By Kate Martyr Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest last month jumped to the highest level since records began in 2015, according to government data. A total of 563 square kilometers (217.38 square miles) of the world’s largest rainforest was destroyed in November, 103% more than in the same month last year, according to Brazil’s space […]
The recent Australian brushfires and extended drought have decimated the koala population to the point where it may be “functionally extinct,” according to an expert at the Australian Koala Foundation, as the Daily Mail in the UK reported. Functionally extinct means the population has become so limited that koalas no longer play a significant role […]
More than 350 koalas may have died in the wildfires raging near the Australian town of Port Macquarie in New South Wales, but one got a chance at survival after a woman risked her life to carry him to safety. In a video shared by Nine News Australia Tuesday, the koala was shown walking towards […]
While Sydney faced “catastrophic fire danger” for the first time earlier this week, and nearly 130 wildfires continue to burn in New South Wales and Queensland, Sydney now faces another problem; it’s running out of water. The water shortage is a mounting problem as the wildfires are predicted to gain in strength and intensity this […]
By Irene Banos Ruiz Pediatricians in New Delhi, India, say children’s lungs are no longer pink, but black. Our warming planet is already impacting the health of the world’s children and will shape the future of an entire generation if we fail to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (35.6°F), the 2019 […]
It seems the reality of the climate crisis is too much for the Federal Reserve to ignore anymore. For the first time, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, one of its 12 branches, held the system’s first climate-related economic conference last week. By hosting “The Economics of Climate Change” conference the Federal Reserve signaled […]
More than 130 wildfires were burning on Australia’s East Coast Sunday, The Guardian reported. The blazes have killed three and destroyed at least 150 structures so far, and conditions are expected to worsen Tuesday, when the greater Sydney area will face “catastrophic fire danger” for the first time. “Everybody has to be on alert no […]
While California wrestles with increased frequency and severity of wildfires due to the climate crisis, President Trump continues to take steps to stop the nation’s most populous state from taking any climate-related action. The state’s leaders have tried to decrease pollution from tailpipe emissions, enter into climate agreements with Quebec and strike emission’s standards deals […]
It is feared that an out-of-control brushfire has taken the life of more than 350 koalas in a koala habitat in Port Macquarie, a coastal town in New South Wales just over 200 miles north from Sydney, according to CNN. The fire was triggered by a lightening strike on Monday and has raged all week. […]
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