Extreme weather linked to climate change may displace native species and benefit nonnative or invasive ones, according to research published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed more than 440 studies, which researched how 1,852 native species and 187 nonnative species responded to extreme weather. Among…
The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil fuels, according to a court filing.- 'Watershed moment' -
Activists said it was a "watershed moment" in the pushback against oil companies, with the Center for Climate Integrity noting that California "is now the world's largest economy and the first major oil-producing state to take fossil fuel com