Climate Change
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Japan to Stop Building Unabated Coal Power Plants, Kishida tells COP28
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan will stop building new coal power plants that do not have emission reduction...
December 2, 2023
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Peru Glaciers Decimated by Climate Change
LIMA (Reuters) — Peru has lost 56% of its tropical glaciers in the last six decades due to climate c...
November 30, 2023
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Droughts in Zimbabwe Take Toll on Wildlife, Cause More Clashes
GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK, Zimbabwe (AP) — In a remote southeastern corner of Zimbabwe, people watche...
November 30, 2023
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Greenland Glaciers Melt 5 Times Faster than 20 Yrs Ago
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland are mel...
November 22, 2023
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Warm Weather Keeps Cranes in Hungary Longer
HORTOBAGY, Hungary (Reuters) — The plains of eastern Hungary have seen a record number of cranes sta...
November 15, 2023
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Europe’s Wind Power Goal Hits New Snag: Security
NYSTED WIND FARM, Denmark (Reuters) — As Europe turns to renewable sources to diversify energy suppl...
November 9, 2023
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Landscape Discovered under Antarctic Ice
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Scientists revealed on Oct. 24 that they had discovered a vast, hidden landscape ...
November 1, 2023
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Food Scarce in Guatemalan Village after Debilitating Droughts, Storms
EL AGUACATE, Guatemala (Reuters) — Maria Concepcion Rodriguez woke early and lowered herself to the ...
October 28, 2023
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Falls 57% in Sept.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 56.8% in September compared t...
October 28, 2023
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El Nino Likely to Bring Hot Summer to Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) — Chile will most likely face higher than average temperatures in the upcoming ...
October 28, 2023
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Climate Change Is Improving French Wine — for Now
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — What makes a good or bad year for wine? It’s a question that vexes not only ...
October 20, 2023
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Beer Faces Unbitter Future Due to Climate Change
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Climate change threatens the cultivation in Europe of aromatic hops which gives b...
October 20, 2023
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Scientists Track ‘Alarming’ Melt in Antarctic Ice Shelves
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Around 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have significantly shrunk over the last ...
October 20, 2023
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Losses from Extreme Weather Could Hit $5 Tril.
LONDON (Reuters) — Global economic losses could reach $5 trillion under a “plausible increase” in ex...
October 20, 2023
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Amphibian Crisis: 41% of Species Deemed Threatened with Extinction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Earth’s amphibians — from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby newt,...
October 12, 2023
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