Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.
The funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act as President Joe Biden’s term winds down.
Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.
In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone's polluting public transport system. - 'Good for business, environment' - Samba first ventured into engineering when he built an electric wheelchair for his uncle, who had long struggled to access public transport.
Global warming is driving the rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to global sea level rise and disrupting weather patterns worldwide. Because of this, precise measurements of its changing shape are of critical importance for adapting to climate change.Now, scientists have delivered the first measurements of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s changing shape using data from ESA's CryoSat and NASA's ICESat-2 ice missions.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for large areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas, where some interstates were snow-covered and treacherous.
The lawsuits allege the California Air Resources Board’s amendments to the program could increase pollution.
Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region Researchers in the Alto Mayo region of north-west Peru have discovered 27 species that are new to science, including a rare amphibious mouse, a tree-climbing salamander and an unusual “blob-headed fish”. The 38-day survey recorded more than 2,000 species of wildlife and plants. The findings are particularly surprising given the region’s high human population density, with significant pressures including deforestation and agriculture. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04511D, Paper Yafang Zhang, Chang Yu, Xuedan Song, Xinyi Tan, Wenbin Li, Shuo Liu, Xiuqing Zhu, Song Cui, Yuanyang Xie, Jieshan Qiu A defect-mediated integration strategy is proposed for the in-plane confinement of the metal-containing complex over carbon support via a microwave-induced thermal microenvironment, which endows the catalyst with excellent electrocatalytic activity. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[IPS] Windhoek -- Nature is at a tipping point. With human activity having pushed up to 1 million plant and animal species close to extinction, securing sustainable development and halting global biodiversity collapse is no longer just an option but a requisite for human wellbeing.
Nature is at a tipping point. With human activity having pushed up to 1 million plant and animal species close to extinction, securing sustainable development and halting global biodiversity collapse is no longer just an option but a requisite for human wellbeing. A new report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services […]
The 2024 power development plan (PDP) may need significant adjustments to develop better ways to manage Thailand's long-term power supply and strengthen the country's fight against global warming, says Prasert Sinsukprasert, permanent secretary of the Energy Ministry.
Direct air capture is a term that refers to physically removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to slow global warming.
A few parts of the country may get a white Christmas in 2024, but the majority will not. And in the future, shifts in weather patterns driven by global warming may make them even less likely.
EPA’s recently strengthened Clean Air Act rules on ozone-forming volatile organic compound emissions were the first update for the sector since 1987.
[IPS] Windhoek & Bulawayo -- Biological diversity is on the decline worldwide, and current approaches to address its loss have been piecemeal and ineffective in tackling the crisis facing nature--this is despite estimates that over half of global GDP (USD 58 trillion of economic activity in 2023) is generated in sectors that are moderately to highly dependent on nature, a new report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) finds.
The long-awaited study was criticized by the oil and gas industry and could help environmental groups that want to stop new export terminals.
Forget giant factories! A new portable device could allow farmers to produce ammonia right in the field, reducing costs, and emissions.
Interpol said 12 companies were involved in the alleged deforestation and trafficking of native tree species, and that it identified two criminal networks.
Air pollution linked to increased hospital admissions for mental illness as well as physical illness for the first time according to new research from the University of St Andrews.
[New Times] The Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) plans to implement the Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) model to protect hydropower plants in the Giciye River catchment from flooding caused by land degradation.
STATEMENT: Desertification COP Produces Mixed Results on Land and Drought nate.shelter@wri.org Mon, 12/16/2024 - 14:22 December 16, 2024 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) — The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)’s COP16 summit concluded without an agreement to tackle drought, while making some progress on other issues, including civil society engagement and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The world loses 100 million hectares of land to degradation yearly, yet healthy land is key to achieving sustainable development, climate, and biodiversity goals. The UNCCD released a report that shows while funding for land restoration has increased from $37 billion in 2016 to $66 billion by 2022, this still falls far short of the $355 billion per year...
Enforcement of pollution regulations tanked during the first Trump administration, Environmental Integrity Project data shows.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03743J, Paper Jiping Sun, Bichao Wu, Zhixing Wang, Huajun Guo, Guochun Yan, Hui Duan, Guangchao Li, Ying Wang, Jiexi Wang CO 2 and H 2 O channels are incorporated into the catalyst layer network to benefit the micro-environment in MEA. Through rational catalyst layer design, CO 2 -to-C 2+ performance is substantially enhanced. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Critics of the state's power to set stricter air pollution standards than the federal government say they hope the justices will address the issue in the future.
Widespread heatwaves leave residents sweltering across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Temperatures across South Australia soared past 40C before 10am on Monday as widespread heatwave conditions hit Adelaide and Melbourne and had parts of New South Wales bracing to endure their hottest December day on record. Jonathan How, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said Adelaide had already reached its forecast maximum of 38C by 10am, after only dropping to 29.8 degrees overnight. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Environment Canada issued a wind warning for Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Victoria, East and West Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands.
