How the quirky puffin became a symbol of the climate crisis – and hope
In an extract from his new book, the nature historian explains how technology could help the seabird surviveFor centuries human beings have exploited puffins, harvesting…
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The Opioid Crisis Looms Over Michigan’s Senate Race
One of the most important things I’ve learned in my experience with opioid addiction, and later recovery, is the virtue of honesty. Most people in…
Liberals Can’t Address the Climate Crisis Because It Means Confronting Capitalism
In 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that the world already had too much coal, oil, and “natural gas” to halt global heating…
Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world’s best surf breaks, study warns
Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfersThe climate crisis is coming for some of the…
Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing
Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public healthThe British government must be…
Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a “new fault line in the global climate crisis” as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action…
Escalating fighting in Yemen deepens food security crisis
Renewed conflict in Yemen has triggered a surge in hunger that could have consequences in the wider region and beyond, the World Food Programme (WFP)…
The Campus Sexual Assault Crisis Never Went Away
A decade after the Stanford rape trial that saw Brock Turner sentenced to a few months in county jail, a young woman is suing Cornell…
Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
The Security Council met in New York on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, where clashes between Government forces and M23 rebels continue in…
Yemen violence deepens concerns over child hunger crisis
Aid agencies in Yemen highlighted the growing hunger emergency sparked by renewed fighting between Houthi opposition forces and Government troops, after mobile health clinics reported…