Article From Hawaiibusiness.com and Authored by LiAnne Yu The world is literally changing and here are six issues we need to understand so we can begin calculating the costs and consequences of climate change and prepare for them. We won’t be able to save everything, so...
Climate change is making hard work even harder — and in some cases, deadly. By Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post An unprecedented four firefighters have died battling historic blazes in the American West this summer. The number of farmworkers suffering from heat exhaustion is set to surge...
Olivia Sprinkel Head of Salterbaxter North America, Salterbaxter MSLGROUP Kristina Joss Head of Strategy & Commercial Director - Salterbaxter MSLGROUP Dear fellow global citizens, When reflecting on the last year, it is hard not to feel disheartened by the bombardment of negative news on our changing climate. From forest fires...
Article sourced from NPR In Germany, record temperatures and no rainfall since early April have led to a drought and thousands of farms are facing bankruptcy because of crop failure. This week, the government pledged $390 million in federal and state aid, but for many farmers,...
Ever since humans learned to wrest food from soil, creatures like the corn earworm, the grain weevil and the bean fly have dined on our agricultural bounty. Worldwide, insect pests consume up to 20 percent of the plants that humans grow for food, and that...
How Did the End of the World Become Old News? There has been a lot of burning lately. Last week, wildfires broke out in the Arctic Circle, where temperatures reached almost 90 degrees; they are still roiling northern Sweden, 21 of them. And this week, wildfires...
Internet reliability for millions in U.S. cities like New York and Miami may be impacted as sea levels rise over the next 15 years #tictocnews Sources :- Bloomberg...
Climate scientists concluded for the first time that humans are pushing seasonal temperatures out of balance #tictocnews Sources :- Bloomberg...
“Climate change is the greatest threat of the twenty-first century,” an organizer of the youth climate march, on Saturday, said. “The way we live our lives is affecting people everywhere.” On Saturday, hundreds of teen-agers—loud, pensive, stubbornly determined—marched through Manhattan. They represented a movement that other...
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine used to deny climate change and humans' role in rising global temperatures. His views have evolved, however, and he now supports the mainstream scientific consensus that human activity is causing the Earth's climate to change on an unprecedented scale. He told The Washington...