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Once floodwaters subside, talk of planned retreat inevitably rises.This post was originally published on this site

Residents in some areas were warned not to go outside as strong winds swept Beijing and parts of northern China on Saturday, causing hundreds of flights to be canceled and rail services suspended, state media […]

The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported […]

The United Nations organization responsible for international marine shipping today approved new emission reduction policies. A new paper published in Earth’s Future highlights the need.This post was originally published on this site

As climate change increases, so does the pressure on humanity to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere—possibly with the help of the oceans. But which of the proposed marine CO2 removal and storage options […]

O’ahu’s sandy beaches are at risk. New research from the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa determined that 81% of O’ahu’s coastline could experience erosion by 2100, with 40% […]

A recent study led by Prof. Chen Yaning from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that climate warming is increasing flood risks from rain-on-snow (ROS) events […]

Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The most extreme cyclones can generate devastating storm tides—seawater that is heightened by the tides and swells […]

While Ukraine has made significant progress in climate action since the 2010s, and undertaken efforts to align its environmental strategy with EU standards, Russia’s invasion in 2022 has contributed to environmental devastation due to the […]

Research led by the Union of Concerned Scientists reports that emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies have contributed significantly to both present-day and long-term sea level rise. Products from 122 major […]