Louisiana’s newly released draft of the state’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan proposes to spend $16 billion on the construction of new tidal marshes as a key strategy to combat coastal land loss.
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Framework Helps Local Planners Prepare for Climate Pressures on Food, Energy & Water Systems
As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change – such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires – critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted.
Climate Change Threatens Global Fisheries
The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world’s oceans could decline by up to 10 per cent as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.
Six Waterloo Researchers Lend Their Expertise to the UN IPCC Climate Report
After a six-year process, the leading world body for the assessment of climate change, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released their final Synthesis Report that summarizes what we know about climate change and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2022 Heatwave Struck off Surgery in Fifth of UK Hospitals
The 2022 summer heatwave resulted in a fifth of UK hospitals being forced to cancel operations during the three days when temperatures soared, a new study reveals.
NASA and Italian Space Agency Join Forces on Air Pollution Mission
The two agencies are partnering on a satellite to understand the effects of different types of particle pollution on human health.