Climate Change

Ocean-based experiments for carbon removal are on the rise, but remain controversial

Environment

As part of The World’s ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, about the tension between the swell of interest in marine geoengineering and the lack of scientific consensus about its role as a climate solution.

Australian researchers study oysters’ resilience in face of climate change

Natural disasters

Scientists and veterinarians help wildlife impacted by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred in Australia

Natural disasters

Australia’s beaches recover from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred as extreme weather intensifies

Natural disasters

South Africa’s largest city is running out of water

Infrastructure

Rare cyclone batters Brisbane and Australia’s Gold Coast

Over the weekend, residents of Brisbane, Australia, were bracing for the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The storm was downgraded to a tropical low, and made landfall on the mainland on Saturday. It was the first storm of its kind in the area in 51 years. The city is further south of where tropical cyclones typically hit, and scientists say climate change is playing a role in increasing extreme weather events around the world.

Cocoa crisis: Ghana’s farmers want next leader to tackle climate change

Environment

As Ghana votes, cocoa farmers seek a president to address climate challenges and secure the industry’s future amid global production declines.

How climate change is strengthening hurricanes, and what communities can do

Researchers are racing to pin down the forces driving supercharged hurricanes and what the future holds.

Residents in Spain’s Valencia region reeling from record-breaking floods

People in Valencia, Spain, try to recover after devastating floods swept through their city.

In Bangladesh, warning systems help prevent storm casualties

The world is getting stormier, and the UN blames the increase in weather-related disasters on climate change. Bangladesh has been hit especially hard, but these days, cyclones there result in very few casualties — thanks to a homegrown warning system.