From DIY Christmas crackers to non-traditional trees, here are some ways to have a more sustainable festive season Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com If you’re concerned about waste and overconsumption as the silly season gets under way, you’re not alone. Many of us are dreaming of a greener Christmas . To help you plan for a low-waste celebration, Guardian readers share some of their sustainable Christmas rituals, from bon-bons without the plastic to non-traditional Christmas trees. Continue reading...
The federal agency finalized the first management plan update since 2007 for the coral-rich ecosystem at Florida's southern tip.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 12, December 2024.
Glass will be accepted at the region's recycling center near Palmer.
Interest in the agency’s new grants has been overwhelming, but could be under threat under the incoming Trump administration.
Average user generates greenhouse gases equal to driving an extra 123 miles in gas-powered car a year, data shows TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is probably larger than that of Greece, according to a new analysis of the social media platform’s environmental impact, with the average user generating greenhouse gases equivalent to driving an extra 123 miles in a gas-powered car each year. Estimates from Greenly , a carbon accounting consultancy based in Paris, place TikTok’s 2023 emissions in the US, UK and France at about 7.6m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) – higher than those associated with Twitter/X and Snapchat in the same region. Continue reading...
El Salvador has one of the highest deforestation rates in Central America (1), and all but one of its ecosystems are at high risk of collapse (2). Yet nature’s contributions to people are valued at 44% of the country’s annual gross domestic product (3). In August, the government of El Salvador proposed new guidelines for environmental zoning and land use (4) that outline how to determine what land can be used for development and what land should be defined as a habitat fragment, which must be preserved unless an environmental impact assessment finds that development would cause minimal damage. However, flawed criteria for modeling forested areas and identifying habitat fragments will undermine the plan’s effectiveness.
[IPS] Madrid -- The available data is self-explanatory: business-prompted human activities have already altered over 70% of the Earth's lands, with 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil lost due to industrial agriculture, the excessive use of chemicals, overgrazing, deforestation, pollution and other major threats.
La Niña conditions are expected to lead to a slightly cooler average global surface temperature in 2025, though it does not mean the planet as a whole has stopped warming
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink As I noted a few months back , despite the end of El Niño conditions in May, global temperatures have remained worryingly elevated. This raises the question of whether this reflects unusual El Niño behavior, or a more persistent change in the underlying climate forcings or feedbacks. At the time I did a fairly basic analysis comparing the current 2023/2024 El Niño event to the two other recent strong El Niño events – those in 1997/1998 and 2015/2016. However, an “N” of two does not tell us all that much, and the approach was overly simplified in not actually accounting for differing El Niño timing or accurately normalizing for the warming between El Niño events. ...
The record is poor even among companies that commit to halting deforestation, such as meatpacker JBS, according to the report.
[New Zimbabwe] The Government is aiming to boost cereal production to 3,3 million metric tonnes (MT) during the 2024/2025 Summer Season Plan to ensure food security in the country.
Rising temperatures, increasing precipitation, thawing permafrost and melting ice are pushing the Arctic outside its historical norms.
For millennia, Arctic ecosystems have stored more carbon dioxide than they release, but that has shifted as warming temperatures have boosted wildfires and melted permafrost in the north
Arctic tundra is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as hotter temperatures melt frozen ground and wildfires increase.
A promising new study suggests that Earth's ozone layer could be back on track to a full recovery after four years of worryingly large ozone holes.
The majority of agricultural land has air pollution levels above legal limits, threatening crop production.
[Egypt Online] On the sidelines of his participation in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification COP16, held in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilam conducted on Sunday 8/12/2024 an inspection visit to the Al-Shuaiba desalination plant, which serves the cities of Mecca and Jeddah, as well as several other cities, with a production capacity of 600,000 cubic metres per day.
The proposed fine against Targa Resources would be the largest in state history by the Environment Department, if upheld.
[Leadership] Deputy director of the French Institute, Lucille Haddad, has called for more sustainable initiatives that impact the environment and reduce the effect of global warming.
Researchers from the University of Leeds have detected methane leaking from a faulty pipe in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK, using GHGSat satellite data – part of ESA’s Third Party Mission Programme. This marks the first time a UK methane emission has been identified from space and successfully mitigated.
As the fifth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global plastics treaty concluded in Busan, South Korea (25 November-December 1 2024), the meeting underscored both the complexities and the promises of multilateralism. What we saw in Busan was indicative of other environmental treatymaking spaces, including ones on climate and biodiversity. […]
[UN News] Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and natural resources for jobs and livelihoods, according to the UN, but their future is increasingly under threat due to desertification and land degradation.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 23, 16 December 2024.
