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Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat
The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heatClimate

The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat

By Kate Yoder & Sachi Kitajima Mulkey | Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Predicting the future has…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth
New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the EarthClimateScience

New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth

By University of East Anglia A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Climate change widening Asia’s education gap
Climate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate

Climate change widening Asia’s education gap

By Ranjit Devraj, SciDev.Net As temperatures in India’s national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fightClimateNews

EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight

Helsinki, Finland (AFP) - A software model of Earth, meant to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began its…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
Civil Society Organizations Unveil “Principles for a Fair JETP” Framework Ahead of G7 Summit
Civil Society Organizations Unveil “Principles for a Fair JETP” Framework Ahead of G7 SummitClimateNews

Civil Society Organizations Unveil “Principles for a Fair JETP” Framework Ahead of G7 Summit

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Senegal has launched the 'Principles for a Fair Just Energy Transition Partnership…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreJune 10, 2024 Full article
Humanity must extract seven to nine billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every year
Humanity must extract seven to nine billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every yearClimate

Humanity must extract seven to nine billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every year

By Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) Seven to nine billion tonnes of CO2 per year must be sustainably removed from…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article
Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial – but it’s going to be crucial
Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial – but it’s going to be crucialClimate

Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial – but it’s going to be crucial

By Tianyi Ma, RMIT University Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are vital tools to help us make cuts to the 36 billion tonnes of…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article
Rate of global warming caused by humans at an all-time high
Rate of global warming caused by humans at an all-time highClimate

Rate of global warming caused by humans at an all-time high

By University of Leeds Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.26°C per decade – the highest rate since records began, according to new…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2024 Full article
Climate Change Will Make Air Pollution Worse. Here’s How.
Climate Change Will Make Air Pollution Worse. Here’s How.Climate

Climate Change Will Make Air Pollution Worse. Here’s How.

By Matt Shipman | North Carolina State University A new study finds climate change is likely to make upward spikes of ozone at ground level…
SourceSourceJune 6, 2024 Full article
UN chief urges fossil fuel ad ban as heat records pile up
UN chief urges fossil fuel ad ban as heat records pile upClimateNews

UN chief urges fossil fuel ad ban as heat records pile up

By Amelie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS, with Nina LARSON in Geneva and Linda GIVETASH in Paris New York, United States (AFP) - Humans are as dangerous to Earth…
SourceSourceJune 5, 2024 Full article
Lingnan survey: Over 90% of respondents express their willingness to support low-carbon restaurants, but few wish to change their eating habits
Lingnan survey: Over 90% of respondents express their willingness to support low-carbon restaurants, but few wish to change their eating habitsClimateNews

Lingnan survey: Over 90% of respondents express their willingness to support low-carbon restaurants, but few wish to change their eating habits

By Lingnan University (LU), Hong Kong To mitigate global warming, the Hong Kong Government is striving to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. A relatively concentrated…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2024 Full article
Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years
Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 yearsClimate

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years

By University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problem
Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problemClimate

Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problem

By Australian Marine Conservation Society Australian and Queensland govts have made little progress in cutting Reef water pollution in two years, will miss 2025 pollution…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists say
First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists sayClimateScience

First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is ‘transformational’, Oxford scientists say

By University of Oxford National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
Health risk from global warming predictor of city climate action during COVID-19
Health risk from global warming predictor of city climate action during COVID-19Climate

Health risk from global warming predictor of city climate action during COVID-19

By Hayley Dunning | Imperial College London Cities around the world were more likely to maintain climate action and enact ‘green recovery’ long-term plans after…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
Why Malaysia has a stake in preserving Antarctica
Why Malaysia has a stake in preserving AntarcticaClimate

Why Malaysia has a stake in preserving Antarctica

By Wan Mohd Rauhan Wan Hussin, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu in Kuala Terengganu The global sea level rise due to the melting ice poses a serious…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2024 Full article
Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3* billion tons of food wasted each year globally
Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3* billion tons of food wasted each year globallyClimate

Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3* billion tons of food wasted each year globally

By University of Michigan About a third of the food produced globally each year goes to waste, while approximately 800 million people suffer from hunger,…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2024 Full article
EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climate
EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climateClimateNews

EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climate

By Patrick T. FALLON with Juliette COLLEN in Paris | AFP Vandenberg Air Force Base, United States (UPDATED) - A rocket carrying a sophisticated satellite…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2024 Full article
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seenClimateNews

Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen

By Mohammad MAZED and Shafiqul ALAM in Dhaka | AFP Patuakhali, Bangladesh (UPDATED) - Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
World’s island states blame richest countries for climate threats
World’s island states blame richest countries for climate threatsClimateNews

World’s island states blame richest countries for climate threats

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS | AFP United Nations, United States (UPDATED) - Extremely vulnerable to climate change, not rich enough to stop it on their own,…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
How politics and climate could affect the Antarctic Treaty
How politics and climate could affect the Antarctic TreatyClimate

How politics and climate could affect the Antarctic Treaty

By By Shirley Scott, UNSW in Canberra | 360info The Antarctic Treaty System has long been hailed as an example of successful international cooperation. But could that…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change
Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate changeClimateScience

Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change

By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell University Fatal drownings are a big risk for small-scale fishers on Africa’s largest lake, with many of those deaths attributed to…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours
Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighboursClimate

Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours

By Clive Schofield, University of Wollongong and Karen Scott, University of Canterbury The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has found countries are…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2024 Full article

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