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Ancient Climate Shifts and Their Impact on North American Landscapes
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 12, 2025 New research from the University of Helsinki provides fresh insights into the prolonged and severe droughts that affected North America thousands of years ago during the Holocene, a period that followed the last ice age. These extended dry spells had profound impacts on forest dieback and ecosystem shifts, underscoring the importance of understanding past climate changes to better prepare for future ones. The causes behind these ancient droughts have long puzzled scientists. In a new paper publish ... read more |
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COP30 can be a turning point in climate fight, says presidentParis (AFP) May 8, 2025 Brazil's UN COP30 president on Thursday said he wanted this year's conference to mark a new era of global progress on climate change and was hopeful that countries would deliver more ambitious carbon-cutting plans. ... more 
Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April: EU monitorParis (AFP) May 8, 2025 Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU's climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quickly the world might be warming. ... more
Major US Cities Sinking Due to Groundwater Extraction and Other FactorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 A comprehensive study of the 28 largest U.S. cities has found that all are experiencing subsidence to varying degrees. This phenomenon affects not just coastal cities, where relative sea levels pose ... more
Scientists team up to publish climate assessment gutted by TrumpWashington DC (UPI) May 3, 2025 Two private nonprofit organizations announced that they would team up to publish climate-related research to further a congressionally mandated assessment that had been gutted by the Trump administration. ... more |
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Climate watchers fret over Trump's cut to sciences San Diego (AFP) April 23, 2025 In his California laboratory, Ralph Keeling examines a graph created from data his father began collecting that keeps a record of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. ... more 
Morocco volunteers on Sahara clean-up missionM'Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco (AFP) April 22, 2025 It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the environment - the rubbish humanity discards. ... more 
Early holiday, more fans: Philippines schools adapt to climate changeManila (AFP) April 22, 2025 Kindergarten teacher Lolita Akim fires up five standing fans with three more at the ready as she fights to hold the attention of her pint-sized pupils in Manila's soaring heat. ... more 
Climate campaigners praise a cool popeParis (AFP) April 22, 2025 Through magisterial Vatican pronouncements about the dangers posed by the warming planet, Pope Francis gave the Roman Catholic church a voice that influenced climate change talks, experts said. ... more 
Global warming is a security threat and armies must adapt: expertsParis (AFP) April 22, 2025 From responding to weather disasters to rising competition in the fast-warming Arctic, militaries are exposed to climate change and cannot let it become a strategic "blind spot", security experts say. ... more |
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Germany sees 'worrying' record dry spell in early 2025
Berlin (AFP) April 16, 2025 Germany's environment minister on Wednesday warned of a high risk of forest fires and poor harvests after a "worrying" lack of rain in recent weeks. From February 1 to April 13, Germany saw 40 litres of rainfall per square metre - its lowest level since records began in 1931, according to the German Weather Service (DWD). "The current drought is worrying," Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said in a statement sent to AFP, warning that "it is much too dry in many parts of Germany this year". ... read more 
Trump wants to halt climate research by key agency: reportsWashington (AFP) April 11, 2025 The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported Friday. ... more |
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Early holiday, more fans: Philippines schools adapt to climate change Manila (AFP) April 11, 2025 Kindergarten teacher Lolita Akim fires up five standing fans with three more at the ready as she fights to hold the attention of her pint-sized pupils in Manila's soaring heat. ... more
Indigenous leaders want same clout as world leaders at UN climate talksBrasilia (AFP) April 7, 2025 Some 8,000 Indigenous people from the Amazon rainforest and the Pacific converged on Brazil's capital Monday to demand an equal say as politicians when the country hosts this year's UN climate conference. ... more
Experts warn 'AI-written' paper is latest spin on climate change denialWashington (AFP) April 4, 2025 Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical. ... more 
Morocco 'water highway' averts crisis in big cities but doubts over sustainabilityKenitra, Morocco (AFP) Mar 30, 2025 Morocco is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tapping northern rivers to supply water to parched cities farther south but experts question the sustainability of the project in the face of climate change. ... more
Dutch climate group says suing top bank INGAmsterdam (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 A Dutch environmental group said on Friday it had begun a legal case against top bank ING, aiming to force the institution to halve carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030. ... more |
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