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Air pollution, such as the extremes seen in India's capital New Delhi, are just one way that fossil fuels affect human health. Growing calls…

Scientists at PNNL, including Nathalie Voisin, left, and Casey Burleyson, use advanced climate models that represent interactions between energy, water, land, climate…

To clear the way for planting wheat in November, a farmer in Punjab, India, sets aflame the leftover straw, or stubble, of a harvested rice paddy crop in October. The burning residue fills the air with carbon…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Climate change is intensifying rainfall and floods, deepening droughts, and shifting weather patterns across the…

Tucked away in the Gulf of Guinea lies São Tomé e Príncipe (STP), a tropical paradise that has been caught in the grip of an ever-intensifying dance with climate changeFrom intensification of precipitation events to the erosion of its…

Increasing countries’ capabilities to collect, analyse, manage and use data about high-impact meteorological events is essential for building robust databases that can provide the information needed to assess risk, vulnerability,…

1. IntroductionThe Sundarbans are the largest, continuous mangrove ecosystem in the world and are considered a globally unique ecosystem . The area provides abundant ecosystem services such as habitat and biodiversity , carbon storage ,…

We are presently standing on the brink of a climate crisis, with the ramifications of climate change on our planet's ecosystems becoming more evident by the day. One of these impacts is the potential redistribution of tree species.…

by Erin L. Meyer-Gutbrod, Douglas Nowacek, Eileen E. Hofmann and Josh Kohut, The Conversation…

An assessment undertaken by the African Union Commission (AUC) jointly with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the impact of Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar,…

1 Introduction The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that climate change could have disastrous consequences for humanity in the near future (Assessment Report 6). The report is based on a wide range of studies and…

A new national report finds that the impacts of weather extremes—exacerbated by climate change—are far-reaching across every region of the United States. However, the report also finds that rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and…

Climate Impacts Group scientists were among hundreds of authors of the newly-released Fifth National Climate Assessment. The assessment, released roughly every four years by the The U.S. Global Change Research Program, assesses…

At the height of the pandemic, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, New York, had more than 400 COVID-19 patients, many of whom were very sick. These days, that number is less than five, with no patients in the intensive care…

Transcript NARRATOR: As Arctic ice continues to melt, it will cause ripple effects across the planet. When the polar regions warm, even just a degree, it disturbs atmospheric and oceanic patterns.…

Today, Vice President Harris announced that the Department of Commerce has recommended $562 million in funding — including investments in nearly 150 projects across 30 coastal and Great Lakes states and territories — to make communities…

How sea ice melt affects animals and habitats? Animals of the ice need sea ice to survive. Across the polar food web, sea ice loss and warming seas mean massive changes for them. Some are finding…

Hear about the expected climate change impacts that our coastal and ocean ecosystem in Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries may expect. What do we know now? What do decision makers need to do to prepare?…

NOAA and its partners have released the latest Regional Climate Impacts and Outlooks, which recap winter conditions and provide insight into what might be expected this spring.Winter Temperature RecapThe winter (December-February)…

While CA faces the worst drought on record, cities throughout the state are considering desalination plants to produce some water. What projects are in the works in CA? What are the impacts on the ocean environment?

By Adam Vaughan Pastoralists in Kenya among the bodies of sheep and goats that died after a dramatic change from drought to cold and wet weatherTONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images Climate…

What are the impacts of a withdrawal from the Paris Accord? Ted Halstead founder and CEO of the Climate Leadership Council joins us from Washington, to discuss.

The CSIS Energy and National Security Program and the Rhodium Group discussed the findings from their new report, Remaking American Power: Potential Energy Market Impacts of EPAs Proposed GHG Emission Performance Standards for Existing…

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James McCarthy is the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography and a co-chair with the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeDecember 8, 2011 Basics for Climate change at www.egrenews.com Similar…

The environment plays as big of a role as anything in how food is raised, and impacts prices as well. Food Dialogues () examines the relationship between the way food is raised and the price you pay for it.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton tells The Post's James Hohmann about the state's readiness to fight for water rights. "One thing we can't allow to occur is to have our friends in Southern California have access to water that rightfully belongs…

How are changing weather patterns and an increase in natural disasters affecting the food supply?Robert Kopp, associate director, Rutgers Energy Institute; associate professor, department of earth and planetary sciences, Rutgers University

SCEPA's () Economics of Climate Change lecture series presents a panel discussion with leading climate change scientists on the major findings of the 5th IPCC Report. They will discuss its local and global predictions and what it forecasts…

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report - Working Group II - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

The interactive 45-minute debate outlines how you can build local capacity and create a positive legacy post-closure for impacted communities. Leading the debate will be: Christian Spano, Senior Socio-Economic Development Manager, Anglo…

What drives El Nio and its counterpart, La Nia? How do they affect weather? How well can we predict the onset of an El Nio? How do strong vs weak events differ? Will the current warming in the Pacific Ocean bring relief to California,…

One of the many challenges facing President Barack Obama is climate change, as the has been criticized by other nations for its lack of commitment to fighting global Cohen, the executive director of the Earth Institute at Columbia…

This video was compiled by two research students from Vancouver Island University for an internship they were working on for the Brong-Ahafo Research and Extension Centre: Llanavis (Gareth) Davies and Ashley Coulter. The students are…

While worldwide supplies of accessible oil are growing, the array of emerging unconventional oil is diversifying. These new oil sources pose important energy, environmental, security, and climate challenges.Presentation by Deborah Gordon,…

Meteorologist Reynolds Wolf talks to the stars of the new show 'Reel Rivals,' about the impact global warming has on fishing.

"Will Adaptation Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change?" Moderator: Aaron Smith, Professor, UC Davis Panel: Marshall Burke, UC Berkeley Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Resources for the Future Alan Olmstead,.

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv) Tim Flannery is a zoologist, a paleontologist, and a mammalogist, as well as one of the worlds leading scientific thinkers and writers on climate change. He discusses how Australia is dealing with climate change.…

How much economic risk does the United States face from climate change? Michael Bloomberg, Hank Paulson, and Tom Steyer create the Risky Business initiative to find out.Find out more: http://riskybusiness.org

"Reducing emissions saves billions, saves lives" is a video that presents the main conclusions of Joint Research Centre's study PESETA, which investigates climate change impacts across Europe. The research integrates what is known on…

President Obama delivered remarks at Howard University on the impact of climate change on our public health. April 7, 2015.