For Laurie Goering's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Keeping planetary heating in check could help avoid some of the worst predicted impacts of climate change, from wilder weather and sea level rise, scientists say.
Experts warn that people are not seeing rising threats as urgent, leading to a lack of adequate responses.
As the new coronavirus swept across the Seattle area, one of the hardest-hit areas in the United States, the University of Washington earlier this month shuttered its classrooms in a bid to contain the spread of the disease. But lecturer Ian Schnee's philosophy class for ...
In decades to come, African farmers may pool their money to buy small robot vehicles to weed their fields or drones that can hover to squirt a few drops of pesticide only where needed. Smartphones already allow farmers in remote areas to snap photos of ...
In just 30 years, cities around the world will face dramatically higher risks from extreme heat, coastal flooding, power blackouts and shortages of food and water unless climate-changing emissions are curbed, urban researchers warned Tuesday. Today, for instance, over 200 million people in 350 cities ...
As Germany and Spain sweated and London sweltered through its hottest July day on record in the first week of this month, scientists said it is "virtually certain" that climate change is increasing the likelihood of such heat waves in Europe. In real-time data analysis ...
