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Review identifies Shortfalls in Engaging Public Health Agency in Climate-Change Adaptation Plans

Climate-change adaptation efforts by governments in large cities around the world have not been enlisting the participation of public health agencies as much as they could, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

4 Mar 2022

Local Public Health Involvement in Climate Adaptation Plans can Make a Difference, Study Finds

A review of 22 large cities' climate adaptation plans finds that while most include meaningful actions to promote public health, fewer cities have involved their public health agencies in these plans. Mary Sheehan of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Climate on March 3.

4 Mar 2022

Environmental Change may have Driven the Formation and Abandonment of Native American Shell Ring Villages

Mollusk shells at 4,000-year-old Native American shell ring villages indicate that environmental change may have driven the formation and abandonment of these coastal communities, according to a study by Carey Garland and Victor Thompson in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on March 2, 2022.

3 Mar 2022

Nations Missed a Chance to Address Climate Change with Unprecedented Pandemic Stimulus

With deadlines to address climate change looming, countries worldwide missed a chance with unprecedented pandemic stimulus spending, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds.

3 Mar 2022

Lockheed Martin Invest in Satellite Vu to Bring its World-first Climate Change Technology to the US

British Earth Observation scale-up Satellite Vu, founded in 2016, has successfully closed the second round of its Series A, bringing total investment to £20 million.

From SatVu 3 Mar 2022

Better Forecasting can Help Prepare and Mitigate Extreme Events

State-of-the-art seasonal forecast systems provide predictions of unusual climate conditions in the atmosphere, ocean, land and other components of the climate. These systems are capable of predicting climate variables like temperature and precipitation months in advance. A main reason for this capability is the famous ocean–atmosphere interaction known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

2 Mar 2022

Review Finds Opportunities to Achieve Win-Win Results for Climate Adaptation and Invasive Species Management

A CABI-led review has found there are opportunities for increased policy coordination to achieve win-win results for both climate adaptation and Invasive Species Management (ISM) in Pakistan, Zambia, Kenya and Ghana.

2 Mar 2022

Tonga Volcano's Cooling Effect on Climate Change to be Much Smaller than Initially Thought

A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in January 2022 has concluded that the impact will be much smaller than initially thought-;but the researchers responsible add some major caveats to this conclusion.

2 Mar 2022

Climate Change Threatens Food Production

The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” released Monday night warns food production will be impacted, even with only small amount of global warming.

2 Mar 2022

New Report Examines the Impacts of Climate Change on Nature and People

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.

1 Mar 2022