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By Alice Klein Cave bears couldn’t adapt their diet to a changing climate Image Professionals GmbH/Alamy The huge cave bears that once roamed Europe may have gone extinct because their large sinuses made it difficult to adapt their diet during … Continue reading Europe’s cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses
By Alice Klein Artefacts found in New Guinea suggest early cultural developmentBen Shaw, University of New South Wales People on the island of New Guinea began farming, practising arts and crafts and making complex tools around the same time as … Continue reading Farming and art arose in New Guinea at same time as Europe and Asia
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – After failing to grow wheat in Canada’s subarctic Yukon territory 15 years ago, farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve gave it another shot in 2017. Farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve holds some of his wheat yield at the Yukon Grain Farm … Continue reading Wheat in Whitehorse: how climate change helps feed Canada’s remote regions
LONDON (Reuters) – Large ecosystems such as the Amazon rainforest and coral reefs could collapse faster than scientists had previously assumed, according to a study published on Tuesday. The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in … Continue reading Amazon and other large ecosystems at risk of rapid collapse: study
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, in London, Britain March 3, 2020. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair the first meeting of his climate change committee … Continue reading Johnson to discuss summit, strategy with climate change committee
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson should “turbocharge” policies to cut Britain’s carbon emissions so the country can lead by example when it hosts a major U.N. climate summit in Glasgow in November, campaign groups said on Monday. FILE … Continue reading Campaigners urge PM Johnson to ‘turbocharge’ climate plans ahead of U.N. summit
Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion display a banner as a site security member looks on during a protest at Banks Group’s open-cast coal mine in Bradley, County Durham, Britain February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Scott Heppell LONDON (Reuters) – Climate protest group Extinction … Continue reading Climate protesters dress as canaries outside north England coal mine
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil giant Total pictured at a petrol station in Laplume, France, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Catholic religious order Jesuits in Britain will ditch fossil fuel companies from its $500 … Continue reading Jesuit order to ditch fossil fuels from $500 million equity portfolio
LONDON (Reuters) – Extinction Rebellion climate protesters dug up the lawn of Trinity College, Cambridge on Monday, as part of a week-long series of demonstrations in Britain’s ancient university town. The activists dug up the grass in front of the … Continue reading Climate protesters dig up Cambridge college’s lawn
LONDON (Reuters) – German fund manager Allianz Global Investors is pushing every company it invests in to improve their climate-related disclosures ahead of the season for annual shareholder meetings. General view of the “Mer de Glace”, France’s largest glacier which … Continue reading AllianzGI pushes for more climate data ahead of AGM season
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc said on Friday it will invest $1 billion over the next decade in initiatives that would limit the impact of global air travel on the environment, the first airline to make a commitment … Continue reading Delta to invest $1 billion to curb global air travel’s climate impact
By Donna Lu Weather by Jenny Offill examines individual anxieties about the climate emergencyGranta Books Weather Jenny Offill Granta Advertisement Climate anxiety is no stranger to fiction. For decades writers have confronted the future of a warming … Continue reading Weather by Jenny Offill: How to cope with climate anxiety in a crisis
