By Rod Nickel, Liz Hampton, and Jeffrey Hodgson, with additional reporting by Ethan Lou in Toronto; Editing by Digby Lidstone and Mary Milliken7 May 2016 LAC LA BICHE, Alberta, May 7 (Reuters) – A raging Canadian wildfire grew explosively on Saturday as hot, dry winds pushed the blaze across the energy heartland of Alberta and […]
4 May 2016 (ABC News) – Piles of dead whales, salmon, sardines, and clams blamed on the El Niño freak weather phenomenon have been clogging Chile’s pacific beaches in recent months. Last year, scientists were shocked when more than 300 whales turned up dead on remote bays of the southern coast — it was the […]
By Anthony Stewart6 May 2016 (ABC News) – Between 70 and 90 per cent of coral in the shallow water around Christmas Island are bleached due to rising ocean temperatures, researchers say. Over the past month, sea temperature around the island has jumped from the usually 28 degrees to above 31 degrees. It has pushed […]
28 April 2016 (Global Environmental Change) – Highlights: Emotional distress is strongly correlated with mitigation motivation; hope is not. Optimistic messages about carbon emissions reduce climate change risk perceptions. Less risk leads to less distress, which in turn lowers mitigation motivation. Pessimistic climate change messages avoid complacency without eroding efficacy. ABSTRACT: For the first time […]
7 May 2016 (AFP) – Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific’s Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research. A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in the remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with […]
By Joshua Robertson28 April 2016 (The Guardian) – North Queensland tourism operators are routinely refusing to take media and politicians to see coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef for fear the attention will trigger a collapse in visitor numbers, it has been claimed. Several major operators with the backing of industry heavyweights refused to […]
By Kathryn Hansen7 May 2016 (NASA) – In early May 2016, a destructive wildfire burned through Canada’s Fort McMurray in the Northern Alberta region. Windy, dry, and unseasonably hot conditions all set the stage for the fire. Winds gusted over 20 miles (32 kilometers) per hour, fanning the flames in an area where rainfall totals […]
By Pola Lem4 May 2016 (ClimateWire) – Water scarcity is expected to increase globally as populations boom and climate change sharpens uncertainty around the resource’s availability, according to a report by the World Bank. The conclusion adds to a growing body of research, and it comes days before this year’s Climate Action 2016 summit in […]
By Joseph Serna26 April 2016 (Los Angeles Times) – The warning was stern and unequivocal: The days of unkempt, browning lawns in the gated community of Blackhawk were officially over. “We believe that allowing the drought to negatively impact the landscaping at any Blackhawk home does a disservice to property values throughout the community,” the […]
4 May 2016 (AFP) – Drought-hit Zimbabwe has invited local farmers and private game rangers to buy wild animals as it destocks national game reserves to save fauna from starvation, the wildlife authority said Wednesday. Parks and wildlife authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya said it has asked individuals and private game keepers to step in and […]
