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Displaying 105 of about 9440 resultsClimate change is part of our daily lives, and its impacts become more evident each year. So, what can we do? How do we respond to this challenge?Climate Change in the Dominican Republic: How do we adapt to the obvious?Adapting to the impacts of climate change, strengthening the resilience of the population, its economy, infrastructure, and territory is…
The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation like the U.S. Clean Air Act. Efforts like these took aim at pollutants like the group of chemicals known as aerosols, which include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and other compounds that are harmful to human health.Lik…
Last week’s destructive storm took Victoria by surprise. As winds of up to 150 kilometres an hour raced through the state, transmission towers near Geelong toppled and the grid went into chaos.At its worst, almost one in five Victorian homes were left without electricity while the main transmission system came close to collapse.That makes it comparable…
Climate change impacts the lives and livelihoods of everybody worldwide, including here in Sri Lanka. As a climate change hotspot, the island nation experiences frequent, extreme weather conditions including floods, landslides, and droughts, causing considerable economic setbacks.The country’s main export crop, tea, bears the brunt of these weather…
Climate-induced disastersIn a significant shift from reactive to proactive disaster management, the humanitarian landscape is witnessing the adoption of anticipatory action. This approach, aimed at mitigating the impacts of disasters through early intervention, marks a crucial evolution in addressing the threats posed by climate change and extreme…
Coastal systems such as wetlands, coral reefs, and barrier islands have the potential to keep pace with sea-level rise, provided sufficient space and amounts of sediments and ecosystems are available. Yet, coastal development can undermine this autonomous adaptation if coastal biophysical processes are overlooked.In their companion studies, Anarde et al…
Forecasts of a summer of record heat across East Asia and the Pacific put the lives of millions of children at risk, UNICEF said today.With scorching 40 degrees Celsius temperatures and high humidity recorded in recent days, and amid warnings over the increasing intensity and frequency of heatwaves over the coming months, the organization says parents a…
Since the start of this year, Africa’s most populous nation Nigeria has faced prolonged stretches of severe heat.A recent quick-fire analysis found that the conditions in February, when temperatures exceeded 40C, were made 10 times more likely by human-caused climate change.But the heat is still ongoing, with temperatures reaching a record 44.8C in Soko…
Earth Day takes place every year on 22 April when we are encouraged to come together to work on solutions to give our planet a healthier future.Climate change is one of the biggest challenges to the health of our planet, which also impacts human health worldwide.By taking action to mitigate climate change, we can safeguard the well-being of current and…
A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience led by scientists at University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, found that human-induced environmental changes around Antarctica are contributing to s…
Climate models have consistently predicted that as greenhouse gas emissions rise, ocean waters will warm, and this has proven to be mostly correct. However, the opposite has been happening for the past 30 years in an area of the east Pacific Ocean extending west from the coast of Ecuador for thousands of kilometres (Figure 1).…
People living in Madagascar are learning to adapt to rapidly altering climatic conditions in what is said to be the fourth most climate change affected country worldwide; that’s according to the UN Resident Coordinator, the most senior UN official in the Indian Ocean island nation.As Issa Sanogo nears the end of his posting in the capital Antananar…
Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Emeritus Gary Yohe argues that adopting an iterative risk management approach is the most effective way when responding to climate change uncertainties.The issue at hand is easily expressed: How might society effectively organize its thinking as it ponders how to respond to climate…
[...]Over the past two winters, parts of California have seen much more rain than is normal for the region. The reason for it has been the creation of what have come to be called atmospheric rivers over parts of the Pacific Ocean, which dump wave after wave of rain as they move over land.[...]For this new study, the researchers focused on the history of…
An intense heatwave gripping South and South-East Asia since late March comes as no surprise to leading meteorologists who have been warning of steadily rising temperatures in the Indian Ocean.Temperatures in the Philippines and Thailand have topped 50C this month, while Bangladesh has recorded almost 30 days of heatwaves, leading to deaths from heatstr…