Tag: climate
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While European countries band together to help tackle devastating fires, Africa is being left on its own, writes Nick Ferris. All despite the fact that blazes in Africa cause far… more ›
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If they improve further, AI weather models may very well become the gold standard. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/googles-ai-model-just-nailed-the-forecast-for-the-strongest-atlantic-storm-this-year/ more ›
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Presented by Ecological Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the plan follows two years of preparatory work and a public consultation that gathered nearly 6,000 contributions. https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20250310-france-rolls-out-plan-to-prepare-for-4c-temperature-rise-by-end-of-century-climate-change more ›
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Around fifteen years ago, a new term entered the climate change lexicon: stranded assets. The concept was straightforward enough. If global warming is to be kept from getting out of… more ›
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For the very first time in Switzerland, a major commodities trading firm was being tried in what serves as the country’s highest criminal court. The case was brought by a Swiss corruption… more ›
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Riley FortierWhen you drive towards Peru’s Boiling River, along a bumpy, four-hour track through the rainforest, it’s only after you transcend a crest in the landscape that you see it… more ›
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These two statements are, unfortunately, related. Weather-wise, the world has entered uncharted territory; as the BioScience group put it, “We have now brought the planet into climatic conditions never witnessed… more ›
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Ten p.m. arrives in Cairo’s Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood with the same dogged tenacity as it does anywhere else, but down the fluorescent shopping streets and in the sidewalk cafes, few… more ›
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Southeast Australia has been getting hotter and drier. Droughts have lengthened, and temperatures regularly soar above 95 degrees F (35 degrees C). Bush fires abound. But somehow, its woodlands keep… more ›
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When these things happen, we still call them “natural disasters.” But that’s not right. If we want to understand the landscape of brittleness that surrounds us, we must acknowledge that… more ›