One reason why there’s so much disinformation on climate change

People have more trouble identifying climate falsehoods than truths, says a new study.

Sarah DeWeerdt

· Oct 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm

A community radio station in rural Tamil Nadu is giving a voice to those affected by climate change

Started in Vizhuthamavadi village in the aftermath of Cyclone Gaja, the Voice of the Vulnerable is invaluable in helping communities build climate resilience.

Kartik Chandramouli

· Oct 05, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Driven by climate change, erratic rain destroyed 25% of crops in Karnataka’s Cauvery basin this year

Drought-like situations in June and July were followed by 102% excess rain in August. A lack of vegetation cover meant water didn’t seep into the soil.

Rishika Pardikar, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm

UN climate summit: ‘You’ve stolen my childhood,’ Swedish activist Greta Thunberg tells world leaders

The 16-year-old campaigner said politicians have betrayed her generation by failing to tackle greenhouse emissions.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 24, 2019 · 07:54 am

The fight against climate change has a class problem

Mainstream media’s narrative structure, along with an erosion of trust in experts, has led to lower classes feeling isolated from the movement.

Catherine Happer, The Conversation

· Sep 20, 2019 · 09:30 pm

How to correctly calculate the cost of climate change-fuelled disasters such as Hurricane Dorian

Damage estimates must capture the cost of lost investments – the money for which had to be diverted into disaster recovery efforts, impacting the country's GDP.

Gary W Yohe, The Conversation

· Sep 05, 2019 · 11:30 pm

How climate change is affecting your pollen allergy

Climate change is already altering flowering seasons worldwide and in turn, creating longer pollen seasons.

Cecilia Sierra-Heredia, Jordan Brubacher and Tim Takaro, The Conversation

· Sep 01, 2019 · 11:30 pm

If not for the pollution, India could have been even hotter

Sixty-five per cent of India’s population was exposed to temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius between May and June, the worst in four years.

Disha Shetty, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 13, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Why are elephants’ brains so large? Climate change is a big part of the answer

A new study will help researchers understand how modern species might adapt to the current climate crisis.

Julien Benoit, The Conversation

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Paul Manger, The Conversation

· Jul 02, 2019 · 11:30 pm

The US military’s carbon footprint is bigger than as many as 140 countries

One of the largest polluters in history, the American war machine’s emissions tend to be overlooked in climate change studies.

Benjamin Neimark, Oliver Belcher and Patrick Bigger, The Conversation

· Jun 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm

World Cup matches are getting washed out – but Britain is actually in the midst of a drought

Not long after Britain was basking in one of the warmest Easter weekends on record, it is experiencing torrential rain.

Hannah Cloke, The Conversation

· Jun 13, 2019 · 09:00 pm

Did an Indian monsoon 130,000 years ago increase global warming and trigger end of ice age?

A new study on the weather system’s ancient past found an interesting subcontinental phenomemon.

Katrina Nilsson-Kerr, The Conversation

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Pallavi Anand, The Conversation

· Mar 20, 2019 · 10:30 pm