Category Climate change

British scientists predict a leveling off of high temperatures for the next two years, then a sharp rise and continuing probability of extreme heat worldwide.

Thousands of activists are gathering near Heathrow Airport now at the Camp for Climate Action for eight days to protest “the lunacy of the government’s airport expansion plans.” They plan a week of actions; including protest, training, education, direct action,…

Never mind higher temperatures, climate change has a few nastier surprises in store. Bill McGuire says we can also expect more earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis…

Tens of millions may be displaced within the next ten years by desertification, says the UN, calling it an “environmental crisis of global proportions” Overuse of land, unsustainable irrigation, and climate change are the primary causes. When millions migrate, it…

Temperatures in the Mediterranean have reached nearly 110 F in a continuing, dangerous, and unprecedented heat wave. Many politicians now fear the Mediterranean coast may soon become too hot to sustain a viable tourist industry. ‘The Mediterranean climate of this…