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Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe’s livestock
Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe’s livestockClimateNews

Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe’s livestock

By Camille BAS-WOHLERT | AFP Flemming, Denmark - At the end of a small country road in Denmark is the "Enorm" factory, an insect farm…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate models
UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate modelsClimateScience

UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate models

By University of California - Irvine As the planet continues to warm due to human-driven climate change, accurate computer climate models will be key in…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2024 Full article
How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation
How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotationClimateScience

How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation

By ETH Zurich Climate change is causing the ice masses in Greenland and Antarctica to melt. Water from the polar regions is flowing into the…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxes
High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxesClimate

High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxes

By Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
Unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystems
Unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystemsClimateScience

Unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystems

By Institute for Basic Science Lakes, with their rich biodiversity and important ecological services, face a concerning trend: rapidly increasing temperatures. A recent study published…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
Popular climate assessment method can be enhanced to improve tipping point accuracy
Popular climate assessment method can be enhanced to improve tipping point accuracyClimateScience

Popular climate assessment method can be enhanced to improve tipping point accuracy

By Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The optimal fingerprinting method (OFM) has been used extensively to detect and attribute the effects of…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
Scientists release new research on planted mangroves’ ability to store carbon
Scientists release new research on planted mangroves’ ability to store carbonScience

Scientists release new research on planted mangroves’ ability to store carbon

By USDA Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station Mangrove nurseries in Maputo, Mozambique, managed by the local community with technical support from the U.S. Forest…
SourceSourceJuly 11, 2024 Full article
The Gulf Stream is wind-powered and could weaken from climate change
The Gulf Stream is wind-powered and could weaken from climate changeClimate

The Gulf Stream is wind-powered and could weaken from climate change

By University College London New evidence of changes to the Gulf Stream during the last ice age could indicate additional sensitivity to future climatic changes,…
SourceSourceJuly 11, 2024 Full article
Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forest
Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forestNews

Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forest

Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP) - Bangladeshi police have charged 26 people for destroying a swath of mangrove forest that protects the low-lying nation from storm surge…
SourceSourceJuly 11, 2024 Full article
Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate change
Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate changeClimateNews

Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate change

Montreal, Canada (AFP) - Canada's environment ministry said Tuesday that climate change made a recent east coast heat wave two to 10 times more likely,…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards
Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism AwardsClimateNews

Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards

By CCNOW Today, the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now announced 51 winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards. Now in its fourth year, the…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in
Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play inScience

Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in

Artificial turf with an integrated subsurface water storage and irrigation system could make sports courts safer and cooler while helping cities with water and flood…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Six dead in Tokyo as Japan swelters in heatwave
Six dead in Tokyo as Japan swelters in heatwaveNews

Six dead in Tokyo as Japan swelters in heatwave

By Tomohiro OSAKI | AFP Tokyo, Japan - Six people have died of heatstroke in Tokyo as Japan swelters under a rare rainy season heatwave,…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in Europe
Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in EuropeClimate

Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in Europe

By Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Future European Union housing policy must address the twin challenges of providing adequate housing for…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2024 Full article
June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor
June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitorNews

June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor

Paris, France (AFP) - Last month was the hottest June on record, beating the previous high set a year earlier, the EU's climate monitor said…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2024 Full article
The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets
The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheetsScience

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…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat
Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heatClimate

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…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regions
Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regionsClimate

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…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Music festivals seek greener footprint
Music festivals seek greener footprintNews

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…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe
EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastropheClimate

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…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AI
Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AIClimateNews

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…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article