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Scientists: Humans must respect these 9 boundaries to keep Earth habitable
… cycle, while climate change is altering weather patterns, causing drought in some regions and flooding in others. … Land-system change: … Changes in land-use, particularly the conversion of …
In Guatemalan film 'La Llorona,' the horror is closer to home
… of the general's guilt. The continuing motif of water — a faucet is running suddenly, a flooded bathroom, immersions in the sink and the swimming pool — point to a distant crime scene, …
Vatican calls for action to assist people displaced by climate change
… to provide essential services. Where communities are particularly at risk of severe storms, flooding or desertification, he said, the obligatory contingency planning called for by the new …
At least 15 found dead after Bangladesh Rohingya camp blaze
… when cyclones and heavy rains between June and October batter the region and often lead to floods. In January, another fire destroyed hundreds of shanty-like homes in the camp, leaving …
2021 Virtual Interfaith Summit: Healing, Helping and Building Resilience
… helping their community members build resilience, whether from future climate impacts such as floods, extreme heat, and severe storms, or more immediate concerns like a pandemic. We will …
EarthBeat Weekly: Organized crime threatens Amazonian Indigenous communities
… organizer, about how she became a climate activist. Conflict is combining with drought, flooding and the coronavirus pandemic to push countries in several regions of the world into food …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: 'Climate apartheid' or 'welcome the stranger'?
… in The Uninhabitable Earth that with diminished resources and increased migration caused by flooding, "social conflict could more than double this century." And a 2018 World Bank report …
Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine
… fields and then come into the villages and attack," he said March 11. Recurrent droughts and floods have added to the crisis, Traore said. "We did a small assessment recently in the northern …
EarthBeat Weekly: Pandemic, like climate change, highlights racial injustices
… stronger storm surges expected as global temperatures increase, there is a growing risk that flooding of toxic waste sites in the U.S. could endanger surrounding communities , report Joce …
Pandemic points to weaknesses in food supply chain, Catholic aid workers say
… from farms to family tables and exacerbating the impacts of extreme weather like drought and flooding. Experts say the pandemic has also offered a glimpse of food supply problems that can be …
A Climate-Conscious Lent: World's freshwater supplies are shrinking
… Charitable Trusts' Trend Magazine. Both too much water and too little are dangerous, as both floods and drought can displace millions of people, kill their livestock and ruin their crops. …