Climate change endangers 70 percent of world’s wine regions: Study

[ Rising global temperatures could decimate global wine production over the new few decades, according to a study published Tuesday in the science journal Nature. Researchers estimated that as much as 70 percent of the world’s suitable regions for wine will become too warm this century, including as much as 90 percent of wine’s best … Read more

Enjoy Your Favorite Wine Before Climate Change Destroys It

[ More subtly, heat influences volatile compounds that turn into gas—that’s the “nose” you get when tasting wine—which break down under higher temperatures. “The profiles tend to get pushed to what sensory scientists would call the ‘cooked’ side of the spectrum: more jammy, or like cooked fruit,” says Gambetta. “This can be a good thing. … Read more

The US Is About to Drown in a Sea of Kittens

[ Scientists, conservationists, and cat advocates all agree that unchecked outdoor cat populations are a problem, but they remain deeply divided on solutions. While some conservationists propose the targeted killing of cats, known as culling, cat populations have been observed to bounce back quickly, and a single female cat and her offspring can produce at … Read more

Earth on brink of surpassing key warming threshold: UN weather agency 

[ The United Nations weather agency issued a “red alert” Tuesday, warning the Earth is at risk of surpassing the global warming limit following last year’s record-breaking temperatures and other environmental changes. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) latest report, released Tuesday, confirmed 2023 was the warmest year on record, sitting at an average of 1.45 degrees … Read more

‘Sopranos’ Actor Michael Imperioli Boots Climate Activist Who Disrupted Broadway’s ‘An Enemy Of The People’

[ A group of climate activists disrupted Thursday night’s performance of An Enemy Of The People on Broadway, bringing the show to a brief halt. Sopranos actor Michael Imperioli then intervened and physically confronted one of the protestors who was yelling “no theater on a dead planet.” The best part? Imperioli stayed in character the … Read more

Insurance Rates Are Soaring for US Homeowners in Climate Danger Zones

[ The First Street Foundation study points out that insurers could offer discounts to homeowners who take steps to fortify their homes, which would help make disasters less damaging. Moore said Florida once was a leader when it came to measures like building codes, although that has changed in recent years. The state also had … Read more

The Global Danger of Boring Buildings

[ We need to make the exterior parts of buildings that people focus on more interesting, so that people want to protect rather than replace them. But most people aren’t architects or city planners—they can’t change the designs of what’s being made. Indeed, we have a public who feel utterly powerless, and a construction industry … Read more

The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge

[ Your city isn’t prepared for what’s coming. The classical method for dealing with stormwater is to get it out of town as quickly as possible, with gutters and sewers and canals. But more and more, that strategy is breaking down: As the atmosphere warms, it can hold more moisture, spawning ever-wetter storms that overwhelm … Read more

Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are

[ Extreme heat kills roughly half a million people worldwide each year, but at the current rate of global warming it could be close to five times as deadly by 2050. Then there are the indirect health risks of climate change: Chaotic weather and higher temperatures generate deadly natural disasters, bring diseases into new areas, … Read more