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When the container ship MV Dali, 300 metres long and massing around 100,000 tonnes, lost power and slammed into one of the support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the bridge collapsed in moments. Six people are…

Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of microchips. These technological marvels are in everything from lightbulbs and toothbrushes to cars, trains and planes, not to mention the vast array of electronics that have become…

2.1. Common Approach in Calcualting ILUC EmissionsAs noted in the Introduction, two sets of data are required to calculate ILUC emissions from a biofuel pathway: (i) estimated land-use changes due to an increase in…

Wes McRae | March 25th, 2024 – Atlanta, GAIn her recent lecture to School of Architecture students and faculty, Sharon Egretta Sutton explained how a community-based education can help aspiring architects become agents of change in the…

The Farmer First Clusters (FFC) initiative provides a mix of solutions to support producers in tackling soy-driven deforestation and native vegetation conversion in four key Cerrado landscapes: Western Mato Grosso, Southern Maranhão,…

The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine. In New Zealand, winemaking is an important business, with exports worth more than NZ$2 billion per year.…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A major European Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent have…

Even small changes could have created industry-shifting events that affect business’ bottom lines Large- and medium-scale weather events like tropical cyclones and severe convective storms have dominated global insured losses in…

Increased exposure to wildfire smoke is one of the most damaging effects of climate changeNasa's Earth Observatory Exposure to rising levels of wildfire smoke could lead to more than 10,000 additional deaths…

In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires before the fires have burned even 100 acres. That may seem comforting, but decades of quickly suppressing fires has had unintended consequences. Fires…

During the RP, the observed mean annual streamflow of UTW was 643.2 m3/s. Under RCP 2.6 (4.5), the streamflow tends to decline by 642.6, 642 and 639.4 (609.0, 594 and 582) m3/s for P1, P2 and P3, respectively. A greater decrease in mean…

NEW YORK, NY (Jan. 17, 2024) – The national “Love, Your Mind” campaign, in collaboration with Black Players for Change, today unveiled a new public service advertisement (PSA) encouraging individuals, particularly men of color, to make…

Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about what the future holds. The climate change burden facing young…

1. IntroductionWe are living in an era where farmers not only need to alter their management to cope with climate variability but must also take into consideration the impact of their operations on the environment. There is also…

Ketan Karkhanis’ face still lights up when he talks about sales. An engineer by trade and a sales enthusiast by choice, Karkhanis, Salesforce’s EVP & General Manager of Sales Cloud, is just as fired up about his team’s…

Schools across South Sudan have been ordered to close as a heat wave of 45°C sweeps across the country. In recent years, severe flooding has already caused major disruptions to schooling in South Sudan where, on average, children…

Imagine this: a novel virus is rapidly breaking out nationwide, resulting in an epidemic. The government introduces vaccination mandates and a choice of different vaccines is available. But not everyone is getting the same…

1. BackgroundThe relationship between human health and ecosystem health has never been more evident than in recent years. Recurrence of global crises encompassing health, environmental, economic, political, and social aspects has…

For most people, reading about the difference between a global average temperature rise of 1.5 C versus 2 C doesn’t conjure up a clear image of how their daily lives will actually be affected. So, researchers at…

Back in March, Rachel and I had the pleasure of speaking at Harvard’s Social Enterprise Conference about “The role media plays in shaping climate change narratives”. It went really well! Lots of great people, questions, ideas, and…

Coastal environments are dynamic and ever-changing, presenting a challenge for scientists, managers, and policymakers who seek to understand and mitigate the impact of these changes. Traditionally, the scarcity of shoreline position…

Food prices are on the riseAFP via Getty Images You are already paying more and more for food due to global warming – and rising temperatures will drive food prices a lot higher in the next decade. According to a…

2.1. Study Areas and DatasetsThe analysis utilizes data from two small islands in the Eastern Aegean Sea, namely Fourni and Nisyros (Figure 1), selected as case studies to assess the reliability of rainwater harvesting systems. Fourni,…

The “dangerous humid heat” that engulfed western Africa in mid-February was made 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new rapid attribution study finds.  Throughout February, western Africa was hit by unusually intense…

