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CLIMATEWIRE | Climate change is accelerating inflation in dozens of countries around the world, new research says.And the trend is expected to continue as the world heats up.So says a report published last week by the European Central Bank.The researchers set out to examine the impacts of global warming on inflation in 121 countries, and they found that higher than average temperatures are driving up the cost of food and other goods and services.

Record snowfall and freezing temperatures have altered the landscape and lives of millions of people in California in recent weeks.The mountains behind the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles are dusted in white.Yosemite National Park is closed to the public, and mountain roads are coated with black ice.

Shortages of some fruit and vegetables could last for up to a month, the environment secretary has said.Therese Coffey's comment came after Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Tesco placed limits on items such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.Speaking in the Commons, Ms Coffey told MPs she anticipated "the situation will last about another two to four weeks".

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Millions of pupils face missing out on fresh fruits and vegetables after the UK's food shortages hit school lunches.School meal providers say items such as lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers are among the items off the menu due to extreme shortages and unviable costs.

Tesco has joined other supermarkets in limiting sales of certain fruit and vegetables as shortages have left shelves stripped bare.Britain's biggest supermarket has introduced a cap of three items per customer on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.Aldi, Asda and Morrisons have already started restricting the totals each customer is allowed after extreme weather hit harvests abroad.

A fairytale castle said to have inspired Walt Disney's Cinderella Castle has been swathed in pink mesh to protect it during a major conservation project.Work is beginning early this year to restore the pink harling at Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire and futureproof it against damage from rain and climate change.

The new Health + Hospitals-run Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital in South Brooklyn will open its doors to patients today.They shouldn't find the structure's gleaming, glass-encased exterior deceiving: the 11-story building is practically a fortress, designed to fend off not invading barbarians but the encroaching elements and the threat of extreme weather in particular.

Experts in national disaster preparedness have warned that the UK's post-pandemic resilience plan requires wholesale, radical rewriting and said the government was failing to keep the public sufficiently safe.Bruce Mann, former director of the Cabinet Office civil contingencies secretariat, told the Covid-19 public inquiry that changes called for in the new framework, published by Rishi Sunak's government in December 2022, were too slow and it was almost silent on resourcing.

People across the UK will soon have a siren-like alert sent to their phones as part of an emergency warning system being trialled by the government.Under the scheme, which will be trialled on 23 April, people will receive information alerting them of events including severe flooding, fires or extreme weather.

Stronger El Nino events due to global heating may accelerate irreversible melting of the Antarctic ice sheet and ice shelves and the rise in sea levels, according to research from Australia's premier government science agency.Previous studies have found that rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are expected to increase the magnitude of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (Enso), the planet's most significant year-to-year climate fluctuation and a major driver of extreme droughts and floods.

Perhaps more than any other American city, New York relies on a growing army of delivery workers who have braved successive waves of Covid, extreme weather and toxic air as remote work has reshaped the economy.Now, they're getting a raise.Starting July 12, New York City's app-based delivery workers must be paid at least $17.96 an hour, not including tips the first such minimum pay-rate in the country for an industry that exploded in popularity during the pandemic.

Dozens of wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Quebec, and the smoke is so bad that it's causing air quality problems across large swaths of the U.S. The National Weather Service said air quality has "plummeted" across the Northeast.Officials from the Midwest to the East Coast and as far south as North Carolina are warning residents to take precautions as the hazy smoke floats south and poses a risk to public health.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.The weather is slowly changing on Jupiter and Uranus, according to our galaxy's own interplanetary meteorologist.The NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured Earth's outer planetary neighbors in images from 2014 to 2022, documenting changes in the planets' weather and seasons over time.

It was a bring-your-child-to-work moment.The father's intention, however, was not to inspire.Kami Rita Sherpa, a renowned Nepali mountain guide who holds the record for most ascents of Mount Everest, took his 24-year-old son, Lakpa Tenzing, to the foot of the magnificent peak in late 2021 and told him this was as close as he should think about coming to it.

