By Jeremy Williams This Changes Everything was the title of Naomi Klein’s big climate book a few years ago. This book echoes that in both the title and its blue design, striking a cautionary note – other things matter too, and there are consequences to forgetting that. And no, as Hulme says in pretty much every chapter, that isn’t a […]
The fire seen from the distance when it started on the 8th of August. Photo credit: Michael Johnson via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen A wildfire that broke out in Hawaii last week has so far killed 93 people making it the worst natural disaster to ever hit the island state. In addition to the 93 casualties, a 1,000 people have […]
A burning shipyard in Mandra, west of Athens pictured on the 18th of July 2023. Photo credit: Petros Giannakouris, AP By Anders Lorenzen The tragic and unprecedented wildfires in many parts of Greece seem to have no end in sight as they escalated on Sunday and have now burned for a week – painting the country as a key climate […]
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A satellite image from Copernicus shows the land-surface temperatures in Spain. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery. By Anders Lorenzen Much of southern Europe and in particular Spain is experiencing record-breaking temperatures and an extreme unprecedented heatwave named Cerberus. The temperatures exceeding 40 Degrees C and land temperatures for the first time ever exceeding 60 Degrees C l is unprecedented […]
By Anders Lorenzen With temperature records now frequently being set around the world and continuing to do so even though we drastically cut emissions, research studies published in the journal Nature, reveal that even moderate warming at 34 degrees C can significantly impact heart health. The study reveals that air temperatures as low as 34 °C can lead to a […]
climate change A woman walks with cold patches on her forehead and neck amid a red alert for heatwave in Beijing, China. Photo credit: Reuters / Tingshu Wang. By Anders Lorenzen Data from the US National Centre for Environmental Protection has concluded, that Monday the 3rd of July 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded globally. Measuring 17.01 degrees C, […]
Gino Mäder. Photo credit: Nicola, Wikimedia Commons, CC-by-sa 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen When the charismatic and much-loved road-racing cyclist Gino Mäder tragically passed away earlier this month after a horrible crash on the descent during a dangerous stage in the stage race Tour de Suisse in his homeland of Switzerland much of the post-debate will […]
Rice farmers have a story to tell about sustainability and innovation. Founded in 1937 in the northern Sacramento Valley of California, Lundberg Family Farms has been committed to leaving the land better than they found it and learning from previous generations. The company, now led by the third and fourth generation of Lundbergs, recently introduced its Regenerative Organic Certified white […]
Photo credit: ITV. By Anders Lorenzen ‘It is a glorious sunny day across the British Isles with forecasts set to stay dry and sunny for the foreseeable future’ or ‘miserable rain continues across the country with no end in sight’. People who frequently watch the weather forecasts might not think there’s anything unusual in these two statements, made by the […]