The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. Extreme weather spun up storms and floods, unseasonal freezes and baking heat waves, and prolonged parching droughts. In parts of the …
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Maui welcomes back tourists as wildfire survivors protest over lack of affordable housing
The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii’s historic town of Lahaina this summer. Two months later, as travellers began to trickle back …
Thunderstorms, flooding in Australia kill 10 and cause widespread blackouts
Ten people were killed in Australia after severe thunderstorms battered the country’s east over the Christmas period, authorities said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of properties remain without power. Wild weather lashed …
Ukraine digs in as the West stumbles to keep up with Russian war production
“War,” said British philosopher, mathematician and pacifist Bertrand Russell, “does not determine who is right — only who is left.” Those words might be the perfect lens through which to view what …
Beijing records most hours of sub-zero temperatures in December since 1951
A man skates on an frozen lake in Beijing on Dec. 21, 2023. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images China’s capital Beijing has broken its record for hours of …
Lovers of sweet treats could be hit by rising sugar prices
Sugar for sale at a supermarket in Yichang City, in China’s Hubei province, on April 6, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images A mammoth rally in 2023 …
Olive oil is getting more expensive — and these Italian farmers can tell you why
On a warm, blustery December afternoon outside the De Laurentis olive oil-producing co-op in the white hilltop town of Ostuni, Puglia, Luigi D’Amico holds out his palm, revealing an olive …
Dying fish, Fukushima discharge, skyrocketing rice prices: Asia counts its losses in world’s warmest year ever
But it was not all doom and gloom, as the UN conference on climate change in Dubai towards the end of the year signalled an eventual end to the fossil-fuel …
As Christmas tree farmers retire, who will take over?
Brad Clements, 82, has been growing Christmas trees near Milton, Ont., since the 1980s but is getting ready to pack it in. “We’re looking at closing it up in the …
Iceland volcano lava missing town for now, flight impact unlikely
A view of lava after volcano eruption located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 kilometers northeast of Grindavik town of Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland on December 19, 2023. Iceland Police Department | …