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EarthBeat Weekly: Organized crime threatens Amazonian Indigenous communities
… fuels, reports Jack Graham for Thomson Reuters Foundation News. After increasingly severe wildfire seasons in places like the Western U.S. and Australia, scientists are asking some urgent …
The city as a shelter for bees
… and other medicinal properties. … Stingless bees at risk … Bolivia suffered from extreme wildfires in 2019 and 2020. The climate change-driven drought strengthened the fires and, in the …
EarthBeat Weekly: Three women leading in defense of the environment
… redwoods, some standing since before Julius Caesar ruled Rome, are increasingly threatened by wildfires that are larger and more intense because of human-caused climate change. Jeff …
California's iconic redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees threatened by climate change
… Julius Caesar ruled Rome, are in a fight for their lives. They are increasingly threatened by wildfires that are larger and more intense due to the impact of human-caused climate change. And … pace. And although the giant redwoods and sequoias have been historically resilient to natural wildfire, these unnaturally intense fires are starting to overwhelm their defenses, with fires … fires are, Williams says this may be just the beginning. As the region continues to warm, wildfires will get worse at an accelerating pace. "The really important connection between heat …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Arctic ice and permafrost
… the Arctic, melting sea ice, thawing permafrost, greening the tundra and intensifying wildfires. The 12-month period between October 2019 and September 2020 — which scientists … were a few decades ago. That can change weather patterns around the globe. "Whether they be wildfires out in California or hurricanes down in the Gulf," Mathis added. "We have to think …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: Hothouse Earth
… Fr. Emmet Farrell … See: … Our world is aflame. Last year, more than 58,250 wildfires in the U.S., 40% of them in California, burned an area larger than Maryland and … have charred an average of 7.1 million acres annually — an area larger than Massachusetts. Wildfires near Athens, Greece, that began during a heat wave in mid-2018 had killed more than 100 …
Faith groups applaud Biden's 'bold' executive actions on climate, environmental justice
… Americans increasingly witness the impact of global warming at home through record-setting wildfires and more destructive storms. "There is a climate crisis. We must lead a global …
'There is no vaccine for climate change,' U.N. environment chief says
… made, it has not translated into actual resilience against climate change impacts ranging from wildfires, droughts and floods to sea-level rise. Fewer than five out of 100 adaptation projects …
Following attempted coup, Biden administration must prioritize anti-racism work
… address air and water quality, the needs of coastal communities, increasingly intensifying wildfires, and so much more. These policies are a manifestation of the principles of Catholic …
2021 seen as a year to make up lost ground on climate change
… hurricane season in the Atlantic, Arctic sea ice hitting a near-record low and record-breaking wildfires in Australia, California and Siberia. The 2020 pause delayed attention to climate at …
EarthBeat Weekly: Environmental justice, action, spirituality among top themes for 2021
… Sadowski at Catholic News Service notes that the coronavirus pandemic, record temperatures, wildfires and hurricanes were among the climate-related newsmakers , while parishes and dioceses …