Although we’re only nine months into the year, five preeminent meteorological services have already declared that 2023 is on-track to become the hottest year on record—by a wide margin, at that. Although there is the outside chance that ’23 mightn’t reach this ignominious landmark, it would require global surface temperaturesread more
One of the major consequences of the advance of global warming will be the financial cost incurred from the effects that climate-based catastrophes, such as extreme weather events and sea level rise, have on humanity, including our health, property and infrastructure. So far, that financial burden has been borne byread more
What are termed natural disasters are testing the capacity of governmental humanitarian aid worldwide. A 6.8 magnitude quake struck Morocco on Friday. The most powerful earthquake to hit Morocco in over a century has left more than 2,800 dead as of Tuesday morning. As shown across news outlets and socialread more
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began releasing filtered wastewater from the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on August 24, 12 years after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns in three of the plant’s reactors. Despite assurances from TEPCO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the treated water being dischargedread more