Blood, sweat and adaptation
The tale of climate change is now at the messy stage of dealing with its growing consequences says Ananya Tiwari. The time for unread reports is done. Most climate stories …
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The Breadbasket on Borrowed Time
Julien Étienne tells the story of the Fens—an engineered landscape that feeds the UK, and whose people are facing critical threats from climate change. The threat of climate change to …
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Hurricane Helene brought devastation — and an opportunity — to Appalachia’s power grids
By the time that Hurricane Helene made its way hundreds of miles inland on September 27, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. But Helene remained unusually expansive and …
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New report on climate risks should be “final wake-up call” for the climate crisis in Europe
A damning new EU climate risk report has warned that Europe could suffer “catastrophic” consequences from the climate crisis if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to risks. On Monday …
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A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay
Last July, the normally warm and humid but still pleasant New England summer was disrupted by a series of unusually heavy rain storms. Flash floods broke creek banks and washed …
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In Europe, climate change brings new crops, new ideas
As Europe’s climate shifts in the coming decades, some regions will find it increasingly difficult to sustain traditional crops. But with new varieties and strategies, some farmers are planting with …
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Carbon dating
Getting together to reduce carbon emissions brings hope in a world that doesn’t care, say Colin Nolden and Michele Stua On first sight, the global climate conference in Madrid was a …
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Climate crisis makes the spread of infectious diseases like Coronavirus more common
This novel coronavirus is just one of a whole spate of other pathogens we’ve seen — Ebola in West Africa, where it had never been seen before, Zika in the …
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$4.2 Trillion Can Be Saved by Investing in More Resilient Infrastructure – World Bank
The net benefit on average of investing in more resilient infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries would be $4.2 trillion with $4 in benefit for each $1 invested, according to …
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