Home insurance premiums are on the rise, and a key driver for the price increase is climate change.Yet, Americans are moving fastest to Florida, Texas and other states most at risk for climate-related natural disasters, according to a new study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data and analytics provider.

Hail as large as baseballs fell in Texas on Wednesday, officials said, as thunderstorms whipped across parts of the American South and forecasters warned of possible damage from flying debris and flash flooding in low-lying areas over the next two days.Storms across Central Texas were producing very large, destructive hail early Wednesday evening, including four-inch specimens that fell over Waco, a city south of Dallas, the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth said on Twitter.

Hail as large as baseballs fell in Texas on Wednesday, officials said, as thunderstorms whipped across parts of the American South and forecasters warned of possible damage from flying debris and flash flooding in low-lying areas over the next two days.Storms across Central Texas were producing very large, destructive hail early Wednesday evening, including four-inch specimens that fell over Waco, a city south of Dallas, the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth said on Twitter.

This is planting season in the Farm Belt, and Midwest farmers are revving up for a big year ahead.Global demand for corn, soybeans and other basic commodities remains strong, supplies are tight and producers have plenty of money to invest in their crops as they eye a third straight year of robust farm incomes.

I am old enough to remember the late President George H.W. Bush's promise at the Republican National Convention in 1988 of "Read my lips: no new taxes," a pledge that he reneged on later in his tenure when he raised taxes in 1990.And how could I ever forget the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, where 11 million gallons of oil fouled one of the most pristine and sensitive environments on the planet.

Wildfires sweeping across western Canada that have driven thousands of people from their homes are also striking the heart of Canadian oil and gas country, forcing companies to curb production.As flames bore down on wells and pipelines, major drillers like Chevron and Paramount Resources together shut down the equivalent of at least 240,000 barrels of oil a day, according to the energy consulting firm Rystad Energy.

The next five years are almost guaranteed to be sweltering, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today.Climate change has already raised baseline temperatures for the planet.Now, a weather pattern known as El Niño is going to make things even hotter when it develops later this year.

At least 130 people died amid severe flooding and landslides in Rwanda in early May, while thousands were displaced as entire villages were engulfed.Beyond the 5000 homes, 17 roads and 26 bridges destroyed, a whole hospital was lost amid torrential rain that followed an extended drought.The small, mountainous, landlocked African nation often called the "land of a thousand hills" is one of the most densely-populated countries in the region, note researchers.

A group of Pacific Island students who were instrumental in pushing a UN resolution that should make it easier to hold polluting countries legally accountable for failure to act on the climate crisis have greeted its adoption as historic.Young people across the world will recall the day when we were able to get the world's highest court, the international court of justice, to bring its voice to the climate justice fight, said Solomon Yeo, campaign director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), who is from Solomon Islands.

The countries of the United Nations led by the island nation of Vanuatu adopted what they called a historic resolution on Wednesday calling for the UN's highest court to strengthen countries' legal obligations to curb warming and protect communities from climate disaster.he resolution was adopted by consensus and Vanuatu's prime minister, Ishmael Kalsakau, called it "a win for climate justice of epic proportions".

L ondon is among 70 per cent of English regions that could experience severe water stress in the next two decades unless action is taken, new analysis shows.Water stress - which is when demand exceeds the available supply - could become severe as early as 2030 in seven of the country's 17 water company regions.

A look back on Storm Eunice (Image: NQ Archive) It is one year since Storm Eunice battered the UK and south east London and as Storm Otto is on the way, we've looked back at the destruction this extreme weather can cause.A rare red weather warning the highest alert, meaning a high impact is very likely was put into place from 7am on February 18, 2022, due to the combination of high tides, strong winds and storm surge because of Storm Eunice.

L ondon may not have seen the end of winter with forecasters warning of a cold snap with snow possible next month.According to the forecast site WX Charts there may be snow showers in the capital on March 5 and March 7 - but it is too far away to be certain.In its predictions for March, the Met Office said: High pressure is expected to dominate at the start of the period, with any more unsettled weather most likely across the far north and northwest.

