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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
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
Extreme bushfires increasing in number and intensity
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
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
What will my city’s climate feel like in 60 years?
What will my city’s climate feel like in 60 years?ClimateNews

What will my city’s climate feel like in 60 years?

By University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Climate change has already begun to transform planet Earth, and over the next few decades these dramatic…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2024 Full article
Supporting the right small changes can have big impacts
Supporting the right small changes can have big impactsClimateScience

Supporting the right small changes can have big impacts

By International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Small changes in our everyday actions can trigger significant, rapid societal shifts especially when it comes to…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2024 Full article
Up to 30 percent more time: Climate change makes it harder for women to collect water
Up to 30 percent more time: Climate change makes it harder for women to collect waterClimateScience

Up to 30 percent more time: Climate change makes it harder for women to collect water

By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) By 2050, climate change could increase the amount of time women in households without running water spend…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2024 Full article
Expanding refugee protection for a changing climate
Expanding refugee protection for a changing climateClimate

Expanding refugee protection for a changing climate

By Jane McAdam, UNSW in Sydney | 360info Current refugee and human rights law principles still apply when climate change and disasters amplify the risk…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2024 Full article
Thousands march in London to call for ‘urgent’ climate action
Thousands march in London to call for ‘urgent’ climate actionClimateNews

Thousands march in London to call for ‘urgent’ climate action

By Akshata KAPOOR | AFP London, United Kingdom - Thousands of protestors from across the UK marched through central London on Saturday to call for…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2024 Full article
Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks
Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talksClimate

Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks

By Ayurella Horn-Muller | Grist Last week, the leaders of the world’s seven biggest economies convened in Italy to discuss several pressing global issues during…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2024 Full article
Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media
Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state mediaNews

Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media

Beijing, China | AFP - The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern China's Guangdong province this week rose sharply to 38 on…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2024 Full article
Rising temperatures threaten India’s wheat production
Rising temperatures threaten India’s wheat productionClimate

Rising temperatures threaten India’s wheat production

By Biswajit Dhar, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Decline in wheat production over the past two seasons because of rising temperatures has reduced domestic…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2024 Full article
Climate change may worsen flooding in Mumbai and Chennai
Climate change may worsen flooding in Mumbai and ChennaiClimate

Climate change may worsen flooding in Mumbai and Chennai

By Dharmappa Hagare, Western Sydney University For all flood-prone cities of India, there is an urgent need to develop flood inundation maps. Although Bollywood films…
SourceSourceJune 20, 2024 Full article
UN Survey: 80% of Global Population Calls for Stronger Government Action on Climate
UN Survey: 80% of Global Population Calls for Stronger Government Action on ClimateClimateNews

UN Survey: 80% of Global Population Calls for Stronger Government Action on Climate

In a powerful call to action, 80% of people worldwide demand stronger government measures to combat the climate crisis, according to the UN Development Programme’s…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreJune 20, 2024 Full article
Travellers urged to keep it local in the name of sustainable tourism
Travellers urged to keep it local in the name of sustainable tourismClimate

Travellers urged to keep it local in the name of sustainable tourism

By University of South Australia From rolling vineyards to stunning beaches, there’s no shortage of beauty to discover in our own backyards. A tourism expert…
SourceSourceJune 20, 2024 Full article
For sustainable livestock farming bordering the Amazon Rainforest, look to the women
For sustainable livestock farming bordering the Amazon Rainforest, look to the womenClimate

For sustainable livestock farming bordering the Amazon Rainforest, look to the women

By The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture When trees and livestock compete for land, the trees usually lose. It…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2024 Full article
Will climate change turn the Arctic green?
Will climate change turn the Arctic green?Climate

Will climate change turn the Arctic green?

By European Space Agency The Arctic is in the hotseat of climate change, warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth. Already, the Arctic…
SourceSourceJune 19, 2024 Full article
Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire
Large wildfires create weather that favors more fireClimateScience

Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire

By Jules Bernstein, University of California - Riverside A new UC Riverside study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2024 Full article