Fundamental shift in drought management needed in Near East and North Africa region
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for a fundamental shift in the way drought is perceived and managed in the Near...
Satellites and texting: the sustainable farming tools fighting climate change
Climate change threatens every person on the planet, but, right now, it threatens no one more catastrophically, or more urgently, than...
Adapting to Climate Change Will Take More than Just Sea Walls and Levees
I started to care about climate change on a warm October night in 2015. I’d been studying the Earth and its climate for years, and my...
Visualizing Global Temperature Change
Today you might see your weather presenters wearing or showing or talking about the "Warming Stripes". This visualization was created by...
Earth's intact forests vanishing at accelerating pace: scientists
Earth's intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016 at a 20 percent faster rate than during the...
Free Book: EXTREME WEATHER AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: THE FACTS
Is climate change really making weather more extreme? The simple answer is yes. In this free e-book, we explain in plain language how...
When You Can’t Find Shelter From the Heat
Last year was the third hottest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. We’ll probably see more of...
Merkel calls out Trump over Paris accord, renews commitment to fight climate change
German Chancellor Angela Merkel took aim Tuesday at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord, calling the...
The feisty fog-catchers of Chile
IN THE school playground in Los Tomes a lone child, José Ossandón, plays with his emboque, a ball-and-cup game. The eight-year-old is the...
Warming weather could reduce the nutritional value of rice
Hundreds of millions of people in Asia rely on rice not only as a staple but as their main source of nutrition. But new research suggests...