New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearableScience
New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearable
By Paul Dailing, University of Chicago This year has already seen massive heatwaves around the globe, with cities in Mexico, India, Pakistan and Oman hitting…
SourceJune 14, 2024
Full articleAncient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaosScience
Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaos
By Jules Bernstein, University of California - Riverside When it comes to the ocean’s response to global warming, we’re not in entirely uncharted waters. A…
SourceJune 14, 2024
Full articleNorth Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challengeClimateNews
North Macedonia’s beekeepers face climate change challenge
By Darko DURIDANSKI | AFP Tetovo, Republic Of North Macedonia - Every day, Magda Miloseska dons a white, protective suit and enters the domain of…
SourceJune 14, 2024
Full articleGray whales shrinking fast as climate warmsClimateNews
Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms
By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articlePolar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2CClimateNews
Polar bears could vanish from Canada’s Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C
By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articleHumans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debatedScience
Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debated
By Sue Nichols | Michigan State University Studies working to map conservation historically have left humans out of the equation. This study proposes ways to…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articleSoil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matterScience
Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter
By Amanda Morris, Northwestern University When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleIEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030News
IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030
Paris, France (AFP) - The world is likely to have a "major surplus" of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleClimate 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…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleThe 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 Predicting the future has always been a difficult, sometimes fruitless task, but scientists are surprisingly good…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleNorth China bakes under searing heatwaveNews
North China bakes under searing heatwave
By Matthew WALSH | AFP Beijing, China - An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring across northern China…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleDengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agencyNews
Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agency
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP) - Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleEU 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…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleTiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisisScience
Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis
By Angharad Brewer Gillham | Frontiers The climate crisis is changing habitats quickly, forcing animals to adapt to catch up. Populations of a species that…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleCOP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuelsNews
COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels
By Nick Perry | AFP Bonn, Germany - The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his…
SourceJune 7, 2024
Full articleNorway mining group announces ‘huge’ find of rare earth depositsNews
Norway mining group announces ‘huge’ find of rare earth deposits
Oslo, Norway (AFP) - A Norwegian mining company on Thursday announced that it had found the largest deposit of rare earths in Europe in the…
SourceJune 6, 2024
Full articleUN 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…
SourceJune 5, 2024
Full articleFirst 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…
SourceMay 30, 2024
Full articleLifestyle app empowering people to reduce environmental impact launches EU-wide versionNews
Lifestyle app empowering people to reduce environmental impact launches EU-wide version
Brussels, Belgium - After the successful uptake of 200,000 tests across eight European countries, the PS Lifestyle Test - which helps people measure their environmental…
SourceMay 30, 2024
Full articleUS announces ‘guardrails’ for controversial carbon markets to succeedNews
US announces ‘guardrails’ for controversial carbon markets to succeed
By Issam Ahmed with Nick Perry in Paris | AFP Washington, United States (UPDATED) - President Joe Biden's administration announced new "guardrails" to help ensure…
SourceMay 29, 2024
Full articleVast concessions threaten Malaysia’s forest: reportNews
Vast concessions threaten Malaysia’s forest: report
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP - Vast concessions in Malaysia's forests threaten millions of hectares of rich natural habitats and risk the country's commitment to 50…
SourceMay 28, 2024
Full articleClimate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: reportNews
Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report
Paris, France | AFP - The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably…
SourceMay 28, 2024
Full articleChina emissions fall in March, may have peaked: reportNews
China emissions fall in March, may have peaked: report
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP - China's carbon dioxide emissions fell in March for the first time since its economy reopened after pandemic restrictions, suggesting the…
SourceMay 28, 2024
Full articleFrance’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levelsNews
France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levels
By Matthieu CLAVEL | AFP Caen, France - As France prepares to mark 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the…
SourceMay 27, 2024
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