From climate denial to gothic movies to ‘treat culture’ … what to expect in 2025 Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Full steam ahead: from left, Nigel Farage, David Bowie, Leigh Bowery, a character from Memoir of a Snail and Liam Gallagher. The new US president will almost certainly bring unpredictability but several themes will dominate the year ahead. Observer writers … From climate denial to gothic movies to ‘treat culture’ … what to expect in 2025 Read More »
Climate change and human activity affect Serengeti Park animal migrations Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Wildebeest migration in Tanzania and Kenya, one of the world’s largest land migrations, is being disrupted. Published today at 4:06 am (Paris) 5 min read Lire en français Subscribers only Wildebeest migrating to greener pastures between the Maasai Mara National … Climate change and human activity affect Serengeti Park animal migrations Read More »
Climate change threatens the survival of California’s iconic piers, including San Diego’s Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Slide 1 of 31 2:36Now Playing Climate change threatens the survival of California’s iconic piers, including San Diego’s Mount Calavera in Carlsbad is a volcano 3:47 San Diegans hit retailers to return or exchange those gifts that just weren’t right … Climate change threatens the survival of California’s iconic piers, including San Diego’s Read More »
Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year … Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 Read More »
Can insurance as we know it survive climate change? Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona insurance head insurance head Let’s hope so. Shrinking coverage and rising temperatures are a risky combination. By Mark Harris Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Sign up for our free newsletters “Nat Cats” sound fuzzy and adorable. They’re … Can insurance as we know it survive climate change? Read More »
‘In Mayotte or Valencia, it would be simplistic to attribute the severity of material and human damage solely to climate change’ Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Focusing solely on the role of climate change tends to ignore the other fundamental causes of so-called natural disasters, which are very often linked to historical and political choices, argues a group of some 30 climatologists in an op-ed. Published … ‘In Mayotte or Valencia, it would be simplistic to attribute the severity of material and human damage solely to climate change’ Read More »
The Heat of Violence: Climate Change and Gender-Based Abuse Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona According to the UN data, women constitute a staggering 80% of those displaced by climate change and face a 14-fold higher risk of death during climate disasters compared to men. Climate change-driven displacement, global food insecurity, and socioeconomic instability significantly … The Heat of Violence: Climate Change and Gender-Based Abuse Read More »
Only Feminism Can Prevent Global Warming Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona (avstraliavasin/via Getty Images) About a month ago, some bioethicists claimed that bioethics should prevent climate change . My eyes had finally stopped rolling when lo and behold, I learn from three UN Women researchers –in Scientific American , no less … Only Feminism Can Prevent Global Warming Read More »
What It Would Take to Get Me to Fly for Fun Again Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Credit…Trent Parke/Magnum Photos Dr. Miodownik is professor of materials and society at University College London and the author, most recently, of “It’s a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World.” The airlines are magicians. They’ve positioned flying … What It Would Take to Get Me to Fly for Fun Again Read More »
Encore: Climate change in Florida Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona The Florida Roundup is a live, weekly call-in show with a distinct focus on the issues affecting Floridians. Each Friday at noon, listeners can engage in the conversation with journalists, newsmakers and other Floridians about change, policy and the future … Encore: Climate change in Florida Read More »