Global warming leads to rising temperatures of the oceans and the earth’s surface causing natural disasters that include flooding, melting of polar ice caps, rising sea levels, and unnatural precipitation patterns such as flash floods, hurricanes, wildfires, drought, excessive snow, ordesertification....
When we’re faced with record-breaking temperatures, worsening wildfires, more severe storms, and other devastating effects of climate change, feelings of anxiety and despair are normal. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray reminds us that our distress is, at its heart, a sign of our …Continue rea...
Wildfire In Siberia:On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at least 21 people have died in wildfires in Russia's Ural Mountains, which have been blamed on dry summers and high temperatures. Most of the fatalities happened in Yuldus, a hamlet in Kurgan province on the border between the Urals and Si...
It’s been a busy week, from worsening tensions between Israel and Palestine to record wildfires in Canada. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week. Politics Around The World Photo Source: Getty Images Court Order To...
The world weather events portend much for mankind. From earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, floods, wildfires, drought to artic melting, we need to take account of our lives and how society should prepare and respond. In some states the number is one in five, but nationally nearly 1 in 7 Ame...
news website without seeing images of harrowing wildfires in Europe, Hawaii and Canada or the devastating typhoon in East Asia. As I sat sweltering on a Sardinian beach during heatwave Charon in late July, my thoughts echoed those from all over the globe, is the Earth now in a climate ...
We’ve seen the photos of gigantic trees enveloped in “fireproof” wraps to protect them from the killer flames of wildfires in forested areas of California and Canada. Will that be enough to protect some of the largest and oldest lifeforms on Earth? What about protecting communities (some ...
Last week, Russia extended an earlier ban on wheat exports after heat, drought and wildfires destroyed about a third of its wheat crop. The ban was placed to make sure Russians have enough wheat. The first ban caused worldwide wheat prices to climb last year by almost...
Bill Mickbben similarly worries in The Guardian About the Midwest drought and corn prices.He confidently tells us that fierce wildfires from New Mexico and Colorado to Siberia are “exactly” what the early stages of global warming look like. ...
The objective of this Special Issue was to present the main advances in Forestry Science for Latin-America in the context of changing governance and forest livelihoods for people. The fifteen articles emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the forest management and conservation, and that multiple va...