MIDDLETOWN – In mid-March, Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s newly confirmed administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the EPA was undertaking a formal reconsideration of its “endangerment…
Silent dehydration is a condition in which the body gradually loses water and essential electrolytes without triggering the usual thirst signals. Unlike acute dehydration—which manifests through symptoms like dizziness, dry…
Currently, India is witnessing an increase in heat and heatwaves, especially in several northern states including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha. By early April, the rising heatwaves…
The Trump administration’s EPA has put the home insurance industry, home mortgage industry, real estate industry, and individual homeownership on notice that the rules are changing against their best interests.…
WÄDENSWIL/SAN DIEGO – Puro.earth, a self-appointed “carbon-removal certifier,” is seeking to establish a new accredited means of carbon sequestration: dumping bundled biomass (wood or crop waste) into the ocean. At…
Antarctica is coming apart, crumbling into the sea, much, much faster than anybody ever thought possible. After all, it was only a couple of months ago when polar scientists called…
Interview with Dr. Santasabuj Das, (Director of National Institute for Occupational Health), regarding increasing impact of heat stress on informal workers’ life and livelihoods Bhargav: Could you give a brief…
PARIS – Over the past year and a half, insurers have been pulling out of high-risk areas at an alarming rate. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in California,…
Climate change has become the greatest global challenge of the 21st century. Its effects are being felt worldwide, but its impact is particularly severe in developing countries like India. India's…
To: Dr Ibrahim Cheikh DiongExecutive DirectorUNFCCC Loss and Damage Fund Mr Simon StiellExecutive SecretaryUNFCCC Secretariat Chief Secretary|Govt of Kerala Dear Dr Ibrahim Diong, The outset please accept my congratulations on your appointment…
A new discovery of methane leaks in Antarctica could be a game-changer and potential near-term threat that’s difficult to characterize without sounding overly negative. Of course, situations like this that…
Even before the end of March, several parts of India are experiencing a heatwave. On March 16, Odisha recorded a temperature of 43°C, while Jharsuguda touched 42°C. In more than…
SAINT JOHN’S – Last week, heads of state, ministers of finance and energy, investors, civil-society groups, and energy-industry leaders convened in Barbados for the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) Forum.…
WATERLOO/BRUSSELS – Another major source of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions is poised to use biofuels to “decarbonize.” The shipping industry has now joined the auto and aviation industries in viewing this “cleaner”…
They say only bad news from Balochistan makes the headlines___Pakistan's largest and most impoverished province marred in a decades long insurgency. The local newspapers are flooded with the news of…
“Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit” —BBC News. This jarring headline, published three days ago, encapsulates the absurdity of modern climate governance. To host the 2025 United…
This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by,…
The time has come for arguably the sporting world’s most famous mafia organisation to select its new chief. The various turf-conscious representatives of the International Olympic Committee will be busy…
Mark McCrindle coined the term 'Generation Beta' to refer to those born on or after January 1, 2025. In every aspect of their life A.I and digital connectivity will play…
TORONTO – As Canadians prepare to elect a new government, the rapid deterioration in relations with the United States will be front of mind. But the slow pace of decarbonization…
by Ty Ferguson and Carol Maher Tossing and turning on sweltering summer nights? You’re not alone. As temperatures rise due to climate change, our sleep is becoming shorter and more disrupted. But…
Climate change has now become the biggest threat to the entire world. The reckless exploitation of natural resources, deforestation, increasing materialistic desires, and pollution in various sectors have further intensified…
“We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.” (Elon…
Decisive climate action is crucial to preventing the dangerous decline of sea ice. Favorable policies and improved polar monitoring will enhance climate resilience. Reducing emissions and protecting the planet's fragile…
Climate change is considered one of the most serious global crises of our time. The increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as rising temperatures, unseasonal rainfall, wildfires, floods,…
“Climate change is the monster we made. We are Victor Frankenstein.” (Climate Change: The Monster of our own Making, WashU, October 16, 2017, Michael Wysession, Professor Earth & Planetary Sciences,…
MANILA – The United Nations has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, making it a fitting moment to confront the stark reality that the world’s ice…
In the last few days, Taiwan, India and Japan made clear they will be buying exported American LNG in the months and years ahead. Why? Entirely in an effort to hold off tariffs from the…
The onset of some level of climate upheaval or widespread destruction of biomes and human lives, mild or severe, has essentially been forecast by the world’s leading climate scientist James…
