climate change

Climate change could turn oceans from friend to foe, UN report warns

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) --Global warming and pollution caused by humanity's carbon-heavy footprint are ravaging…

World must adapt to ‘inevitable’ climate change, warns report

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) --Nations rich and poor must invest now to protect against destructive climate change impacts…

Adapting city life to climate change

https://youtu.be/0L_6fyH8KfI Videographic showing how cities can respond to heat waves. Northern hemisphere summers will deliver dangerously longer heatwaves, droughts and…

Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts…

Quarter of world’s population facing extreme water stress

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water…

UN chief says world ‘not on track’ with climate change

Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday,…

Alaska’s thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time

  by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse QUINHAGAK, United States (AFP) -- The first artifact -- a wooden mask --…

Climate change forcing Alaskans to hunt for new ways to survive

  by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse QUINHAGAK, United States (AFP) -- As far back as he can remember, Willard…

Alaska’s indigenous people feel the heat of climate change

by Jocelyne ZABLIT NAPAKIAK, United States (AFP) -- The cemetery has already been moved twice, the old school is underwater…

Canada experiencing warming at twice global level: report

  MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Canada is experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with…

Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits: study

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their…

Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct on Tuesday, making it the first mammal…

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