Amsterdam canals ban diesel boats
February 12, 2025
The city aims to improve its air and reduce noise in canalside areas
The city aims to improve its air and reduce noise in canalside areas
Japan’s big annual snow sculpture festival is on, but financial and climate issues challenge its future
The long-delayed barrier intended to protect the city from high tides and flooding finally gets a full trial.
Swiss and Austrian snowfall studies show that snow has been coming later and melting earlier, raising issues for resorts and the environment.
Danish scientists are worried: Greenland’s seasonal ice melt is happening sooner and more is melting, along with record high temperatures.
Swiss vineyards near Sion Photo: Valery Heritier / Wikimedia A Swiss federal agriculture expert says that climate change is “positive overall for Swiss wine growers because it guarantees better…
Step into a booth—The Climate Portal—at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport, and step into the climate of an entirely different place, say the city you’re traveling to. Chilly? Too hot? step out and down to the shopping area for an extra…
17th c. Castillo de San Marcos, guarding America’s oldest city, may be endangered by rising waters. With all the jokes about earthquakes in California creating ocean-front lots in Nevada, it’s easy to forget that things are changing in numbers…
U.S. ski resort operator Vail Resorts has paid $136 million to take over Australia’s popular Mount Perisher ski area in the Snowy Mountains. Vail, which owns a dozen or so ski areas in the U.S. (Colorado, California, Utah, Michigan and…
Global climate change is on the front pages again, with the release of a new annual report by the U.N.-based International Panel on Climate Change, which reports on the accelerating changes that threaten many aspects of the way we live. A full report…
The city aims to improve its air and reduce noise in canalside areas
Japan’s big annual snow sculpture festival is on, but financial and climate issues challenge its future
The long-delayed barrier intended to protect the city from high tides and flooding finally gets a full trial.
Swiss and Austrian snowfall studies show that snow has been coming later and melting earlier, raising issues for resorts and the environment.
Danish scientists are worried: Greenland’s seasonal ice melt is happening sooner and more is melting, along with record high temperatures.
Swiss vineyards near Sion Photo: Valery Heritier / Wikimedia A Swiss federal agriculture expert says that climate change is “positive overall for Swiss wine growers because it guarantees better…
Step into a booth—The Climate Portal—at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport, and step into the climate of an entirely different place, say the city you’re traveling to. Chilly? Too hot? step out and down to the shopping area for an extra…
17th c. Castillo de San Marcos, guarding America’s oldest city, may be endangered by rising waters. With all the jokes about earthquakes in California creating ocean-front lots in Nevada, it’s easy to forget that things are changing in numbers…
U.S. ski resort operator Vail Resorts has paid $136 million to take over Australia’s popular Mount Perisher ski area in the Snowy Mountains. Vail, which owns a dozen or so ski areas in the U.S. (Colorado, California, Utah, Michigan and…
Global climate change is on the front pages again, with the release of a new annual report by the U.N.-based International Panel on Climate Change, which reports on the accelerating changes that threaten many aspects of the way we live. A full report…