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Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: report
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Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: reportClimateNews

Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: report

By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Companies worldwide have faced mounting legal pressure to reduce their impact on global warming as activists use…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2024 Full article
Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulation
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Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulationClimateScience

Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulation

By University of Cambridge Colossal undersea mountains, towering up to thousands of metres high, stir up deep sea currents: impacting how our ocean stores heat…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
Jordanians keen to harness community benefits of energy transition
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Jordanians keen to harness community benefits of energy transitionClimateNews

Jordanians keen to harness community benefits of energy transition

By Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Jordan has outstanding potential for renewable energy generation. Government backing for the country’s energy transition…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based model
El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based modelClimateScience

El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based model

By University of Hawaii at Manoa Across Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) brings variations in winds, weather, and…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
Turn your living room into a digital Amazon rainforest
Turn your living room into a digital Amazon rainforest

Turn your living room into a digital Amazon rainforest

By Aslina Baharum, Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur | 360info Virtual reality and augmented reality offer a game-changing approach to biodiversity management. Imagine exploring a…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
Half of world’s lakes are less resilient to disturbance than they used to be
Half of world’s lakes are less resilient to disturbance than they used to beScience

Half of world’s lakes are less resilient to disturbance than they used to be

By American Geophysical Union Nearly half of the world’s large lakes have lost resilience, or the ability to bounce back after an abrupt disturbance, in…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study shows
Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study showsClimateScience

Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study shows

By Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania In a paper published in the current issue of the Journal of Health Communication by…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
Polluting carmakers in the top 10 recipients of green funds
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Polluting carmakers in the top 10 recipients of green funds

By Transport & Environment Organisation (T&E) Study from Voxeurop and European Investigative Collaborations shows that companies engaged in oil extraction, car manufacturing and fashion are…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Serbia will not let a potential lithium mine ‘destroy’ environment: PM
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Serbia will not let a potential lithium mine ‘destroy’ environment: PMNews

Serbia will not let a potential lithium mine ‘destroy’ environment: PM

Belgrade, Serbia (AFP) - The Serbian government would not allow a potential lithium mine to destroy its "rivers" and "mountains", Prime Minister Milos Vucevic told…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Sustainable Electrification: Managing Resource Demands for Future Electric Vehicles
Sustainable Electrification: Managing Resource Demands for Future Electric VehiclesScience

Sustainable Electrification: Managing Resource Demands for Future Electric Vehicles

By Ritsumeikan University The increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) raises concerns about escalating raw material demands, particularly for batteries. Researchers from Ritsumeikan University conducted…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet
New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheetClimateScience

New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet

By British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Warm water that seeps underneath can melt ice in way not yet included in models. A new and worrying way…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
‘Urgent’ for Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef: UNESCO
‘Urgent’ for Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef: UNESCONews

‘Urgent’ for Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef: UNESCO

Sydney, Australia (AFP) - Australia must take "urgent" action to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including setting more ambitious climate targets, the UN's cultural organisation…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Nordic study of policy measures to compensate for increasing costs of energy
Nordic study of policy measures to compensate for increasing costs of energyNews

Nordic study of policy measures to compensate for increasing costs of energy

By the Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Council on Nordic co-operation In the period 2021–2023, the Nordic governments introduced 43 measures to compensate for…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rains
Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rainsClimate

Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rains

By Amita Bhide, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | 360info To avoid floods, Indian cities need to engage in nuanced, localised and comprehensive planning…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Ultrafine particles from planes put 52 million Europeans at risk of serious health conditions
Ultrafine particles from planes put 52 million Europeans at risk of serious health conditionsClimate

Ultrafine particles from planes put 52 million Europeans at risk of serious health conditions

By Transport & Environment (T&E) A new study by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) suggests that thousands of cases of high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
European airport pollution threatens health of 52 mn people: NGO
European airport pollution threatens health of 52 mn people: NGONews

European airport pollution threatens health of 52 mn people: NGO

Paris, France | AFP - High concentrations of tiny particles released when aviation jet fuel is burnt pose a health risk to 52 million people…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Extreme bushfires increasing in number and intensity
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Extreme bushfires increasing in number and intensityClimateNewsScience

Extreme bushfires increasing in number and intensity

By University of Tasmania Extreme bushfires have more than doubled in frequency and intensity over the past two decades, according to a global study from…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article
Satellite Navigation Revolutionizes Sea Ice Thickness Mapping
Satellite Navigation Revolutionizes Sea Ice Thickness MappingClimateScience

Satellite Navigation Revolutionizes Sea Ice Thickness Mapping

By Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences A cutting-edge study harnesses the power of spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) technology to accurately…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article
New study confirms forever chemicals are absorbed through human skin
New study confirms forever chemicals are absorbed through human skinScience

New study confirms forever chemicals are absorbed through human skin

By University of Birmingham A study of 17 commonly used synthetic ‘forever chemicals’ has shown that these toxic substances can readily be absorbed through human…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article
CO2 puts heavier stamp on temperature than thought
CO2 puts heavier stamp on temperature than thoughtClimateScience

CO2 puts heavier stamp on temperature than thought

By Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article
Climate change accelerates emergence of insects
Climate change accelerates emergence of insectsClimateScience

Climate change accelerates emergence of insects

By Jess Whitty | La Trobe University Researchers at La Trobe University’s Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems have exposed the hidden consequences of climate change on…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article
Desert Power: Cactus Pear as a Promising Biofuel Crop
Desert Power: Cactus Pear as a Promising Biofuel CropScience

Desert Power: Cactus Pear as a Promising Biofuel Crop

By John Seelmeyer, University of Nevada, Reno As much of the world prepares for hotter and drier growing seasons as the result of climate change, a…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article