Commentary / World Jul 10, 2019
Why women are central to addressing climate change
by Stephenie Foster
Women suffer the most from climate change and they are also the most willing to address it.
Editorials Jun 24, 2019
U.S. hostility to the scientific consensus on global warming means that Japan and other countries must step up.
Commentary / World Jun 13, 2019
The realist case for combating climate change
by Sumiko Takeuchi
A balance must be struck between reducing use of fossil fuels and maintaining a level of economic growth that can eradicate poverty and hunger.
National Jun 11, 2019
Japan aims to reduce greenhouse emissions to zero in second half of 21st century
The Cabinet approved a plan Tuesday to reduce greenhouse emissions to zero in the second half of the 21st century as part of its strategy to fight climate change. Renewable energy such as solar and wind will be the mainstay of the nation's energy mix ...
World / Science & Health May 21, 2019
Sea level rise of 2 meters, leading to displacement of millions, 'plausible' by 2100: study
Global sea levels could rise by 2 meters (6.5 feet) and displace tens of millions of people by the end of the century, according to new projections by leading scientists that double the U.N.'s benchmark estimates. The vast ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contain ...
Business May 3, 2019
Not so fast: Trump's Alaska drilling study slammed by U.S. wildlife regulator
The Trump administration failed to adequately consider oil spills, climate change and the welfare of polar bears in its expedited study of proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to comments published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The unusually ...
Commentary / World Apr 30, 2019
Can capitalism beat climate change?
by Adair Turner
Only clear targets can transform rational self-interest from a potentially catastrophic force into a powerful driver of beneficial change.
World / Science & Health Apr 17, 2019
Seals, caviar, oil, warming: Caspian Sea faces severe pollution threat
Seals waddling along the waterfront were once a common sight in Baku Bay, the Caspian Sea home of Azerbaijan's capital. Not anymore. Of the more than 1 million seals that inhabited the shores and islands of the Caspian a century ago fewer than 10 percent ...
World / Science & Health Apr 9, 2019
Global warming shrinking glaciers faster than thought, especially in mountains, study finds
Earth's glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each year, more than half of that in North America. The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands of inland ...
National Apr 2, 2019
Panel urges Japan to set more ambitious goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Japan should set a higher goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to fight global warming and bring them to effectively zero in the second half of the 21st century, a government panel said Tuesday. The government plans to draft a long-term climate change strategy based ...
World / Science & Health Mar 8, 2019
An unprecedented mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves began its research on Thursday, in Seychelles waters. The British-led Nekton Mission arrived off the tiny atoll of Alphonse in the early morning hours, after looming bad weather forced ...
World / Science & Health Mar 5, 2019
The frequency of ocean heat waves has surged more than 50 percent since the early 20th century in a threat to fish, corals and other marine life stoked by global warming, an international study showed on Monday. Abrupt local spikes in temperatures, far less researched ...