by Serge Ekué and Javier Díaz Fajardo LOMÉ/BOGOTÁ – The devastating effects of global warming are unfolding before our eyes. Uncontrollable fires ravage the Amazon. Rising sea levels threaten to…
Recent scientific data shows that global temperatures exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius (above pre-industrial levels) for the first time. Dr. James Hansen, the godfather of the modern-day climate movement, believes the global rise…
“All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see really catastrophic effects in the next few years, certainly in the next decade or two…
ISBN: 978-0-316=49755-8 Paperback, 2024 Jeff Goodell’s latest book is a detailed examination of heat and its dangers on a warming planet. It deserves wide readership. Presented cogently and beautifully written…
As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants — nearly a third of whom already live in places…
The Great Barrier Reef has been seriously damaged by too much ocean heat. According to University of Sydney: The damage is at catastrophic levels. And as stated by the National…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarming concerns about the effect of climate change on children's education and health through its 2024 report, Learning Interrupted: Global Snapshot of…
Let’s face it: Electing Donald Trump was nothing short of a suicidal act. And that’s something we humans seem to have a genuine knack for these days. If you don’t believe…
Climate change deniers are experiencing a renaissance, especially on social media. In concert with this upswing in denialism, home insurance premiums are skyrocketing, or coverage is dropped altogether, a problem…
Los Angeles is burning, but it isn’t alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia, Portugal and Greece. What wasn’t burned was smoked in.…
A Time Capsule from 2048- What Turbocharged Carbon Will Do to Our Children My name isn’t important, only what I have to say. I’m writing with a pencil because I…
On 20th January evening , soon after his swearing in ceremony, President Donald Trump signed an order to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and immediately dispatched a letter to…
This is a jarring time for our country: A far-right autocrat is taking office on a holiday many misrepresent and trivialize as vacation day, obscuring the revolutionary actions of one…
Increasing militarization and resource exploitation is not good news for any ecologically sensitive and vulnerable region, all the more so for the Arctic region which is reported to be warming…
Biomes as well as individual ecosystems throughout the globe are experiencing considerable stress. As a researcher/writer since 2010 of more than 400 scientific-based articles, I am aware of what science…
by Maya Delaney and Aminath Shauna NASSAU/MALÉ – Small island developing states (SIDS) are on the front lines of climate change, threatened by rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and…
The oceans are heating up as the planet warms. This past year, 2024, was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-breaking 2023. In fact, every decade…
For the past 10 years a group of resolute environmental activists from Beyond Extreme Energy, Third Act and others have been attending and protesting at the monthly public meetings of…
NEW YORK – It is tough to be optimistic about the climate these days. While the costs of extreme weather events like the Los Angeles wildfires pile up, the US…
The apocalyptic wildfires that have erupted in the boreal forest in Siberia, the Russian Far East and Canada, climate scientists repeatedly warned, would inevitably move southwards as rising global temperatures created hotter, more fire-prone landscapes.…
As climate change intensifies and the inadequacy of the west-driven climate response becomes clearer by the day, it is helpful for the entire effort if countries of the global south…
The biggest immediate need is for rescue and rehabilitation, but at the same time the right lessons should be learnt from the Los Angeles (LA) fires. This in turn must…
The six fires raging across Los Angeles have now claimed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and at least 11 lives. An estimated 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders…
Net Zero/2050 Fantasy or Reality may be the most significant issue of the 21st century. Net Zero refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG), such as…
Fires continue to rage through communities in and around Los Angeles imperiling entire neighborhoods and choking millions of people with toxic smoke. At least six people have been confirmed dead…
What’s happening right now in Los Angeles is almost too painful to write about. I’ve spent much of the day writing and calling back and forth with friends and colleagues.…
California is facing what could be its most devastating wildfire in history, with fires burning uncontrolled throughout Los Angeles County. Images shared widely on social media show whole neighborhoods and…
by Thiago Barral and Woochong Um RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK – November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, dubbed the “Finance COP,” left many deeply disappointed – for…
Climate change, like any crisis afflicting earth and humanity, is bound to bring out the best and the worst of a species that soils its nest, salts the earth, and…
It is 2025 and while I share the joy of many who celebrate the newness and the hope of things to be different and better that comes with every new…
Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently deteriorated, but within only the past two years, these two major ecosystems…
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