The “dangerous humid heat” that engulfed western Africa in mid-February was made 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new rapid attribution study finds.  Throughout February, western Africa was hit…

1. IntroductionHuman activity intensity (HAI) refers to the degree of disturbance caused by human activities in a certain area ; as a universal phenomenon in nature, HAI directly or indirectly affects the succession of ecosystems .…

3.3.2. The Lithological Well ProfilesThe lithological well logs reveal a heterogeneous subsurface geology across the study area, with distinct hydrogeological layers intersected during drilling operations. Based on the recorded…

Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 252: Mood Lifters for Graduate Students and Young Adults: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into Mechanisms of Change in Online Group Therapy Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs14030252 Authors: Elena…

1. IntroductionClimate change, as indicated by the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC in 2023 , shows that the global mean surface temperature (GMST) for the period 2011–2020 was estimated to be 1.1 °C higher than that of 1850–1900…

The state of the climate in 2023 gave ominous new significance to the phrase “off the charts.”Key messagesState of Global Climate report confirms 2023 as hottest year on record by clear marginRecords broken for ocean heat, sea level…

This blog is part of the Wikiprogress Environment Series Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Outcome Document from the recent Rio+20 Summit, “The Future We Want”, recognises that health is both a…

S/N ratios and detection times from single-forcing runs and their linear combinations. a, S/N ratios for the signal trends obtained by fingerprint analyses involving…

1. IntroductionThe evolving business environment makes competition more and more aggressive, and managing change is now one of the biggest challenges that requires particular attention. Contemporary organizations find themselves…

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Onsite Property Restoration, Canada’s leading property restoration company, marks the end of winter and the official first day of spring (Tuesday, March 19) with the…

Youth mental health treatment is in demand, and report after report suggests a shortage of services in North America . According to Malla et al. , the “current gross inadequacies in access and quality of care available” (p. 216) indicate…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID pandemic transformed our lives in ways several of us are still experiencing, four years later. One of these changes was the significant uptake in gaming as a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID pandemic transformed our lives in ways many of us are still experiencing, four years later.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How confident are you in your judgments and how well can you defend your opinions? Chances are that they…

The protist Paramecium bursaria is one of many moss-dwelling microbes common in peatlands. Credit: Daniel Wieczynski The humble peat bog…

In 1991, a young student in her home country of Bangladesh, Shaila Shahid experienced one of the deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded.At the end of April, the storm hit near the Chittagong region, one of the country’s most populated…

On the north-central plains of Sri Lanka, in the small rural village in Galenbindunuwewa, a community of maize farmers are reshaping their farming practices to respond to the growing challenges posed by climate change.  They recently…

Post Views: 107 By Michelle Lee Edited by Alejandro J. Ramos and Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer Introduction In recent years, the United States has seen a spike in gun-related violence and…

Post Views: 107 By Michelle Lee Edited by Alejandro J. Ramos and Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer Introduction In recent years, the United States has seen a spike in gun-related violence and…

Post Views: 107 By Michelle Lee Edited by Alejandro J. Ramos and Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer Introduction In recent years, the United States has seen a spike in gun-related violence and…

Post Views: 107 By Michelle Lee Edited by Alejandro J. Ramos and Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer Introduction In recent years, the United States has seen a spike in gun-related violence and…

Post Views: 107 By Michelle Lee Edited by Alejandro J. Ramos and Muhammad Hani Ahsan Graphic by: Norie Wright and Arsh Naseer Introduction In recent years, the United States has seen…

Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam – The white-walled room in a house on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital, is quiet. The only thing breaking the silence is the occasional beep of an electronic scale, or the sound of coffee…

By Sean Mowbray, Mongabay It’s estimated that we drink around 5 billion cups of tea every day. Producing this vast quantity of leaves to quench global thirst for black, green and other varieties is an industry that spans…

1. IntroductionDuring the last two decades of the 21st century, global mean temperature increases of 0.99 °C (2001–2020) and 1.09 °C (2011–2020) were observed compared to 1850–1900, with larger increases over lands (1.59 °C) compared to…

Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities, and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are…