Climate change
Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq
SHIRQAT, IRAQIt was a few weeks after the rains failed in the winter of 2009 that residents of Shirqat first noticed the strange bearded men.
Circling like vultures among the stalls of the town’s fertilizer market in Iraq’s northern Salahaddin governorate, they’d arrow in on the most shabbily dressed farmers, and tempt them with promises of easy riches. “Join us, and you’ll never have to worry about feeding your family,” Saleh Mohammed Al-Jabouri, a local tribal sheikh, remembers one recruiter saying. (altro…)
One nation, two tribes: opposing visions of US climate role on show in Bonn
Deep schisms in the US over climate change are on show at the UN climate talks in Bonn – where two sharply different visions of America’s role in addressing dangerous global warming have been put forward to the world. (altro…)
What do Jellyfish teach us about climate change?
What do Jellyfish teach us about climate change? (altro…)
Penguin disaster as only two chicks survive from colony of 40,000
A colony of about 40,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica has suffered a “catastrophic breeding event” – all but two chicks have died of starvation this year. It is the second time in just four years that such devastation – not previously seen in more than 50 years of observation – has been wrought on the population. (altro…)
Protect indigenous people to help fight climate change, says UN rapporteur
Global leaders must do more to protect indigenous people fighting to protect their land and way of life if the world is to limit climate change, according to the UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. (altro…)
Climate change will increase the risk of severe turbulence on planes, research says
Climate change is set to increase the amount of severe turbulence on planes by 2050 to 2080, according to a study. (altro…)
Hidden Costs of Climate Change Running Hundreds of Billions a Year
Extreme weather, made worse by climate change, along with the health impacts of burning fossil fuels, has cost the U.S. economy at least $240 billion a year over the past ten years, a new report has found. (altro…)
The Mail’s censure shows which media outlets are biased on climate change
Back in February, the conservative UK tabloid Mail on Sunday ran an error-riddled piece by David Rose attacking Noaa climate scientists, who had published data and a paper showing that there was never a global warming pause. The attack was based on an interview with former Noaa scientist John Bates, who subsequently admitted about his comments:
I knew people would misuse this. But you can’t control other people.
Scottish draft climate change plan ‘lacks credibility’
Scotland’s draft climate change plan lacks credibility, according to an independent body. (altro…)
Theresa May speaks out against Trump climate change stance at UN
Theresa May has issued a veiled warning to Donald Trump, arguing that his plan to withdraw from the Paris climate change treaty ranks alongside North Korea’s nuclear missile tests as a threat to global prosperity and security. (altro…)