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Drought, Famine & Wildfires

Home›Climate Impacts & Adaptation›Category: "Drought, Famine & Wildfires" (Page 3)
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsUnited States

    California Wildfires Point to Perils of Forest Carbon Offsets

    November 5, 2020
     
    November 5, 2020
    The devastating wildfires scorching California point to the perils of relying on tree planting for carbon offsets when there’s a risk that the investment ...
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  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFood SecurityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural Sequestration

    Volatile UK Weather Drives Lower Output in All Major Crops

    November 4, 2020
     
    November 4, 2020
    The United Kingdom is reporting significantly lower output for all major crops this year, prompting the country’s National Farmers’ Union to urge more focused ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Massive Wildfires Hit California, Colorado Decades Sooner than Climate Scientists Predicted

    November 1, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 1, 2020
    Orange County, California and the areas around Boulder and Fort Collins, Colorado have become epicentres for a U.S. wildfire season so relentless and severe ...
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  • CanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJurisdictions

    Unstable Hillsides, Homes ‘Ripping in Half’ Emerge as Legacy of Fort Mac Wildfire

    November 1, 2020
     
    November 1, 2020
    Fort McMurray’s devastating Horse River wildfire of 2016—known locally as The Beast—continues to haunt the town’s residents, with the resulting land instability now literally ...
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  • Wildfire
    Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsUnited States

    Intense Wildfire Season Fuels Mental Health Crisis for Firefighters

    October 27, 2020
     
    October 27, 2020
    As government agencies in the U.S. scramble to respond to a coming wave of mental health issues among stressed, exhausted, and traumatized wildland firefighters, ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaUnited StatesWater

    U.S.–Mexico Water Rights Standoff Kills Protester, Points to Risk of Future Climate Conflict

    October 26, 2020
     
    October 26, 2020
    The climate crisis is exacerbating long-standing tensions over water rights between Mexico and the United States—tensions that exploded last month to lethal effect when ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsUnited States

    #TBT: Six-Year-Old Wildland Filmmaker Visits 2015 White House, Gets High-Five, Finds Decency

    October 22, 2020
     
    October 22, 2020
    It’s been 5½ years and feels like half a lifetime since six-year-old wildland filmmaker Noah Gue visited Washington, DC, got a high-five, and encountered ...
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  • CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited StatesWater

    Navajo Ranchers Endure in the Face of Relentless Drought

    October 15, 2020
     
    October 15, 2020
    Navajo Nation ranchers in the southwestern United States are holding resolute in their work despite two decades of drought, centuries of abused or broken ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMethaneSoil & Natural Sequestration

    Tinder-Dry Canadian Peatlands Becoming a Ticking Carbon Bomb

    October 15, 2020
     
    October 15, 2020
    Recent work by Canadian ecohydrologists on the devastating 2018 peatland fire near Parry Sound, Ontario has confirmed related findings from around the globe: the ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    2020 Ties U.S. Record for Most Damaging Climate Disasters

    October 13, 2020
     
    October 13, 2020
    2020 has already tied the U.S. record for the largest number of climate disasters that produced at least US$1 billion in damage. And the ...
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  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States

    Wildfire Smoke Cuts Into California Solar Production

    October 8, 2020
     
    October 8, 2020
    Severe smoke from the wildfires that have been sweeping parts of California reduced power output from the state’s utility-scale solar installations by 13% in ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States

    Fox News Viewers More Likely to Doubt Human Role in Climate Crisis

    October 8, 2020
     
    October 8, 2020
    A study by climate communicators at Yale University has found that the majority of people who regularly watch U.S. news networks are concerned about ...
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  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    California Fires Torch Record-Breaking Four Million Acres…So Far

    October 7, 2020
     
    October 7, 2020
    California set a tragic record this week, with more than four million acres (16,180 square kilometres) burned. And there are still at least two ...
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  • AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Chad Risks World Heritage Status for Iconic Lake in Exchange for Fossil Dollars

    September 30, 2020
     
    September 30, 2020
    A two-year international effort to have Lake Chad declared a UNESCO world heritage site on both cultural and environmental grounds may come to naught ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceans

    Killer Marine Heat Events Now 20 Times More Likely to Occur, Study Finds

    September 27, 2020
     
    September 27, 2020
    The increasing incidence and severity of marine heat waves is directly linked to the climate crisis, says a groundbreaking report by environmental and climate ...
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ICYMI

  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureICYMIJurisdictionsOceansWater

    Serious Droughts Can Start Over Oceans

    December 6, 2020
     
    December 6, 2020
  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    California Wildfire Turns 500-Year-Old Sequoias into ‘Blackened Toothpicks’

    December 3, 2020
     
    December 3, 2020
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    California Freezes Insurance in Wildfire Areas

    December 3, 2020
     
    December 3, 2020
  • AfricaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationICYMIJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America

    New Study Traces Success Factors for Forest Carbon Storage

    December 3, 2020
     
    December 3, 2020
  • Batteries/StorageBuildingsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionRenewable EnergySolarUnited States

    Las Vegas Fire Captain Teaches Solar, Battery Safety to First Responders

    November 17, 2020
     
    November 17, 2020
  • AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIJurisdictions

    Smoke Cloud from Australian Fires Was 3x Larger than Previous Record

    November 15, 2020
     
    November 15, 2020
  • CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureICYMIJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Phoenix, AZ Hits 100°F for Half of the Days This Year

    November 15, 2020
     
    November 15, 2020
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater

    Wildfire Controls Get Tougher Without North American Monsoons

    November 15, 2020
     
    November 15, 2020
  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsUnited States

    More Than 200 U.S. Fire Staff Test Positive for Coronavirus

    November 10, 2020
     
    November 10, 2020
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityICYMISevere Storms & FloodingSupply Chains & Consumption

    Flooding and Drought Kill Crops, Produce Food Inflation

    November 5, 2020
     
    November 5, 2020
  • Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationICYMIJurisdictions

    Fires Surge in Brazilian Rainforest

    November 3, 2020
     
    November 3, 2020
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityICYMIIndiaJurisdictions

    Farmers Need ‘Transformative Adaptation’ to Survive Changing Climate

    November 3, 2020
     
    November 3, 2020
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSupply Chains & Consumption

    COVID Could Trigger Rapid Renewables Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa

    November 3, 2020
     
    November 3, 2020
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater

    Communities Must Prepare for Water Supplies Poisoned by Wildfires

    November 1, 2020
     
    November 1, 2020
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    U.S. Homebuyers Receive Few Warnings of Flood, Wildfire Risk

    October 25, 2020
     
    October 25, 2020
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