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Local food production saves costs and carbon
Local food production saves costs and carbonClimateScience

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…
SourceSourceJuly 30, 2024 Full article
Bold moves needed for California agriculture to adapt to climate change
Bold moves needed for California agriculture to adapt to climate changeClimateScience

Bold moves needed for California agriculture to adapt to climate change

By David Danelski | University of California - Riverside California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate…
SourceSourceJuly 30, 2024 Full article
Air New Zealand scraps 2030 emissions targets
Air New Zealand scraps 2030 emissions targetsClimateNews

Air New Zealand scraps 2030 emissions targets

Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) - Air New Zealand on Tuesday shelved ambitious 2030 carbon emissions targets, blaming a tight supply of new aircraft and sustainable…
SourceSourceJuly 30, 2024 Full article
California a botanical and climate change hot spot
California a botanical and climate change hot spotClimateScience

California a botanical and climate change hot spot

By Kat Kerlin | University of California - Davis From coastal redwoods and Joshua trees to golden poppies and sagebrush, California is a global botanical…
SourceSourceJuly 30, 2024 Full article
Suspense over Olympics triathlon as Seine fails water tests again
Suspense over Olympics triathlon as Seine fails water tests againNews

Suspense over Olympics triathlon as Seine fails water tests again

By Pierrick YVON | AFP Paris, France - Olympic organisers cancelled a second day of triathlon training in the River Seine on Monday due to…
SourceSourceJuly 29, 2024 Full article
Study tracks exposure to air pollution through the day
Study tracks exposure to air pollution through the dayScience

Study tracks exposure to air pollution through the day

Data from the Bronx account for people’s daily mobility patterns, reveal demographic disparities in exposure levels. By Peter Dizikes | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute…
SourceSourceJuly 29, 2024 Full article
European Resilience Partnership launches to prepare European communities for climate shocks
European Resilience Partnership launches to prepare European communities for climate shocksClimateNews

European Resilience Partnership launches to prepare European communities for climate shocks

By ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability The 2024 edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) took place during the Valencia Cities Climate Week,…
SourceSourceJuly 29, 2024 Full article
Who’s fuelling the transition to greener energy?
Who’s fuelling the transition to greener energy?Climate

Who’s fuelling the transition to greener energy?

By James Goldie, 360info in Melbourne China still processes the biggest share of the critical minerals needed for the transition to greener sources of energy but other…
SourceSourceJuly 29, 2024 Full article
TotalEnergies withdraws from two S.Africa gas fields
TotalEnergies withdraws from two S.Africa gas fieldsNews

TotalEnergies withdraws from two S.Africa gas fields

Paris, France (AFP) - French energy giant TotalEnergies said on Monday it was withdrawing from two offshore gas fields in South Africa. The company said…
SourceSourceJuly 29, 2024 Full article
Olympics organisers cancel first triathlon training over Seine pollution
Olympics organisers cancel first triathlon training over Seine pollutionNews

Olympics organisers cancel first triathlon training over Seine pollution

Paris, France (AFP) - The first training session for triathletes at the Paris Olympics was scrapped Sunday due to pollution in the River Seine, organisers…
SourceSourceJuly 28, 2024 Full article
Climate is most important factor in where mammals choose to live, study finds
Climate is most important factor in where mammals choose to live, study findsScience

Climate is most important factor in where mammals choose to live, study finds

By Joey Pitchford | North Carolina State University While human activity has had a massive effect on the natural world, a new study from North…
SourceSourceJuly 27, 2024 Full article
Exploring the Win-Win Potential of Grass-Powered Energy
Exploring the Win-Win Potential of Grass-Powered EnergyScience

Exploring the Win-Win Potential of Grass-Powered Energy

By Iowa State University Strategically planting perennial grass throughout corn and soybean fields helps address the unintended environmental consequences of growing the dominant row crops,…
SourceSourceJuly 27, 2024 Full article
Scientists study how to bring you ‘climate-smart coffee’
Scientists study how to bring you ‘climate-smart coffee’Science

Scientists study how to bring you ‘climate-smart coffee’

By Brad Buck | University of Florida Crave that cup of coffee in the morning? Globally, consumers drink more than 2.2 billion cups daily. Someone…
SourceSourceJuly 26, 2024 Full article
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern ChinaClimateNews

Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China

By Isabel Kua and Oliver Hotham | AFP Beijing, China - Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday,…
SourceSourceJuly 26, 2024 Full article
UN Secretary-General Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat Amid Record Temperatures
UN Secretary-General Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat Amid Record TemperaturesClimateNews

UN Secretary-General Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat Amid Record Temperatures

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has joined nine other specialized United Nations entities in supporting UN Secretary-General António Guterres' Call to Action on Extreme Heat.…
SourceSourceJuly 26, 2024 Full article
Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warns
Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warnsClimateNews

Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warns

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS | AFP United Nations, United States - Humanity is suffering from an "extreme heat epidemic," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, calling…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Svalbard: Non-native species are threatening vulnerable plant life
Svalbard: Non-native species are threatening vulnerable plant lifeClimateScience

Svalbard: Non-native species are threatening vulnerable plant life

Authorities need to act more aggressively to prevent the accidental introduction of non-native plant species to arctic ecosystems. By Norwegian University of Science and Technology…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hoursClimateNews

Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours

Rabat, Morocco (AFP) - A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni Mellal,…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Trees reveal climate surprise: bark removes methane from the atmosphere
Trees reveal climate surprise: bark removes methane from the atmosphereClimateScience

Trees reveal climate surprise: bark removes methane from the atmosphere

By University of Birmingham Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published in Nature.…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20: police
Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20: policeNews

Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20: police

Manila, Philippines (AFP) - Relentless rain fuelled by Typhoon Gaemi left at least 20 people dead in the northern Philippines, police said Thursday, as clean-up…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Rice University researchers develop innovative battery recycling method
Rice University researchers develop innovative battery recycling methodScience

Rice University researchers develop innovative battery recycling method

By Marcy de Luna | Rice University A research team at Rice University led by James Tour, the T.T., and W.F. Chao, Professor of Chemistry…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
The Olympics are hotter and more humid than ever
The Olympics are hotter and more humid than everClimate

The Olympics are hotter and more humid than ever

By James Goldie, 360info in Melbourne The Olympics are now regularly held in conditions too hot and humid for most people to exercise in. How much can…
SourceSourceJuly 24, 2024 Full article
New study finds alarming rise in persistent ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticides
New study finds alarming rise in persistent ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticidesScience

New study finds alarming rise in persistent ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticides

PFAs from pesticide products detected in rivers, streams throughout United States. By Environmental Working Group A peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Health…
SourceSourceJuly 24, 2024 Full article