A record 219 people were victims of bear attacks, six of them fatal, in the 12 months through March 2024, while more than 9,000 black and brown bears were trapped and culled over that period, according to Japan’s environment ministry. Read more
Speakers from one developing country after another, from Bolivia to Nigeria to Fiji, assailed the document in furious statements. Read more
Hawaii has committed to achieve net-negative emissions by 2045, and we’re not alone, as Gov. Josh Green is one of 24 governors in the U.S. Climate Alliance. Read more
Biden flew from Lima, Peru, to Manaus, Brazil, the largest city in the Amazon, to meet with local leaders working to preserve the rainforest. He was to head afterward to Rio de Janeiro for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies that will address issues including poverty, global governance and climate change. Read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the state of Hawaii $59.2 million for the deployment of zero-emission equipment and other climate adaptation projects at its ports. Read more
Some of the work DOFAW expects to carry out with the funding includes the planting of 80,000 native trees and the removal of invasive weeds from 1,200 acres. Read more
A staggering 77% of the world’s coral reef areas – from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans – have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress, according to satellite data, as climate change fuels record and near-record ocean temperatures across the world. Read more
Speaking at a Global Renewables Summit, Kenyan President William Ruto made the case for investing in renewables in Africa as part of the global pledge made at last year’s COP28 summit to triple clean energy capacity by 2030. Read more
Tuvalu, whose mean elevation is just 2 m (6.56 ft), has experienced a sea-level rise of 15 cm (5.91 inches) over the past three decades, one-and-a-half times the global average. Read more
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The lake’s main channel is 6.5 feet deep and roughly 100 meters wide, and it is used by all the boat traffic, from canoes to heavy ferries, Marmontel said. Two dolphins were killed recently when boats ran into them in the shallow water. Read more
Peak monthly high tides combined with water levels running higher than predicted will lead to minor flooding along the shoreline and low-lying coastal areas, according to forecasters. Read more
Studies show that warmer weather brought about by climate change is now threatening these crops, so much so that South Korea might not be able to grow napa cabbage one day due to the intensifying heat. Read more
The fate of the world’s largest ice sheet is a major focus of nearly 1,500 academics and researchers who gathered this week in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctica Research conference. Read more
Rodanthe, home to about 200 people, has lost seven houses to the ocean in the past four years. Read more
Wildfires and heat waves this summer have pushed more travelers to take “coolcations,” as the industry has started calling them, to northern Europe and Alaska to beat the heat. Read more
The fire had surpassed 307,000 acres — the largest so far this year in California— with no containment and few signs of slowing down. Read more
Scientists said it was possible that Tuesday or today of this week could again surpass Monday’s record, as temperature peaks generally happen in clusters. Read more
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus service, said that it was possible the beginning of this week could eclipse Sunday’s record as heatwaves continue to sizzle across the world. Read more
Extreme heat, intensified by climate change, has blanketed much of the United States this summer, killing more than a dozen people in Oregon in recent days. Read more
Gov. Josh Green on Monday signed a host of bills aimed at protecting Hawaii’s environment, including ones to better manage tourism and to study coastal erosion on Oahu’s North Shore that could serve as a template for the rest of the islands. Read more
The court’s conservative supermajority handed down several rulings that chip away at the power of many federal agencies. Read more
