These Climate Activists are Standing up to German Police
“Our civilization as we know it will collapse. And that’s what we have to prevent,” says co-founder of Last Generation, Melanie Guttmann.
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Earth just had its hottest week ever. Here’s where records were smashed in Canada
The Earth just experienced its hottest week on record, on the heels of a record-setting month in June, and more heat waves and record-breaking days are expected before summer ends.
The EU just backed a major nature conservation law. Here’s what it means.
After weeks of lobbying against the plan, the legislature still supported the general outlines of a European Commission bill in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions.
People around the world are dying in ‘unprecedented’ heavy rains this week
Countries around the globe are seeing heavy rainfall and flooding, just days after a heat wave last week smashed global heat records.
Deadly Flooding Hits Several Countries At Once. Climate Change Will Make This More Common
Scientists warn this will become increasingly common with climate change.
‘Wake-up call’: Simultaneous crop failure more likely than thought, study warns
Such an event could threaten the world’s food supply, cause price spikes and even lead to civil unrest, warns the paper’s lead author.
How tiny sensors in the forest are shaping the future of firefighting
How remote sensing technology can help authorities detect fires early on, and even help them predict the areas most at risk of going up in flames.
June shattered global temperature records. Here’s how hot it got
This past June was the hottest June globally on record in terms of sea and air temperatures, according to a statement by the EU-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Global heat wave shatters records. Will Wednesday break another?
When the heat spikes, humans suffer health effects — especially young and elderly people, who are vulnerable to heat even under normal conditions.
July 3 was the world’s hottest day ever, U.S. scientists say
This average temperature may not seem that hot, but it’s the first time in the 44 years of this dataset that the temperature surpassed the 17-degree Celsius mark.