Climate change will lead to greater variability in average ice thicknesses and, above all, to a breakdown of ice cover on the St. Lawrence River. When compared to other major river navigation routes ...

Long-range forecasts are a vital tool for understanding and adapting to climate variability and change. Unlike short-term weather forecasts, which predict conditions over the next few days, long-range ...

Factors preventing smallholder farmers from adapting to climate variability in South Africa: lessons from Capricorn and uMshwati municipalities Factors preventing smallholder farmers from adapting to ...

Small islands around the world are facing serious and immediate challenges from climate change. Many people living in the Pacific islands and East Timor report their climate is changing. Climate ...

Wildfires were once seasonal and somewhat predictable. Now they have shifted, and are more destructive, harder to contain and less predictable. Wildfires have helped increase biodiversity and growth ...

Ndamanguluka Nakashole Sesilia Silas, a 44-year-old pearl millet farmer in Namibia’s Ohangwena region, remembers a time when farming felt more certain. Farmers, she says, knew exactly when to plough, ...