L ondon's chief fire officer has repeated his call for a ban on disposable barbecues in open spaces, saying the move could save lives.Andy Roe, Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade (LFB), insisted he was not trying to ruin people's fun but that a ban on the use of disposable barbecues in parks and other wide open spaces would prevent catastrophic damage.

The record-shattering temperatures that hit the western Mediterranean last week would have been almost impossible without the climate crisis, according to scientists.The heatwave across Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Algeria was made at least 100 times more likely by global heating, the researchers calculated.

BENGALURU, India - Asia must rapidly cut fossil fuel subsidies and plow more money into a clean energy transition to avoid catastrophic climate change that puts its own development at risk, according to a new report Thursday from the Asian Development Bank.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails One in 24 bridges on Britain's local roads are unable to carry the heaviest vehicles, figures show.Local authorities identified 3,090 bridges as being substandard at the end of last year, the RAC Foundation said.

"The climate crisis doesn't care if your state is red or blue," President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address earlier this month."It is an existential threat.We have an obligation to our children and grandchildren to confront it."Scientists have been saying the same for decades, although that hasn't stopped the issue of climate change from becoming a political football, with self-styled skeptics waving away the data that show rising temperatures and sea levels, melting glaciers, and increasingly severe droughts.

Yosemite National Park, an iconic symbol of American wilderness, has seen plenty of snow in its 133-year history.But the snow drifts piling up there this week have been extreme, and they've kept the park closed for five days and counting.The storms hitting the area over the last week or so have coincided with unusually cold weather, causing precipitation to fall as snow rather than rain in the Yosemite Valley.

I cannot say how the world will look for our kids, but what I do know is that it will reflect the decisions we take today.The past two years we've witnessed a seemingly never-ending cascade of climate-turbocharged disasters.Canterbury, the West Coast, Nelson-Tasman, Tairawhiti, Auckland, Waikato, and Northland.

Home Improvement Keeping cool doesn't have to mean going broke.Some people love a mild January, but no one's keen on a sweaty summer or a roasting-hot apartment.Luckily, there are ways to make your home heat-proof before it's too late.Earlier this year, the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reported a more-than-steady increase in temperatures over the past century, with 2022 being Boston's fourth-hottest year since the center started reporting in the 1890s.

Climate change is affecting the way caretakers from the National Park Service tend to the Tidal Basin's cherry blossom trees.Warm weather and rising sea levels have been causing peak bloom, when 70 percent of the blossoms are open, to occur earlier.This January was DC's third warmest in the last 73 years, and this season's peak bloom is estimated to happen between March 22 and 25.

In February, Maryland's Department of Natural Resources partnered with TowBoatUS to sink a 52-foot cement boat in the Chesapeake Bay just north of Kent Island's Love Point.We had some questions about that-here's what we found out.No, the DNR's sinking of boats is not a regular thing.Turns out, it was just this one.

Red berries are seen on the branches of a tree in the yard of a home damaged in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman on March 1, 2023.Ukrainians mark the first day of Spring today.(Heidi Levine for The Washington Post).Ukrainians are marking their first day of spring on social media, sharing photos of fresh buds and blooms and acknowledging that they have survived a brutal winter of war.

Empty shelves are seen in the fruit and vegetable aisles of a Tesco supermarket in the U.K. this week.Getty Images Many of Britain's largest grocery store chains this week introduced limits on the sale of specific vegetables and fruit as shortages of certain products continue to extend across the U.K. Grocery giants including Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons are struggling with their supply chains, particularly with products sourced from southern Spain and Morocco where extreme weather has damaged crops.

Report released during discussion on how Berlin could cut greenhouse gas emissions in challenging sectors like transportation.Climate change could cost Germany up to 900 billion euros ($960bn) in cumulative economic damage by mid-century, a new study shows, as Europe's biggest economy searches for ways to cut that bill.

San Francisco Fire Department A woman was declared dead on Saturday evening after she was found lying next to a fallen tree branch in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, officials said.The incident was reported just after 5 p.m. at John F. Kennedy Drive and 30th Avenue, Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, wrote in a text.