Impacts www.nytimes.com Witnessing Peru’s enduring, if altered, snow star festival Rising temperatures and melting glaciers have changed key aspects of the age-old Peruvian festival of Qoyllur Rit’i. Still, the celebrations persist.
Causes www.nytimes.com Pope Francis, in Japan, warns of 'selfish decisions' on nuclear energy Making the first visit to the country by a pope in 38 years, Francis called for an end to the nuclear arms race in visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
www.nytimes.com At Vatican, ‘tenets of faith’ seen as crucial in climate change effort Religious leaders need to sound the warning about the effects of climate change and air pollution on health, participants in a Vatican conference said.
