Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks following his election. Credit: Office of Speaker Mike Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black In 2016, the year new Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was first elected to Congress, there was major flooding […] Click here to view original […]

People walk near two damaged buildings after hurricane Otis hit Acapulco on October 26, 2023 in Acapulco, Mexico. Otis made landfall through the coast of Acapulco in the early morning of October 25 as a category 5 storm. Scientists say warmer ocean waters from climate change are making hurricanes […] Click here to view original

Israa al-Maskari, a student in environmental science, inspects mangroves in a nursery at Oman’s Al-Qurm nature reserve (Karim SAHIB) In a muddy wetland in Oman’s capital, environmental scientist Zakiya al-Afifi measures the bark of a mangrove tree, estimating its capacity to absorb the carbon dioxide that is slowly heating […] Click here to view original

A tree burns in a forest fire at nighttime. Global carbon emissions are on track to exceed safe limits by 2030 and unleash the worst effects of climate change, new research suggests. This means we have just six years to change course and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A […] Click here to view original

Credit: CC0 Public Domain As the impacts of climate change grow, society and people struggle to adapt to the challenges of the new reality. Change, however, is difficult, and adapting to new ways of life or new ways of doing business often requires a change in culture. To determine […] Click here to view original

Investors face a growing risk that climate change will result in a sudden loss of value, with existing portfolio models often falling short, according to an analysis by Markus Müller, chief investment officer for ESG at Deutsche Bank. “The temptation is to assume that the effects” of global heating […] Click here to view original