How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disasterClimate
SourceAugust 5, 2024
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How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster
By Sajan Thomas, St. John's College, Anchal in Thiruvananthapuram | 360info The Kerala landslide underscores the importance of preserving human lives in the Western Ghats region amid…

Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noiseNewsScience
SourceAugust 5, 2024
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Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noise
By California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface…

EV transition worries French car industry workersClimateNews
SourceAugust 4, 2024
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EV transition worries French car industry workers
By Béatrice JOANNIS | AFP Vouziers, France - As France faces a 2035 deadline to phase out new combustion engine cars, workers in the industry…

How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level riseClimateScience
SourceAugust 3, 2024
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How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise
Effects will depend on how much global warming is controlled, study finds. By Tatyana Woodall | Ohio State University The rising earth beneath the Antarctic…

Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant speciesScience
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant species
By Alan Williams | University of Plymouth Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output…

Scientists find a human ‘fingerprint’ in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozoneClimate
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Scientists find a human ‘fingerprint’ in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone
Knowing where to look for this signal will help researchers identify specific sources of the potent greenhouse gas. Jennifer Chu | Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcareClimate
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcare
Growing use of AI reveals the need for global sustainability initiatives. By Osaka Metropolitan University Similar to other sectors around the world, the light speed…

Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversedClimate
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed
By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Human-made climate change can lead to a destabilisation of large-scale components of the Earth system such as…

Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global iceScienceClimate
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global ice
As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison…

Japan’s youth and climate changeClimateScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Japan’s youth and climate change
Study highlights need to improve awareness of climate change’s effects and potential solutions amongst 12- to 14-year-olds. By University of Tokyo Students in Japan are…

Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheriesClimateScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries
Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate. By Hokkaido University Marine fisheries are an essential source of…

Climate change intensifies and prolongs cyclones: international studyClimateScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Climate change intensifies and prolongs cyclones: international study
Climate change means that tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia are developing faster, lasting longer and endangering more coastal communities, finds joint international study. By Nanyang…

Japan requests extradition of anti-whaling activist Watson: DenmarkNews
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Japan requests extradition of anti-whaling activist Watson: Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark (AFP) - Denmark's justice ministry on Thursday said it had received Japan's extradition request for anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who was detained in…

Underwater mapping reveals new insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelvesScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Underwater mapping reveals new insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelves
By University of East Anglia Clues to future sea level rise have been revealed by the first detailed maps of the underside of a floating…

Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube DeltaNews
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube Delta
By Ani SANDU | AFP Mahmudia, Romania - Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in…

Scientists set sail to study Greenland glaciers from underwaterClimate
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Scientists set sail to study Greenland glaciers from underwater
By University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin has embarked on a mission to explore the underwater edges of Greenland’s coastal…

‘Low-emissions’ food leaves some Paris Olympics athletes craving meatNews
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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‘Low-emissions’ food leaves some Paris Olympics athletes craving meat
Paris, France (AFP) - An ambition from Paris Olympics organisers to cut the carbon footprint of catering at this year's eco-friendly Games has run into…

Study finds many cocoa products contaminated by heavy metalsNewsScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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Study finds many cocoa products contaminated by heavy metals
Dark chocolate lovers may want to limit their consumption to an ounce a day to stay on the safe side, GW researchers say. By George…

New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environmentsClimateScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environments
By Joey Pitchford | North Carolina State University As climate change causes storms to intensify, new tools are needed to map where flooding occurs in…

What’s the weather like in the deep sea?ClimateScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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What’s the weather like in the deep sea?
New Nature Geoscience study shows variable behavior of currents in the deep sea. By MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences | University of Bremen…

Carbon assurance likely to become mandatoryScience
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Carbon assurance likely to become mandatory
By Edith Cowan University Carbon assurances within the corporate environment is likely to become mandatory in future, and companies that already have systems in place…

Three-step plan to cut overlooked methane emissions could help us stop global warming fasterClimate
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Three-step plan to cut overlooked methane emissions could help us stop global warming faster
By Frontiers Evidence indicates that methane emissions were responsible for about half of global warming we’ve experienced so far—but compared to carbon dioxide, methane has…

Inside the political struggle at the IPCC that will determine the next six years of climate scienceClimate
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Inside the political struggle at the IPCC that will determine the next six years of climate science
Hannah Hughes | The Conversation The UN’s climate science advisory group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is currently meeting in Bulgaria to decide on a timeline…

Local food production saves costs and carbonClimateScience
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Local food production saves costs and carbon
Study highlights economic and environmental efficiency of Indigenous harvesting in the Canadian Arctic communities. By Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Emphasizing local food production…
