Fighting off rising seas without reducing humanity’s carbon emissions is like trying to drain a bathtub without turning off the tap. But increasingly, scientists are sounding the alarm on yet another problem compounding the crisis for coastal cities: Their land is also sinking, a phenomenon known as subsidence. The metaphorical tap is still on—as rapid … Read more
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is calling the Saskatchewan government’s decision not to pay the federal carbon price “immoral.” The minister says it’s one thing to disagree on policy, but another to “start breaking federal laws.” “If Premier Scott Moe decides he wants to start breaking federal laws then measures will be taken. We can’t let … Read more
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on July 19, 2023 in Washington. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to issue a final rule on Wednesday that would require companies to beef up disclosures around climate … Read more
Like a nice wool blanket can help a human baby stay warm and healthy, so too does a baby white spruce get protection from a blanket of snow. At the same time, by preventing the chill of winter from reaching the ground, the snow blanket helps thaw permafrost, or frozen soil packed with ancient plant … Read more
To achieve real climate solutions, changing behavior and developing technology is not enough, says Michal Nachmany, founder and CEO of the environmental nonprofit Climate Policy Radar. “A lot of this is policy,” she says. We need better laws, policies, and regulations, as well as needing to hold policymakers and corporates to account, because they’re not … Read more
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Your city is a scab on the landscape: sidewalks, roads, parking lots, rooftops—the built environment repels water into sewers and then into the environment. Urban planners have been doing it for centuries, treating stormwater as a nuisance to be diverted away as quickly as possible to avoid flooding. Not only is that a waste of … Read more
Every year, dedicated scientists have the grim task of compiling a master list of climate calamities that have befallen Australia. It’s a miserable chronicle of extreme events, but the scientists who put it together say it’s essential reading. Because people forget, and forgetting is dangerous in the face of escalating climate threats that demand preparation. … Read more
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This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Picture the minute hand at about 8 past the hour. That’s the slope of Viet’s backyard in southern Los Angeles County. It’s a bit too aggressive for a slip-and-slide. In fact, Viet doesn’t even let his 7-year-old daughter play … Read more
Female leatherback turtles are among the world’s most intrepid creatures, journeying as far as 16,000km after nesting to find food in far-away seas. They’ve been known to set off from tropical South-East Asia and end up in the cold waters of Alaska, where jellyfish are abundant. But travelling such a long way means encountering threats … Read more
Earlier this month, the future fell on Los Angeles. A long band of moisture in the sky, known as an atmospheric river, dumped 9 inches of rain on the city over three days—over half of what the city typically gets in a year. It’s the kind of extreme rainfall that’ll get ever more extreme as … Read more
