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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FARMING
Researchers studied 20 French solar farms; beneath the panels, pollinators fell 76%, and plant-pollinator interactions plunged 86%Recent studies indicate that shading from solar panels significantly impacts pollinator numbers and interactions with plants. Notably, bee ...- India's crop insurers seek data protection law to expedite farm innovationIndian crop insurers are asking the government for regulatory data protection. This provision would encourage the introduction of newer, sa...
- As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farmingExtreme weather is pushing farmers toward climate-resilient practices for better yields. Regenerative farming methods improve soil health a...
- Between 2001 and 2019, satellites watched 250,000 farming areas across the world, revealing how government payments, crop rules and conservation measures can slowly restore degraded cropland and strengthen food securityResearch conducted by the University of Bonn reveals that agri-environmental policies worldwide are beneficial for cropland quality. Analyz...
- An Australian farmer put sheep beneath solar panels; he reported 15% more wool and green grass surviving through droughtSheep grazing beneath solar panels not only boosts farmer profits but also leads to purer wool. This innovative approach creates shaded env...
- In 4000 BCE, a lake Mega Chad larger than all five Great Lakes covered roughly 360,000 sq km of what is now the Sahara. 6,000 years later, only a tiny fraction, well under 1%, of that ancient lake remainsThousands of years ago, a vast lake covered an enormous area of what is now the southern Sahara. Known as Palaeolake Mega-Chad, the ancient...
- For thousands of years, Pacific farmers adapted crops to drought and changing weather; now Samoa and Tonga are combining that ancestral knowledge with modern science to rebuild soil, manage weeds and make farms more climate-resilientPacific farmers are reviving ancestral wisdom and scientific methods for climate resilience. Traditional practices like mulching and sheep ...
- How ‘Super El Niño’ adds fuel to the climate fireThis year's El Niño is expected to be the worst in seventy-six years. It combines with global warming to create extreme weather events worl...
- Belgium's biggest wildfire on record heads towards GermanyFirefighters battled Belgium's largest wildfire, which burned 3,000 hectares of land. The blaze in the High Fens nature reserve spread towa...
- Europe's heatwaves expose insurance gap as business losses mountEuropean businesses face significant losses from extreme heatwaves. Traditional insurance often fails to cover these indirect operational d...
- Corporate India’s biggest risk may be thinking about tomorrow with yesterday’s ideas: Independent director’s Linkedin post sparks debateCorporate governance may be struggling to keep pace with the speed at which business risks are changing, independent director Richa Arora h...
- In 1981, climate researchers began tracking hourly temperatures that would eventually span 43 years of global data. 47 years later, their projections show hot days could contain more than 4 extra hours of extreme heat, revealing risks daily averages missExtreme heat hours are rising faster than entire hot days globally. Hotter nights are becoming more common, extending heat exposure periods...
- Global Markets: Hotter Europe isn't cooling investor fervor for stocksThe heatwaves pummelling Europe this summer will have costly impacts on industries ranging from agriculture to tourism -- but that hasn't s...
- Something is thawing beneath Alaska — and the price tag could be $43 trillionAlaska's tundra holds immense frozen carbon stores which are thawing. This thaw releases greenhouse gases, potentially causing significant ...
- How Britain's mapmakers track climate changeOrdnance Survey maps, once for defense, now track climate change impacts. Detailed mapping helps identify flood and wildfire risks across B...
- In 1950, world witnessed strongest El Nino but weather forecasters warn of more powerful climate phenomenon that will push nearly 49 million people into acute food insecurityEl Nino is a phenomenon that occurs naturally, when weakening trade winds cause warmer ocean waters to build up in the central and eastern ...
- Since 1980s, Champagne has been facing climate change threat. Here's how global warming is impacting France's iconic drinkChampagne is a historic region in northeastern France, best known worldwide for the sparkling wine that bears its name. The region centers ...
- In 1976, famously hot European summer gave hints about intense heatwave, now deadly warning about global warming issued as weather scientists predict dangerous new patternWorld Meteorological Organization's head of climate information said the current pattern of heat across Europe, the world's fastest-warming...
- In 1981, China began planting billions of trees to restore degraded land. Decades later, the 78-billion-tree effort produced a surprising outcome: it altered the water cycle, sending more rain to some regions while drying out othersChina’s decades-long reforestation campaign has dramatically expanded vegetation across the country, including through the Three-North Shel...
- Staycations and Coolcations are the new ways to holidayAs climate change transforms travel habits, traditional summer getaways are shifting significantly. Countries like Norway and Scotland are ...
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