World approves $300 bn for poor nations in climate dealNews
World approves $300 bn for poor nations in climate deal
Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Nearly 200 nations approved Sunday a climate deal that raises to at least $300 billion a year the amount wealthy…
SourceNovember 24, 2024
Full articleImage of the day: Podyjà and Thayatal – Biodiversity Gems on the Czech-Austrian BorderNews
Image of the day: Podyjà and Thayatal – Biodiversity Gems on the Czech-Austrian Border
Many areas along the border between the Czech Republic and Austria are rich in biodiversity and protected under the EU Habitats Directive. One example is…
SourceNovember 23, 2024
Full articleInnovative recycling method for rare earth metals wins Spark Award 2024News
Innovative recycling method for rare earth metals wins Spark Award 2024
Marie Amélie Perrin and Victor Mougel have been awarded the Spark Award 2024 for their groundbreaking method of recycling rare earth elements from electronic waste.…
Muser NewsDeskNovember 23, 2024
Full articlePoor nations walk out of climate deal consultation with COP29 presidentNews
Poor nations walk out of climate deal consultation with COP29 president
Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Negotiators from small islands and least-developed nations on Saturday walked out of overtime consultations on a climate deal with COP29…
SourceNovember 23, 2024
Full articleEU offers to raise rich countries’ climate pledge to $300 bn: COP29 negotiatorsNews
EU offers to raise rich countries’ climate pledge to $300 bn: COP29 negotiators
Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - The European Union is ready to raise to $300 billion an offer by wealthy nations for annual climate funding to…
SourceNovember 23, 2024
Full articleNew compound discovered in drinking water raises questions about potential health risksScience
New compound discovered in drinking water raises questions about potential health risks
A collaborative effort by researchers in the United States and Switzerland has led to the identification of a previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water.…
Adrian AlexandreNovember 23, 2024
Full articleClimate Science Digest: November 22, 2024Science
Climate Science Digest: November 22, 2024
Dynamic thermal niches of northeast Pacific groundfish reveal mixed futures A new study on northeast Pacific groundfish has provided critical insights into how these species…
Muser NewsDeskNovember 23, 2024
Full articlePope Francis discusses climate action with WMO Secretary-GeneralClimate
Pope Francis discusses climate action with WMO Secretary-General
Pope Francis welcomed Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), for an audience at the Vatican to discuss the urgency of addressing climate…
Muser NewsDeskNovember 22, 2024
Full articleImage of the day: Bomb cyclone hits the west coasts of the US and CanadaNews
Image of the day: Bomb cyclone hits the west coasts of the US and Canada
A powerful storm struck the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and British Columbia, Canada, on 19 November 2024, leaving 290,000 buildings without power…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full articleTufts University joins pioneering collaboration to advance campus decarbonizationNews
Tufts University joins pioneering collaboration to advance campus decarbonization
Tufts University - Consortium for Climate Solutions expands renewable energy generation and reduces Tufts’ carbon emissions. Tufts University marked a milestone on its path to…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full articleBuilding climate resilient cocoa farming in West AfricaScience
Building climate resilient cocoa farming in West Africa
Agroforestry systems, which integrate trees and shrubs into farming, are vital to achieving sustainable cocoa production in West Africa where 70 percent of the world…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full articleDesign and imagination as essential tools during the climate crisisScience
Design and imagination as essential tools during the climate crisis
In Nature Partner Journals, ten researchers advocate the use of imagination in tackling the climate crisis. They focus specifically on urbanising river deltas, which are…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full article2024 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate ModellingNews
2024 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling
Association for Computing Machinery - ACM, today, presented a 12-member team with the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for their project “Boosting Earth…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full articleCOP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offerNews
COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offer
By Nick Perry, Laurent Thomet and Shaun Tandon | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Heated negotiations on a global climate deal were set to spill into…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full articleClimate Science Digest: November 21, 2024Science
Climate Science Digest: November 21, 2024
Environmental impacts of plastics: Moving beyond the perspective on waste A UFZ team analyses the impacts of plastics on climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental…
SourceNovember 22, 2024
Full articleImage of the day: Tropical Storm Sara causes severe flooding in HondurasNews
Image of the day: Tropical Storm Sara causes severe flooding in Honduras
On 15 November 2024, Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in Honduras, causing extensive damage and bringing over 50 centimetres of rain to the northern region…
SourceNovember 21, 2024
Full articleRising climate-driven hazards put millions of coastal residents at greater riskClimate
Rising climate-driven hazards put millions of coastal residents at greater risk
A new study published in Nature Climate Change estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1…
SourceNovember 21, 2024
Full articleWorld still split over money as clock ticks on COP29News
World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29
Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - A fresh draft deal published Thursday at the deadlocked COP29 climate talks shows rich and poor countries still divided as…
SourceNovember 21, 2024
Full articleSuperior photosynthesis in some plants may unlock climate-resilient crop innovationsScience
Superior photosynthesis in some plants may unlock climate-resilient crop innovations
Scientists from the Salk Institute and the University of Cambridge have uncovered how certain plants developed a highly efficient photosynthesis method known as C4, a…
Adrian AlexandreNovember 21, 2024
Full articleClimate Science Digest: November 20, 2024Science
Climate Science Digest: November 20, 2024
The factors behind the shifting trends of ischemic heart disease and stroke Incidence of stroke and ischemic heart disease are declining around the world, except…
Muser NewsDeskNovember 21, 2024
Full articleWhat are the belowground responses to long-term soil warming among different types of trees?Science
What are the belowground responses to long-term soil warming among different types of trees?
Through a 20-year experiment, investigators have shown how different trees adjust their strategies for acquiring nutrients through their roots as soil warms with climate change.…
SourceNovember 20, 2024
Full articleImage of the day: The EU Space Days live in BudapestNews
Image of the day: The EU Space Days live in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary’s capital and largest city, is situated along the banks of the Danube River, dividing the city into Buda and Pest. The western side,…
SourceNovember 20, 2024
Full articleNew supercomputer advances sustainable researchNews
New supercomputer advances sustainable research
EPFL’s new Kuma supercomputer, which ranks 23rd in the Green500 ranking, illustrates EPFL’s efforts to support cutting-edge research with a low environmental impact. With Kuma,…
SourceNovember 20, 2024
Full articleA challenging future for children in a changing worldNews
A challenging future for children in a changing world
The future of childhood could face significant upheaval unless urgent measures are implemented to address global challenges, UNICEF warned in its The State of the…
Muser NewsDeskNovember 20, 2024
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