Climate

Humanity and nature are not separate – we must see them as one to fix the climate crisis 0
- BUSINESS
- September 18, 2019
From transport and housing to food production and fashion, our civilisation is driving climate and ecological breakdown. It’s no coincidence that almost every single sector of industry is contributing to the planet’s downfall, either. A deeper issue underlies each one’s part in the malaise enveloping the planet’s ecosystems – and its origins date back to
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Covering Climate Now – The Conversation signs up for a special week of climate change coverage 0
- BUSINESS
- September 15, 2019
There is no bigger story than climate change and the threat it poses to life on Earth. Despite this, there have been several missteps in the media’s reporting on it over the last few decades. You may have seen “debates” on TV between climate scientists and sceptics who have little scientific background – the one-on-one
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Peru’s ancient water systems can help protect communities from shortages caused by climate change 0
- BUSINESS
- August 26, 2019
Water is essential for human life, but in many parts of the world water supplies are under threat from more extreme, less predictable weather conditions due to climate change. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Peruvian Andes, where rising temperatures and receding glaciers forewarn of imminent water scarcity for the communities that live there.
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Tropical fish spotted thousands of miles away in northern Canada as climate crisis escalates 0
- BUSINESS
- August 25, 2019
Colourful tropical fish like butterfly fish and scrawled filefish are being spotted in northern Canadian waters as the climate crisis escalates. Scuba diver and photographer Lloyd Bond – who has scuba dived in Nova Scotia for 23 years – has told The Independent he has seen a dramatic increase in fish whose normal habitat is thousands of miles away. “Up
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Iceland is mourning a dead glacier – how grieving over ecological destruction can help us face the climate crisis 0
- BUSINESS
- August 21, 2019
Death certificates and commemorative plaques aren’t something you’d normally associate with a glacier. But that is exactly how Iceland recently mourned the loss of 700-year-old Okjökull, the first of its major glaciers to die. This is just one early example of events we will encounter more and more often as the hot new world we
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Groundwater reserves in Africa may be more resilient to climate change than first thought 0
- BUSINESS
- August 7, 2019
Groundwater reserves in Africa are estimated to be 20 times larger than the water stored in lakes and reservoirs above ground. These are the freshwater stores that flow in rocks and sediment beneath the Earth’s surface. They are a vital source of drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa, where groundwater is often the only year-round supply
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