"Flooding, drought, and other extreme weather events worsened by climate change force many people to leave their homes. This can lead to an increase in human trafficking. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to sexual exploitation in this situation," said Michael Gerrard, an acclaimed environmental lawyer.
"Given China's outsized role in adding to carbon pollution, it needs to move away from coal power-- fast. Yet when clean power runs short, including when climate-fueled drought shuts hydropower plants down, China falls back on coal. To succeed at emissions reduction, China needs to break that cycle," climate risk expert Alice C. Hill told IBT.
Climate change is among the major global issues of the 21st century.
The strain of ancient virus was one of several that scientists isolated from samples of permafrost taken from seven different places across Siberia.
A rise in Clean-Air Turbulence is alarming because it cannot be detected by onboard flight radar equipment and can strike "without warning," researchers say.
Now in its 12th year, International Polar Bear Day, established by Polar Bear International, aims at the conservation of these mammals.
A new study shows that internal research conducted by ExxonMobil accurately predicted the future effects of global warming.
Unseasonably high temperatures and heavy rain have shut down some ski resorts in the Alps at the start of the winter season.
Actress and activist Jane Fonda says her cancer is now in remission three months after her initial announcement that she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
California has passed an aggressive new climate plan to decrease demand for fossil fuels by 94% and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.
COP15 is meeting on biodiversity protection in Montreal this week. The conference tagline is "Nature positive by 2030," but what is "nature positive?"
The COP15 biodiversity conference started in Montreal on Wednesday, with many urging for more nature protection to safeguard the world's future.
According to Jean-Michel Claverie, co-author of the study, "48,500 years is a world record."
The COP27 climate talks have created a new fund to compensate developing countries that have experienced damages due to extreme weather.
Leaders around the globe are gathering for the COP27 conference in Egypt. Many expressed alarm at the severity of climate change and some leaders disagreed on rich nation's approach to curb the devastation.
Since less than 1% of the human population lives in the polar regions, the risks would be significantly less compared to a global approach.
"Most of the time, the heat index that the National Weather Service is giving you is just the right value. It's only in these extreme cases where they're getting the wrong number," co-author and climate physicist David Romps said.
Millions of Americans are experiencing extremely hot temperatures, with excessive heat expected to ensue over the next seven days in several areas.
The increasing heat levels around the country and many natural disasters may be a signal that climate change will have more impact on Americans' daily lives.
“The coming decades will not only be hotter but sicker,” a co-lead author of the study warned.
A climate activist from Boulder, Colorado has died after setting himself on fire in protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Biden administration is warning that global climate change will cost the federal government $2 trillion a year by 2100 if more is not done to halt climate change.
