Suzanne York

Climate change is threatening all of the ocean's migratory species - Oceanographic A report from the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species warns that all migratory species are being impacted by climate change.

“Migratory animals are the planet’s early-warning system and they are in trouble”

Could another poor water year spell disaster for the Colorado River? It’s no secret the Colorado River is under threat from increased demand and prolonged drought, but what the seven states that rely on the river are going to do about it is still a mystery.

"Water could drop too low behind the dam that holds back Lake Powell, allowing it to flow through the hydropower turbines that generate electricity for millions of people across seven states"

Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens Masoud Pezeshkian says subsidence is also ‘a disaster’ in city of 10 million, which consumes quarter of Iran’s water

Tehran has grown to a city of more than 10 million people, and consumes nearly a quarter of Iran’s water supplies.

Solar-powered farming is digging Pakistan into a water catastrophe Karamat Ali's cows and buffalos once provided his multi-generational family with milk. But earlier this year, the 61-year-old sold about a dozen bovine - and spent the proceeds on a set of solar panels.

"In the long run, this will have an impact on cropping intensities and the types of crops we can grow, which in turn will impact our food security."

Former staffers of Climate.gov are attempting to launch a new site: Climate.us Climate.gov went dark after cuts from the Trump administration. Now, a group of former employees are trying to revive it under a new domain.

Good for them, may this site get a lot of traction - climate.us.

‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall Barack Obama, Prince William and Tanzanian president among many to mark death of primatologist at age of 91

She certainly was a tireless and fierce advocate for a better world.

Crowded camps, stagnant water and not enough doctors: first the floods, now disease stalks millions in Pakistan As the waters recede, a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and dengue has compounded the misery of people who have already seen their homes and crops disappear

The poorest always suffer the most - “We are helpless; we have no adequate place to cook and live, we have lost everything – our crops, our homes and our belongings. Outbreaks of diseases are already increasing, and everyone is suffering.”

Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 24 percent of their volume over the past decade, researchers said Wednesday, warning that accelerated melting in 2025 brought ice loss close to record levels. Scientis...

"Since about 20 years, all glaciers in Switzerland are losing ice, and the rate of this loss is accelerating"

Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates, has died | CNN Jane Goodall, whose lifelong work as a primatologist helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died, her institute said Wednesday. She was 91.

The world has lost an amazing woman today. What a life. RIP Dr Jane Goodall.

Border wall slicing through Arizona wildlife corridor begins construction: ‘A show of force for nothing’ The 30ft-high wall between the US and Mexico will cut through one of the last unbroken grasslands in the west, leaving residents alarmed over the potential impact on wildlife and water use

There's no thought about the consequences to the natural world - “The wildlife there have existed for and evolved over thousands of years in a connected ecosystem and this wall will sever populations in half”

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

“What men call progress has killed our history” - Soya beans are now cultivated in 25 of Brazil’s 27 states and cover more than half the nation’s arable land, from the pampas to the equator.

Kabul's wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul's dusty alleys instead of going to school - an ordeal for one family that reflects Afghanistan's deepening water crisis.

"Sometimes they cry and say they cannot fetch more, but what else can we do?"

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

"...This isn’t a problem we can simply air-condition our way out of. Cities need an immediate funding boost to improve insulation and ventilation of buildings, develop heat plans and create shade cover where possible.” ~Anna Walnycki, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Insanity rules.

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

“But as the climate crisis has accelerated, it is increasingly indefensible for news coverage of climate change not to make it clear that this crisis is driven by very specific human activities – primarily burning fossil fuels. And in second place is food, agriculture, forestry.”

'Biodiversity loss, extreme weather and water scarcity' is Europe's future, report warns Europe's environment is in a "bad to poor" state, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. While there are some positive developments the general situation remains dire.

“More than 60 percent of the species in Europe are in a bad or poor condition”

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation

“Our results apply only to intact, mature forests, which is where we are watching closely. They suggest the Amazon forest is remarkably resilient to climate change. My fear is that may count for little, unless we can stop the deforestation itself.”

World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

"Even if the diagnosis is dire, the window of cure is still open. Failure is not inevitable; failure is a choice. A choice that must and can be avoided.”" ~Johan Rockström, The Potsdam Institute.

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN Many parts of world face are predicted to endure periods of unprecedented extreme water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots.

'Nearly three-quarters of drought-prone regions, including those with major reservoirs, face a high risk of severe and persistent droughts by the end of the century if humans keep burning planet-heating fossil fuels, the study found.'

Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shrivelled the green trees and life in the apiaries that dot the riverbank is under threat.

How sad - 'In the historic port city of Basra, beekeepers following centuries-long traditions are struggling to produce honey as the salinity of water in Shatt al-Arab rises, along with extreme heat and persistent droughts that have disturbed the bees' delicate ecosystem.'

Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27 percent compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this...

'An NGO study published in early July estimated that 88 percent of Turkey risks desertification.'

‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs

The average American born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, and those who experience more severe effects will see up to $1m in costs, the Costs of Climate Change: Financial and Economic Impacts on California report states.

Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’ Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

Chile has suffered several droughts in the last 15 years, but farmers – who face severe water shortages – and residents also blame Anglo American for buying up the rights to use local water.

Storm in your teacup: How the climate crisis threatens Kenya’s tea trade ON THE GROUND: Marking Fairtrade Fortnight, tea farmers in Kenya – a country which provides around half of the tea we drink in the UK – tell Nick Ferris that they are increasingly threatened by climat...

“This climate problem is really major for us. I believe that if things continue the way they are, the very existence of tea farming in this area will be threatened.” ~Nancy Githaiga, Kenyan tea farmer

From looms to laptops, Afghan women lose lifeline in Taliban internet ban In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form intricate embroidery. But their fibre-optic network in Kandahar - their primary link to buyers - has now gone dark.

'The internet has been a lifeline for students, especially girls barred from secondary schools and universities, but the shutdown has cut off even that option in northern Afghanistan.'

Clownfish and anemones are disappearing due to heat waves The Red Sea, circled by desert landscapes, is home to marine life accustomed to the water's bathtub-like temperatures—often reaching 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. But in the past three ye...

"We're seeing nearly a 100 percent die-off in a population of fish in response to a heating event," says Buston, who leads the Marine Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory. "This should be a big warning for ourselves as well."

The ‘blob’ is back — except this time it stretches across the entire North Pacific | CNN A record-breaking and astonishingly expansive marine heat wave is underway in the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the water around Japan to the US West Coast. The abnormally warm “blob” of ocean water ...

“The downstream effects of these marine heatwaves is likely to be significant in terms of how they impact marine organisms, ecosystem structure, fisheries and the weather in the Pacific Northwest. Stay tuned.”

Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds

“The reefs have changed so much that they’re not even slightly doing what the reefs of the past used to do,” said Alice Webb, a coral reef ecologist at the University of Exeter and one of the authors of the study. #biodiversityloss

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’ Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

“If we had not continued to burn fossil fuels over the last decades, most of the estimated 24,400 people in Europe wouldn’t have died this summer.” ~Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London

Syria's worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink The drought has slashed wheat harvests by 40% in a country where nearly 90% of the population already lives in poverty.

"We haven't recovered what we spent on agriculture; we've lost money. I can't finance next year and I can't cover the cost of food and drink"