IPCC climate change report: Earth is warming faster than scientists previously thought scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200824025528-02-wildfires-0823-super-tease.jpg Only by making deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, while also removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, can we halt the precipitous trend. “Bottom line is that we have zero years left to avoid dangerous climate change, because it’s Read more …

World Health Organization “very concerned” that Covid-19 cases may accelerate in Africa

https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/digital-images/org/8d46eccf-83d6-4466-87e9-2b5aa80447fc.jpg A worker fumigates an area of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, in June. Erika Santelices/AFP/Getty Images Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina declared a state of emergency in the country for the next 45 days due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Medina issued Read more …

British prime minister is self-quarantining after Covid-19 exposure

https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/digital-images/org/291c0600-0e8b-4922-b2c5-847fb4c01058.jpg A sign for curbside pickup is shown outside the Cascadia Grill, in downtown Olympia, Washington, on November 15. Ted S. Warren/AP Washington state on Sunday announced new coronavirus restrictions, months after suffering the country’s first major outbreaks. “We are today in a Read more …

Trump “was likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation ‘infodemic,’” study says

https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/digital-images/org/cba29959-f1cd-4757-9187-f0daf23b68cb.jpg TNO employees work during the opening of a COVID-19 testing site in Amsterdam, on September 30. Koen van Weel/ANP/AFP/Getty Images After successfully tamping down the first surge of infection and death, Europe is now in the middle of a second coronavirus wave as Read more …