Heat & Temperature
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2015-16 Ocean Heat Wave Drove Mass Starvation, Death for a Million North Pacific Seabirds
An ocean heat wave in 2015-16 produced the biggest-ever mass mortality event for an avian species, disrupting food supplies for common murres in the ... -
AfricaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Political Dysfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate the Climate Crisis as Disease and Famine Spreads
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceans
Scientists Declare 2010s the Hottest Decade, 2019 the Second-Warmest Year on Record
NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have declared the 2010s the hottest 10 years on record, with 2019 the second-warmest ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & Regulatory
Swiss Judge Acquits Credit Suisse Protesters for ‘Necessary, Proportional’ Response to Climate Crisis
A judge in Lausanne, Switzerland has acquitted a group of youth protesters on trespassing charges and waived fines of CHf 21,600 (US$22,200) per person, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level Rise
Biggest-Ever Arctic Expedition Seeks to Understand Changing Ecosystem Before it Collapses
The world’s biggest-ever Arctic study expedition is being stunned, stymied, unnerved, and occasionally exhilarated, as a rotating team of more than 300 researchers operating ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & Temperature
Australia in Photos: Siemens Backs Massive Adani Coal Mine as 30,000 Protest Climate Inaction
German industrial giant Siemens decided earlier today to back Australia's intensely controversial Adani/Carmichael coal mine. The announcement came days after 30,000 people braved driving ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCollateral DamageDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Canada, U.S. Report Rising Cost, Frequency of Climate-Fuelled Disasters
Canada and the United States are both beginning to count up the rising annual cost of climate-fuelled natural disasters, with Canada placing the tab ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureSub-National Governments
Canada Faces Similar Wildfire Risk to Australia, as Alberta Lays Off Specialist Firefighters
With heat waves and extended drought making Canada vulnerable to massive wildfires like the ones now sweeping Australia, Alberta has cut funding and jobs ... -
Climate Denial & GreenwashingDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
Climate-Driven Temperatures Will Kill More in 2100 than Infectious Diseases Today
Climate-driven temperature shifts will kill more people in 2100 that infectious diseases do today, making health and safety impacts an important factor in calculating ... -
BuildingsCanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHeat & TemperatureSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Canada’s New Building Code Aims for ‘Culture of Thinking About Resiliency’
Canada’s updated national building code this year is set to begin addressing the climate crisis for the first time, with further refinements to follow ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Biomimicry Designs Suggest Semi-Serious Solutions for Coastal Cities Facing Sea Level Rise
Threatened with implacably rising tides and temperatures, even as they face massive influxes of people seeking refuge from a hostile hinterland, the architects of ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
‘Normal Weather Doesn’t Exist Anymore,’ Says Veteran CBC Climatologist Dave Phillips
From an overheating Arctic to a frigid B.C. Lower Mainland and Maritimes, from a parched (then drowning) Prairie region to an epically deluged Eastern ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureSouth & Central America
As Amazon Rainforest Approaches a ‘Tipping Point’, Scientists Say There’s Still Time to Act
An interlinked and frightening triad of rising temperatures, escalating deforestation, and wildfire is pushing the Amazon rainforest ever closer to a “tipping point” that ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalEuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Swiss Parliament May Instruct Central Bank to Divest Fossil Assets
The newly-constituted parliament in Switzerland, elected in a fall vote in which the climate crisis took centre stage, may soon instruct the country’s central ... -
U.S. Heat Waves Cause 25,000 More Premature Births Per Year
An estimated 25,000 babies per year were born prematurely in the United States over a 20-year span due to heat waves, according to a ...
