Ghostly monkey among 224 new Mekong region species, WWF reports
BANGKOK — A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the greater Mekong region. The …
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Meet Methuselah, the oldest living aquarium fish
SAN FRANCISCO — Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. In …
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Winter welcome: Stranded drivers freed in Istanbul, Athens
ISTANBUL — Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens dug through snow and ice Tuesday to clear paralyzed rxjmtzywoads and rescue people stranded overnight in their cars after snowstorms and a …
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Tonga eruption was ‘hundreds of times’ more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA says
The eruption this month of an underwater volcano near Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA. Jim Garvin, chief scientist at NASA’s …
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Snowstorm strands thousands in Istanbul, Athens
ISTANBUL — Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens scrambled on Tuesday to clear roads that came to a standstill after a massive cold front and snowstorms hit much of Turkey …
Read MoreAttitude on carbon tax rebate defined by politics, not facts, survey suggests
Rebates on carbon taxes haven’t helped Canadians warm to them, a new survey suggests. Results published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change say that not only did rebates …
Read MoreChinese officials punished for covering up true scale of deadly floods
Dozens of Chinese officials have been punished over their response to devastating floods that killed hundreds last July, after a government investigation found authorities had under-reported deaths and deliberately withheld …
Read MoreChinese officials punished for covering up true scale of deadly floods
Dozens of Chinese officials have been punished over their response to devastating floods that killed hundreds last July, after a government investigation found authorities had under-reported deaths and deliberately withheld …
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Climate change is making it harder for plants to spread seeds via animals
The loss of biodiversity of birds and mammals from human-induced climate change has reduced the ability of plants to spread their seeds via animals, according to a new study. Published …
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Humans do a poor job of calculating risk. That’s terrible for the climate crisis
When the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded Francisco Carrillo’s basement apartment in Queens, New York, last year, his subsequent displacement was a wake-up call. He knew the climate crisis was …
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