Study Links Syria Conflict to Drought Made Worse by Climate Change
Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said Monday that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due…
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Climate Change Helped Fuel The Syrian Conflict, New Paper Finds
An unprecedented climate change-fueled drought contributed to the political unrest in Syria, a new paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes. The Syrian drought,…
Climate Change Deniers May Want To Check Out This Instagram Account
Need more evidence that climate change is happening right now? There’s an Instagram account for that. Since November, James Whitlow Delano, an American photojournalist specializing in environmental issues, has been…
Windy Storm Sweeps Down West Coast
A windy storm sweeping down the West Coast knocked down trees, ripped through freeway and street signs, delayed hundreds of flights and knocked out power for thousands of people in…
California Snowpack Is Alarmingly Low In What May Be Driest January On Record
California is days away from completing what may become its driest January on record — and a recent chart from water officials provides a grim glimpse at how low resources…
California’s Forests Have Lost Half Their Big Trees, And Climate Change May Be To Blame
California’s biggest trees are doing a disappearing act, and researchers say the disturbing pattern may be strongly driven by climate change. A study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of…
What killed the Maya? ‘Blue Hole’ offers clues
To scientists, it’s something more: evidence of the drought that is suspected to have led to the demise of the Mayan civilization. New research reinforces that theory, Rice University Earth…