Browsing: climate crisis

The Guardian says New Zealand’s glaciers are becoming “smaller and more skeletal” due to the effects of climate change and scientists predict many could disappear within a decade.

The Metro says thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate part of Colorado as forest fires returned to a region devastated by flames last year.

The Guardian says as Boris Johnson prepares a new push for nuclear power, the £131bn problem of how to safely dispose of vast volumes of radioactive waste created by the last British atomic energy programme remains unsolved.

TRT World says Climate change is now “the greatest threat to the future and security” of Australia, senior defence figures in the country have warned.

TRT World says Brazilian tribal leaders and advocates have criticised the granting of an Indigenous rights award to President Jair Bolsonaro.

TRT World says Brazilian environmental groups have urged the EU to pass aggressive legislation banning all imports linked to deforestation.

The Guardian says Young environmental activists have disrupted the red carpet at the Baftas to call for more attention to the climate crisis and for celebrities to speak out about it.

The Guardian says veterans at a nursing home were evacuated, joining residents from more than 1,000 homes, as firefighters and emergency workers battled two massive wildfires Sunday.

The Independent says the climate crisis is adversely affecting mental health as extreme weather events cause trauma and livelihoods are lost, a landmark United Nations report has said.

The Guardian says The impacts of the climate crisis are proving much worse than predicted, and governments must act more urgently to adapt to them or face global disaster.