To create string instruments craftspeople depend on spruce trees. But to make a guitar the tree has to meet specific requirements, and as climate change impacts their growth and kills them faster, how will the guitars and violins of the future be made? #string #tree #spruce #music #climatechange #cgtnamerica #GAI …
Read More »Climate change threatens U.S. historic site
Jamestown was home to the first permanent English settlement in the U.S., and there’s also evidence of enslavement in the area. Now the archaeological site is threatened by increasingly frequent and heavy rain. #climatechange https://bit.ly/3H5gJMJ Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile http://america.cgtn.com/livenews Subscribe to CGTN America on …
Read More »Climate change impacts U.S. wildfires
Investigators in Colorado are looking into the possibility that spontaneous combustion inside an abandoned underground coal mine may have triggered the most destructive fire in the state’s history. More than 1,000 homes were lost when the blaze burned through several suburban communities there in late December. Until recently, wildfires in the Western U.S. occurred mainly …
Read More »Scientists in Chile study climate change in hidden paradise
Scientists and researchers studying the effects of climate change are analyzing the flora and fauna of one of Chile’s remote forests deep in the country’s south. Check out what they have discovered. source
Read More »More whales spotted in San Francisco due to climate change
In the San Francisco Bay, it’s becoming easier to spot whales. But is that a good thing? CGTN takes a look. #whales #sanfrancisco #climatechange #whalewatching Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile http://america.cgtn.com/livenews Subscribe to CGTN America on YouTube Follow CGTN America: Twitter: @cgtnamerica Facebook: @cgtnamerica Instagram: @cgtnamerica …
Read More »Native groups meet to defend Amazon from climate change
Indigenous leaders from nine Amazon Countries gathered in the Peruvian capital Lima this week to launch a bid to save 80 percent of the Amazon by 2025. Native leaders from across the Amazon made their proposals to combat climate change by saving the world’s largest tropical rainforest from the brink …
Read More »Caribbean Nations meet for climate change conference
On the heels of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt scheduled for November… Caribbean nations came together for a two-day climate change conference hosted by the Bahamas. More than a dozen heads of state gathered in Nassau for the first gathering to discuss the way forward for the region. CGTN’s guest …
Read More »Scientists investigate impact of climate change on Antarctica’s penguin populations
Some species of penguins are declining at a faster rate due to the impacts of climate change on Antarctica’s sea ice. Meanwhile, scientists have seen an increase in other populations due to rising temperatures. Here’s how climate change is affecting penguin populations on the continent. source
Read More »Tech workers switch jobs to help fight climate change
Many tech workers in the U.S. are re-positioning their careers and choosing to focus their efforts on fighting climate change. #climatechange #GAI #WorldOfSustainability #GAISustainability https://bit.ly/3BJzgvo Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile http://america.cgtn.com/livenews Subscribe to CGTN America on YouTube Follow CGTN America: Twitter: @cgtnamerica Facebook: @cgtnamerica Instagram: @cgtnamerica …
Read More »Talk G20: World Bank director calls for rapid action on climate change
For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-15/Talk-G20-World-Bank-director-calls-for-rapid-action-on-climate-change-1eZ2nPjRjUY/index.html The World Bank estimates that climate change will force 130 million people to enter extreme poverty and 200 million people to migrate. The World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships Mari Elka Pangestu explains to CGTN reporter Dong Xue why it’s urgent for countries to …
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