Climate resilience articles
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How the Infrastructure Program Builds Climate Resilience and Saves Lives
Scott Cox sprinted across the field, slogging through ankle-deep water, to where his parents’ house had stood moments before. He found a mountain of debris from the EF5 tornado—a milk truck that the unusually powerful twister had flung into the yard, and his parents’ horse, bleeding, covered with welts, standing dazed near the remnants of the back More
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Climate-resilient plants to be developed in a bid to secure food as Earth warms
A new laboratory where researchers aim to develop climate-resilient plants to ensure future food security has been built at a UK university.
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Florida sees thriving future if climate resilience managed, research finds
Florida wildlife corridor will spearhead climate resilience if allowed to evolve and essential preparatory work done, study saysClimate predictions in Florida, for the most part, make pretty grim reading. Rising oceans threaten to submerge most of the state by the end of the century, and soaring temperatures could make it too hot to live here anyway.But new research by a coalition of prominent universities paints a more upbeat picture of Florida’s future as a thriving state for humans and...