On the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of its independence, South Sudan – the world’s youngest country – is experiencing its worst and longest cholera outbreak. Continue Reading
Researchers found that nearly two thirds of the estimated 2,300 heat deaths resulted from global heating intensified by fossil fuel emissions, but worry that officials undercount heat mortalities. By Bob Berwyn Human-caused global warming increased the peak temperatures of an early summer heatwave across much of Europe by up toContinue Reading
Imagine standing in water shallow enough to just barely hit the soles of your feet. And then it rises so fast that in just about ten minutes, it’s up to your neck. That’s how fast the Guadalupe River in Texas rose last week, according to state officials. Twenty-six feet inContinue Reading
Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds, drives the destruction, and mapped “pinning points” that reveal how far a collapse has progressed. The work shows these break-ups unfoldContinue Reading
The UK advertising watchdog today dismissed a complaint against a series of ads for Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, 16 months after climate campaigners filed it. The New Weather Institute think tank had argued that the ads “spread disinformation on the role of ‘advanced’ fuel in decarbonising the transport sector”, because theyContinue Reading
Floodwaters overtook entire cabins at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, where more than 20 campers and counselors died in a recent storm. By Kiley Price The deluge hit in the early morning hours of July 4. Continue Reading
A day in the life of a scientist studying the aftermath of the city’s deadly algal blooms. The post Meet LA’s detective for dead marine mammals appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The flood disaster in Texas claimed dozens of lives. Extreme floods also bring dangers in parts of California, although experts say there are differences.Continue Reading
The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms. (Image credit: Julio Cortez)Continue Reading
Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed DNA map shows this ancient creature evolved differently from its spider and scorpion cousins, lacking genome duplicationsContinue Reading
The tropical system dumped massive rain across central North Carolina on Sunday, days after the state’s Democratic governor vetoed a bill canceling an interim carbon reduction goal of 70 percent by 2030. GOP lawmakers will likely attempt an override. By Lisa Sorg CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Perched above the Bolin Creek Trail,Continue Reading
What does a melting glacier sound like? Artist Ludwig Berger attempts to record a disappearing environment.Continue Reading
Lawmakers warned that oil companies are using increasingly sophisticated messaging tactics to portray themselves as climate champions at the UK’s first parliamentary debate on calls to ban advertising for fossil fuels. The session was triggered by a petition signed by more than 110,000 people calling for a ban on fossilContinue Reading