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" The sun shines on vineyards above the village of Viviers sur Artaut in the Champagne region of France. Could global warming impact the types of grapes grown there? Julian Elliott / robertharding/Getty Images Could global climate change put an end to the centuries-old French wine industry? Affects on the vineyards might not be catastrophic today, but a new study published in Nature Climate Change suggests climate change is definitely making its mark on how French wine is produced. "The wine industry is so closely connected to what's happening with climate change," says the study's lead a...

(STEVE ARSTAD / iNFOnews.ca) March 14, 2021 - 8:00 AM High on a mountainside near Rossland lies the wreckage of a Second World War bomber that met its end on an early winter October morning while on its way to Penticton. The crash claimed the lives of two Penticton civilians and seven Royal Canadian Air Force servicemen who were familiar faces in the Peach City in the late 1940s. The Mitchell aircraft crashed 13 miles northwest of Rossland in 1947. It made headlines in the Okanagan twice – when it disappeared from radio contact on Oct. 18, 1947, and again in Oct. 1952, w...

BBC News By Mark Kinver In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of extreme weather on a crucial reservoir that supplies water to millions of people in northern California. This year is likely to be critically dry for California. Winter storms that dumped heavy snow and rain across the state are not expected to be substantial enough to counterbalance drought conditions. Lake Oroville plays a key role in California's complex water delivery system. Bidwell Marina at...

The Daily Universe Geston Pierre told students to respect each other as human beings. He and Berny Jacques were both guest speakers at the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution’s webinar, “Respect & Rebellion: A Purple America” held on Jan. 21. (Holly Cluff) People can engage in respectful dialogue in spite of differing ideological views, Respect and Rebellion’s Berny Jacques and Geston Pierre told students during the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution’s webinar on Jan. 21. Jacques and Pierre deplored the divisiveness taking over the country and encouraged students to e...

Read time: 10 mins By Sharon Kelly • Monday, December 28, 2020 - 06:00 At the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, making his annual State of the Planet address. “To put it simply,” he said, “the state of the planet is broken.” “Today, we are at 1.2 degrees of warming and already witnessing unprecedented climate extremes and volatility in every region and on every continent,�...