Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Michigan governor Rick Snyder apologized on Tuesday for the debacle that caused the city of Flint’s water supply to be poisoned by lead, while the top state environment official resigned in light of a report that chiefly placed the blame for the crisis on his department. The resignation was the …
El Niño is one of the most predictable climate events on the planet, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but it also has a way of keeping climate scientists guessing. In March the oceanographers predicted the current event could be the weakest on record, but in August …
The warming of the Pacific Ocean caused by the El Niño climate event is “causing havoc” among marine animals off California’s coast, with unprecedented numbers of dead or starving seals being washed ashore. The San Francisco-based Marine Mammal Center said it has rescued 106 emaciated northern fur seals so far …
The ferocious storm cell that spawned deadly tornadoes in the US over the weekend is expected to develop into what meteorologists call a "bomb cyclone", steering exceptionally warm air over the Arctic and more flooding rains into the UK. One widely used computer model, the Global Forecast System, is predicting …
Barack Obama will defend the Paris climate change agreement and forge ahead on his environmental agenda until his final days in the White House, according to analysts. And there is very little Obama’s opponents in Congress can do to stop him – unless they win the elections and install a …
Missouri has been engulfed by “historic and dangerous” flooding with water levels expected to rise to record levels in the coming days in the wake of a severe storm that has wreaked devastation throughout the southern and midwest United States. As the National Guard was called in to maintain security …
California's forests are home to the planet's oldest, tallest and most-massive trees. New research from Carnegie's Greg Asner and his team reveals that up to 58 million large trees in California experienced severe canopy water loss between 2011 and today due to the state's historic drought. Their results are published …
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake, which was very shallow at only 3.1 miles (5 km) below the earth, was centered three miles (4.8 km)northwest of Rialto, east of Los Angeles.
PARIS – Deadly extreme weather on at least five continents is driven in large part by a record-breaking El Nino, but climate change is a likely booster too, experts said Monday. The 2015-16 El Nino, they added, is the strongest ever measured. “It is probably the most powerful in the …
An emerging tree fungus has killed hundreds of thousands of Hawaii's iconic and native ohia lehua trees. Researchers say these trees are critical not only to the island's water supply, but also to endangered native birds and cultural traditions like hula. After four years of drought, California's Sequoia and Kings …
A combination of laser-imaging technology and satellite data has shed new light on the devastating impacts of California’s ongoing drought. In a study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers conclude that 888 million trees have experienced drought-related water losses since 2011, putting them at an …
More than 1,400 flights have been canceled across the United States and another 2,600 have been delayed due to the large storm system moving through the middle part of the country. Hundreds of roads across the South have also closed because of the flooding, ice and blizzard conditions that have …
The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of climate change, according to a recent paper published in Global Change Biology. “Our goal was to look at the climate where these birds were observed …
The Hudson River is much cleaner than it used to be, but antiquated infrastructure still contaminates the waters between New York City and New Jersey with untreated sewage and storm water during heavy rainfalls. A kayak trip can be a hard sell for Noelle Thurlow, who runs a small water-sports …
The death toll due to severe storms slamming several southern and central states in the US has risen to at least 43. In Texas, at least 11 people died after a series of tornadoes hit the Dallas area. The remaining 30 people were killed in Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Alabama …
From some of the worst floods ever known in Britain, to record-breaking temperatures over the Christmas holiday in the US and forest fires in Australia, tumultuous recent weather events are likely to be down to the natural phenomenon known as El Niño making the effects of man-made climate change worse, …
A team at Columbia University hope to use the energy produced by bacteria when they expand and contract A small Lego device on the shelf of professor Ozgur Sahin’s office at Columbia University could open up the possibility of another form of renewable energy, and one that is much cheaper …
Firefighters on Saturday gained the upper hand on a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles that burned about 1,240 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of a major highway and led to evacuations, fire officials said. Hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze in the Solimar Beach area of Ventura …
Asthma rates in U.S. children have quieted down after a decades-long increase, a government study found, and researchers are trying to pinpoint reasons that would explain the trend. A possible plateau in childhood obesity rates and declines in air pollution are among factors that may have helped lower cases in …
LIMA – The 47 mining projects under development in Peru are worth $56.41 billion, with 24 of the ventures dedicated to exploration and six others involving expansions of existing operating units, the official Andina news agency reported Sunday, citing Energy and Mines Ministry figures. Environmental impact studies have been completed …
