Climate activists lined the road to this year's Burning Man festival in Nevada to call out the "privileged mindset" of the Silicon Valley types who flock there—and the waste involved in creating a temporary city in the ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2023
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Kenya's president said Monday that Africa had an "unparalleled opportunity" to benefit from action to tackle global warming but needed massive investment to unleash its potential as Nairobi hosts a landmark climate summit ...
Environment
Sep 1, 2023
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What does a drought in Central America have to do with Australia's cost of living? Quite a lot, if the drought affects the Panama Canal.
Economics & Business
Aug 29, 2023
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Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child marriages.
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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Climate change is the defining crisis of the 21st century. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it a "crisis multiplier", while renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough described climate change as "the ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2023
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As the world warms and the climate changes, people are experiencing more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Just this year, heat waves blasted southern Europe, the United States and China; wildfires lit up Greece, ...
Environment
Aug 24, 2023
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If local councils aim to better address climate change and public health issues, they will be best served by employing more environmental health officers (EHOs), according to new Flinders University research.
Environment
Aug 24, 2023
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When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2023
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Disasters related to the weather or climate are becoming more common. Since 1970, there has been a five-fold increase in the number of weather-related disasters, causing economic damages that have surged a staggering 70 times ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2023
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Climate change-denying social media accounts are exploiting the deadly wildfires in Hawaii to push conspiracy theories that high-energy lasers were used to spark the flames.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2023
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