The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheetsScience
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The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets
For the first time, the recovery of unique geological samples combined with sophisticated modelling provides surprising insights into when and where today's Antarctic ice sheet…

Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heatClimate
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Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat
By University College London Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered…

Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regionsClimate
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Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regions
By University of Birmingham Climate change is likely to drive tree species towards colder and wetter regions of their geographical distribution, a new study has…

Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parentsClimateScience
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Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents
The temperature of your childhood home, among other factors, may help predict your thermostat settings. By PLOS Childhood home temperature and community connectedness can help…

Compact cities have lower carbon emissions, but poorer air quality, less green space and higher mortality ratesScience
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Compact cities have lower carbon emissions, but poorer air quality, less green space and higher mortality rates
A study by ISGlobal analyses 919 European cities and their environmental quality, CO2 emissions and impact on human health. By Barcelona Institute for Global Health…

Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soilsScience
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Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soils
By Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic pioneers colonize the new exposed landscapes. LMU researchers have revealed that yeasts play…

Music festivals seek greener footprintNews
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Music festivals seek greener footprint
By Philippe GRELARD | AFP Paris, France - Three planes, 270 tonnes of equipment, 800 square metres of stage: the figures from Madonna's massive free…

Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenarioScience
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Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario
By Society for Experimental Biology New experimental research shows that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification could lead to a catastrophic decrease in…

Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versaClimate
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Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versa
By Masahiro Shiozaki | Kyushu University The phenomenon known as El Niño can cause abnormal and extreme climate around the world due to it dramatically…

How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energyScience
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How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energy
Waste heat from industry can actually heat every house in Norway. A smart solution can harness this energy, while also providing us with clean drinking…

Walking our way towards more sustainable citiesScience
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Walking our way towards more sustainable cities
By Susilawati, Monash University Malaysia in Petaling Jaya | 360info By making walkability a central component of how we design our cities, we can create vibrant, inclusive…

NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soilScience
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NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soil
By National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan Concern about the effects of PFAS are of increasing globally. Also there is no accurate method…

EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastropheClimate
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EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe
By Lily Rau, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne | 360info Zero-emissions vehicles would need to hit 73 percent of new light vehicle sales by 2030 to keep transport…

Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AIClimateNews
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Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AI
San Francisco, United States (AFP) - Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers…

True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealedClimateScience
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True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealed
By University of Leeds The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new research from the University of Leeds.…

Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic lifeClimate
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Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life
By Society for Experimental Biology While the impact of wildfires on terrestrial life has been well studied, only recently has research started to examine the…

UN climate chief’s family impacted by Hurricane BerylClimateNews
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UN climate chief’s family impacted by Hurricane Beryl
Paris, France (AFP) - UN climate chief Simon Stiell has warned that the destructive consequences of global warming are "not a tomorrow problem" after Hurrican…

Most climate-vulnerable countries with highest hunger rates significantly under-represented in agrifood researchClimateNews
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Most climate-vulnerable countries with highest hunger rates significantly under-represented in agrifood research
By CABI The most climate-vulnerable countries with the highest hunger rates are significantly under-represented in agrifood research – sparking a need for urgent action and…

Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanesClimate
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Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanes
By Audrey Merket, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over…

2023 cyclone Freddy longest on record at 36 days: UNNews
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2023 cyclone Freddy longest on record at 36 days: UN
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) - Cyclone Freddy, which crossed the entire southern Indian Ocean before wreaking devastation on southeastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting tropical…

Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: officialNews
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Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: official
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year in the Amazon, the worst figure in 20…

Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listenClimate
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Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listen
By Derek Mitchell, University of Leeds | The Conversation When people think of honey bees, they often think of classic wooden hives, in which beekeepers…

Climate change ignored? Study reveals sociology’s blind spotClimate
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Climate change ignored? Study reveals sociology’s blind spot
By Tevah Platt, Institute for Social Research - University of Michigan A recent University of Michigan study exposes a gap in sociology: a lack of…

NYUAD researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest watersScience
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NYUAD researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest waters
Some fish species in the Arabian Gulf’s coral reefs are more resilient to climate change than previously thought, challenging key assumptions of the “shrinking fishes…
