Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels
About 300 families have been forced to leave Gardi Sugdub, a small island off north Panama: “We’re going to leave behind the homes we’ve known all our lives.”
Vermont House passes Climate Superfund Act with tripartisan support
The Vermont House has passed a landmark bill that would force the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world to compensate the state for damage wrought by climate change.
A mountainous country loses its last glacier
The demise of La Corona makes Venezuela the first nation in the Andes without a glacier. It won’t be the last.
Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds
Climate chaos is threatening food production, trade and lives, says World Meteorological Organization
Renewables provided record 30% of global electricity in 2023, Ember says
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) – Growth in solar and wind power pushed renewable generation to a record 30% of global electricity production in 2023, putting a global target to triple renewable capacity by 2030 within sight, a report by think tank Ember said.
Progress is slow on Africa’s Great Green Wall, but some bright spots bloom
The southern fringes of the Sahara are dynamic. As rainfall varies, land patches on the edge chop and change between green and arid brown. Human activities, like overgrazing, deforestation or poor irrigation, further degrade some of the already arid parts of the Sahel, resulting in desertification. As the planet heats…
March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said.
The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records
Over the last year, our oceans have been hotter than any time ever recorded. Our instrumental record covers the last 150 years. But based on proxy observations, we can say our oceans are now hotter than well before the rise of human civilisation, very likely for at least 100,000 years.
A shallow lake in Canada could point to the origin of life on Earthshall
Imagine an entirely barren world. Before you is a volcanic landscape, devoid of flora and fauna. Scattered throughout this gray and black expanse are shallow bodies of water. In each of these natural pools brews a precise blend of chemicals and physical conditions that could serve as the source of…
Kerry and Xie exit roles that defined generation of climate action
For years, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua were the two most important people working on global warming