground as they walk outside
Source Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada
Resistant to global warming? These U.S. areas aren’t seeing hotter-than-normal summers
Source Summers are getting hotter across the US but not everywhere. Certain portions of the nation are actually seeing cooling. Are these climate havens? Summers on average are 1.6 degrees
Scientists search for climate change answers in the seafloor mud of Quebec’s Saguenay
Source Scientists from Canadian and U.K. universities are sifting through the seafloor mud of Quebec’s Saguenay region, looking for tiny animals they say could be crucial for mitigating climate change.
Portugal, Spain continue to grapple with fires and record heat
Source A brutal heatwave roasting Spain and Portugal this month has finally begun easing as weather conditions improve and firefighters make progress in their battle against deadly wildfires. The scorching
UC Irvine-led research team uncovers global wildfire paradox
Source Worldwide, land area consumed by wildfires decreased by 26 percent from 2002 to 2021. During the same time, human exposure to blazes jumped by 40 percent, with Africa accounting
Climate Change Accelerates Melting of Italy’s Ventina Glacier
Source Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have
Eden Project wildflower centre issues climate warning as it marks 25th year
Source Rising temperatures in the spring and unpredictable autumns are making the huge task of restoring the UK’s lost meadows even more challenging, the National Wildflower Centre (NWC) has warned.
Climate change will cost Gulf Coast billions by 2050
Source Projected annual losses due to extreme weather by 2050 The U.S. Gulf Coast is facing billions of dollars in yearly property damage by 2050 due to extreme weather tied
How the Shuar of Ecuador are responding to climate change and environmental degradation
Source As the forest around them changes, one of Ecuador’s largest Indigenous populations is combining traditional knowledge with modern technology “The land does not belong to us; we belong to
Renewables vulnerable; solar and wind sectors turn to insurance for climate protection
Source Solar and wind energy companies are betting on a novel form of insurance to protect their assets against wild and volatile weather — the very type of climate risk
Dramatic slowdown in Arctic sea ice melting surprises scientists
Source Natural climate variation is most likely reason as global heating due to fossil fuel burning has continued The melting of sea ice in the Arctic has slowed dramatically in