Drought, Famine & Wildfires
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Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsUnited States
California Wildfires Point to Perils of Forest Carbon Offsets
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 ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFood SecurityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural Sequestration
Volatile UK Weather Drives Lower Output in All Major Crops
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 ... -
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
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 ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJurisdictions
Unstable Hillsides, Homes ‘Ripping in Half’ Emerge as Legacy of Fort Mac Wildfire
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 ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsUnited States
Intense Wildfire Season Fuels Mental Health Crisis for Firefighters
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, ... -
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
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 ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsUnited States
#TBT: Six-Year-Old Wildland Filmmaker Visits 2015 White House, Gets High-Five, Finds Decency
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 ... -
CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited StatesWater
Navajo Ranchers Endure in the Face of Relentless Drought
Navajo Nation ranchers in the southwestern United States are holding resolute in their work despite two decades of drought, centuries of abused or broken ... -
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
Recent work by Canadian ecohydrologists on the devastating 2018 peatland fire near Parry Sound, Ontario has confirmed related findings from around the globe: the ... -
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
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 ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Wildfire Smoke Cuts Into California Solar Production
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 ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Fox News Viewers More Likely to Doubt Human Role in Climate Crisis
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 ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
California Fires Torch Record-Breaking Four Million Acres…So Far
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 ... -
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
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 ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceans
Killer Marine Heat Events Now 20 Times More Likely to Occur, Study Finds
The increasing incidence and severity of marine heat waves is directly linked to the climate crisis, says a groundbreaking report by environmental and climate ...
