"In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands"
"Crop failures are one reason an unprecedented number of migrants are heading to the U.S. border."
Source: Reuters, 10/16/2023
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"How Megafires Are Remaking the World"
"In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2023
Electric Vehicles Will Be Burning Rubber in 2024
As global sales of electric vehicles surge, the positive impact on climate change emissions could be a critical benefit. But as our Backgrounder points out, it’s not as simple as that. There are challenges with politics, tax laws, mineral access, related pollution regulations and union jobs. Get an overview of the issue, in this latest entry in our expanding 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy.
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Here’s Your Handy Doomsday Dataviz Dashboard
If you’re harboring serious doubts about the climate future but want to be prepared to cover it, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers up a seasonably ghoulish list of a dozen and a half great visualization sources to help tell the story. And lest it leave you spooked, remember, as the saying goes, everything will be OK in the end. And if it's not OK, it's not the end.
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Warming And Habitat Loss Shrink Pollinator Numbers, Threaten Coffee, Cocoa
"Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems interwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study."
Source: AP, 10/13/2023
"Extreme Heat Risks Rise For Pregnant Women And Babies"
"As a health worker in South Sudan, Night Stella Elias sees from year to year how rising temperatures are adding to the dangers faced by pregnant women and their babies."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/13/2023
In The Amazon Forest, Millions Breathe Hazardous Air As Wildfires Spread
"Thick smoke has enveloped extensive areas of the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as the region grapples with a surge in wildfires and a historic drought."
Source: AP, 10/13/2023
"USPS Is Falsifying Safety Docs As Its Workers Die of Heat"
"Even after a mail carrier’s recent death, the company continues to violate its own rules."
Source: Texas Observer, 10/13/2023
"A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste and the Effects on Human Health"
"The coming surge in photovoltaic panel waste is tiny compared to other categories, and most health concerns about solar equipment are unfounded."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/13/2023
"War In The Middle East Jeopardizes Climate Talks"
"A lasting war between Israel and Hamas could complicate climate talks next month in the United Arab Emirates by raising tensions between nations with fragile alliances and triggering a race to secure energy resources over reducing carbon emissions."
Source: E&E News, 10/13/2023
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