Presentations about vital and vulnerable N.C. Highway 12, collapsing homes, the national park and life on the Outer Banks during the Coastal Resources Commission’s recent meeting in New Bern illustrate a sobering challenge.
From EVs and electric buses on the road, heat pumps warming homes and solar panels powering appliances, the shift to electrifying tech is already in full swing. But what exactly does "electrification" mean?
The heat is on Australia as chief negotiator at the COP31 UN climate conference to forge a path away from coal and gas, and to protect Pacific neighbors facing rising sea levels.
Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, or three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards, the United Nations Refugee Agency says.
A new study finds that by the 2040s, South Korea will become “a zero-catch state” for the Pacific flying squid, the country’s most popular squid species, due to climate change and marine heat waves.
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