Archive for 2021
Greenland’s ice is melting fast, but there is still time to act
Meltwater runoff in Greenland has risen by 21% over the past four decades.
Global climate adaptation efforts are found wanting
We need a sea change in adaptation measures such as funding to reduce damages and losses from climate change.
Investors are making sustainable housing a reality
Buildings, whether homes or offices, can achieve sustainability by reducing their exploitation of natural resources.
We’re compressing millions of years of natural change into centuries
Recent changes across all aspects of the Earth system are unprecedented in at least thousands of years.
Climate change is heating up, the UN warns
The last seven years have been the hottest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Study: Rising heat linked to 7% of Brazil’s kidney disease hospitalizations
The study in Brazil looked at 2.7 million kidney disease cases, across 15 years in more than 1,800 cities. It found cases rise with the heat.