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Report: Climate change could make insurance too expensive for most people

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Arthur Neslen | 0 Comments

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Insurers have warned that climate change could make coverage for ordinary people unaffordable after the world’s largest reinsurance firm blamed global…

Sir David Attenborough to present climate change documentary

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Sir David Attenborough is to present an “urgent” new documentary about climate change for BBC One. The one-off film will focus on the potential threats to our planet and the possible solutions. The broadcaster says “conditions have changed…

Shortages of everything, and worries about relatives, for Mozambique flood survivors

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

GUARA GUARA, Mozambique (Reuters) - At a camp near the city of Beira for people rescued from Mozambique’s catastrophic flooding, residents were dealing on Friday with worries about their future and shortages of pretty much everything - water, food and…

Terrifying map shows all the parts of America that might soon flood

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Eric Holthaus | 0 Comments

The record-breaking flooding disaster in the Midwest is just beginning. On Thursday, the National Weather Service issued its annual spring flood outlook, and it is downright biblical. By the end of May, parts of 25 states — nearly two-thirds of…

What Makes People Heed A Weather Warning — Or Not?

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Rebecca Ellis | 0 Comments

From NPR One social scientist says it’s how people interpret these warnings that matters, and that “we need to get out there and do a better job of understanding their perspective.” (Image credit: Christina Chung for NPR) Read the full…

Cholera cases reported as hunger, disease stalk African cyclone survivors

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) - Cholera cases were reported on Friday in the Mozambican city of Beira, adding a risk of deadly illnesses for hundreds of thousands of people who are scrambling for shelter, food and water after catastrophic flooding in…

Planet Venus: Hopes rise of new mission to the hothouse world

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC The longstanding idea that Venus is geologically dead is a “myth”, scientists say. And new research may be on the verge of ending that perception forever. Hints of ongoing volcanic and tectonic activity (activity in the planet’s outer…

Cholera reported in Mozambique's cyclone-hit Beira: Red Cross

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

GENEVA (Reuters) - Cases of cholera have been reported in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit port of Beira, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a statement on Friday. “There is growing concern among aid groups…

Polish zoo p-p-picks up an albino penguin

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

A juvenile albino penguin is presented to the public for the first time at the Gdansk Zoo in Gdansk, Poland, March 22, 2019. Agencja Gazeta/Michal Ryniak via REUTERS WARSAW (Reuters) - An albino pengiun made its debut appearance at a…

Hunger, disease stalk Africa cyclone survivors, U.N. sees 1.7 million affected

Posted on March 22, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people scrambled for shelter, food and water across a swathe of southern Africa on Friday after a cyclone killed hundreds and swept away homes and roads, testing relief efforts for survivors facing…