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Climate change turning Antarctica's snow green

Martyn Herman, Reuters
Posted at May 20 06:03 PM

Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Read more »

Caught between climate and virus threats, migrants have no safe place to go

Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 08 06:34 PM

From the Philippines to North America, people are being turfed out of shelters or governments not opening evacuation centers due to coronavirus concerns. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 22, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 12:20 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Dry-season downpour

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 11:57 PM

A couple wearing protective masks as a precaution against COVID-19 shares an umbrella after being caught in a sudden downpour in Quezon City Wednesday. Read more »

WATCH: Pinoy celebrities lend voices to encourage 'climate actions' for Earth Day 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 09:21 PM

Several local celebrities have lent their voices in support of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, encouraging their millions of fans to unite with them against the huge challenges facing our planet. Read more »

On Earth Day, Cimatu calls for 'decisive climate action' amid COVID-19 crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 10:34 PM

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said climate change, like COVID-19, can destroy any nation. Read more »

Greenland ice sheet shrinks by record amount - climate study

Kate Abnett, Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 10:04 PM

Greenland's ice sheet shrank by more than at any time since record-taking began last year, according to a study published on Wednesday that showed the risk that climate change could cause sharp rises in global sea levels.   Read more »

Climate crisis on back-burner as pandemic threat looms

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 08:27 PM

Economic shock waves from the coronavirus outbreak have curbed carbon pollution from China and beyond, but hopes for climate benefits from the slowdown are likely to be dashed quickly, experts say. Read more »

Nestle vows to plant 3 million trees in Mexico, Brazil to help set off emissions

Daina Beth Solomon, Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 08:17 AM

Nestle SA is launching a reforestation project to plant at least 3 million trees in Mexico and Brazil in the next year and a half as the Swiss food group strives for carbon neutrality by 2050, executives told Reuters. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 3, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 03:40 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

'No Coal Japan'

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 01:28 PM

Climate justice activists picket in front of Mitsubishi Corporation's office in Makati City on Tuesday to protest the company's financing for coal plant projects in Asia.  Read more »

Beach bummer: Half of world's sandy coastlines may vanish this century

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 07:54 AM

WASHINGTON - Half the world's sandy beaches may be wiped away by the end of the century due to rising sea levels and other climate change effects, with Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, China and the United States among the hardest hit, researchers said on Monday. Read more »

Australian summers grow longer due to climate change: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 09:54 AM

The Australia Institute said large swathes of the country were experiencing an additional 31 days of summer temperatures each year compared to the 1950s.   Read more »

Adapting to rising seas, schools on PH island move to rafters

Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 25 10:22 PM

On an island in the Philippines, waterlogged for one-third of every year, residents adjust to their sodden existence instead of fleeing. Read more »

Climate change could pose 'catastrophic' security threat, experts warn

Matthew Lavietes, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Feb 25 08:15 AM

Climate change could become a "catastrophic" threat to global security, as people lose their livelihoods, fall ill and battle over scarce water and food, a host of US security, military and intelligence experts warned on Monday. Read more »

Every child under 'immediate threat' from climate, poor diet: UN

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 08:18 AM

The world is failing to protect children from the health dangers posed by climate change and poor diet, a landmark UN report said Wednesday, warning that every child is under "immediate threat". Read more »

Amazon's Jeff Bezos launches $10-B fund to combat climate change

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 07:22 AM

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon and the world's richest man, said Monday he was committing $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change. Read more »

Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green

Catherine Lai and Sam Reeves, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 01:46 PM

Aviation accounts for three percent of climate-damaging carbon emissions globally, according to the European Environment Agency, and the world is experiencing record heatwaves, wildfires and storm surges made worse by rising seas. Read more »

Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 02:06 PM

Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fueled disasters are raging on. Read more »

January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 03:16 AM

Last month was the warmest January on record globally, while in Europe temperatures were a balmy three degrees Celsius above the average January from 1981 to 2010, the European Union's climate monitoring system reported Tuesday. Read more »