Instead of pitting recycling and reduction goals against each other, negotiators should consider solutions proven to remediate plastic waste.
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal defended the company's "100% Green Deliveries" claim against a shareholder's challenge. Goyal provided evidence of carbon offsetting, plastic recycling exceeding delivery-generated waste, and Delhi's one-third electric delivery rate, while acknowledging EV transition challenges and affirming corporate accountability.
The annual Hyde Park festive hit has announced it will be closing its array of fairground rides, an ice kingdom and a Christmas market on Saturday because of 'high winds'.
From compostable decorations to all-natural wrapping, here are some ways to stick to your sustainability scruples in the silly season Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, but many can relate to feelings of horror as festivities fade and the bins overflow with packaging, wrapping and food waste. From plastic toys to over-catered tables, Australians are pegged to generate more than five Sydney Harbour Bridges’ worth of waste this festive season . Here are a few ways to stick to your sustainability scruples in the silly season. Continue reading...
[The Herald] Peter Matika -- Extremely hot and dry weather conditions being experienced across the country since last weekend have alarmed farmers who had begun planting, as health experts warn of heat strokes and dehydration linked to the heatwave.
The ecosystem is recognized as a global hot spot of biodiversity, with the highest species density of amphibians and reptiles in North America, according to UNESCO.
The true state of ocean biodiversity is difficult to assess, and there are few global indicators to track the primary threat of overfishing. We calculated a 50-year Red List Index of extinction risk and ecological function for 1199 sharks and rays and ...
Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, heatwaves at sea – 2023 set a number of alarming new records. The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees above the preindustrial level, another record. Seeking to identify the causes of this sudden rise has proven a challenge for researchers. After all, factoring in the effects of anthropogenic influences like the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, of the weather phenomenon El Niño, and of natural events like volcanic eruptions, can account for a major portion of the warming. But doing so still leaves a gap of roughly 0.2 degrees Celsius, which has never been satisfactorily explained. In the journal Science, a team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute puts forward a possible explanation for the rise in global mean temperature:...
Y con tantos desechos plásticos que caen a los océanos hay que hacer algo para que las futuras generaciones puedan disfrutar de nuestro planeta The post ¿Por qué no le ponen mano dura a los países industrializados que son los que aportan más CO2? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.
Millions are facing more major disruption today as bad weather and heavy traffic combine to create a 'perfect storm' on the transport network ahead of Christmas.
STATEMENT: U.S. Can Boost Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal with Bipartisan ReSCUE Oceans Act nate.shelter@wri.org Fri, 12/20/2024 - 11:43 Washington, DC (December 20, 2024) – Today in the U.S. Congress, Representatives Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) as well as Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Removing and Sequestering Carbon Unleashed in the Environment and Oceans (ReSCUE Oceans) Act . The ReSCUE Oceans Act will provide additional federal funding and support to advance research, development, and demonstration of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches and technologies. These actions are important because research shows that achieving global climate goals requires...
The administrator was the first Black man to lead the agency and sought to cement environmental justice among its core principles.
In future missions to Mars, astronauts will need to maximise the use of all resources available on site to produce essential supplies like oxygen, water and fuel. A team from Spanish technological centre Tekniker and the University of Cantabria is developing a system that uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and wastewater into methane, which can be used as fuel.
New research comes as dozens of small potential fields have received some form of license from the government Potential new North Sea oil and gas fields with early stage licences from the UK would emit as much carbon dioxide as British households produce in three decades. The finding has led to calls to the government to reject demands from fossil fuel producers for the final permits needed to allow their operations to go ahead. Continue reading...
Hastened reviews of compounds as industry ramps up could increase pollution from likely toxic chemicals The Environmental Protection Agency is quietly fast tracking approval of new PFAS “forever chemicals” for use by the semiconductor industry at the same time the agency is publicly touting increased scrutiny of new PFAS and other chemicals. As US semiconductor production ramps up, the hastened reviews could sharply increase pollution containing little-studied PFAS that are likely toxic, accumulative in the environment and contribute to climate change. Continue reading...
Methane, a greenhouse gas and energy source, is commonly studied using stable isotope signals as proxies for its formation processes. In subsurface environments, methane often exhibits equilibrium isotopic signals, but the equilibration process has never ...
[Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services] Windhoek, Namibia -- Deep, fundamental shifts in how people view and interact with the natural world are urgently needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and safeguard life on Earth, warns a landmark new report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES ).
The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.
No need to keep running back and forth to the microwave with this handy warming mat.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s move sets up a clash between the liberal state and President-elect Donald Trump.
Researchers find winds affecting emissions from incinerators play role, though diet still thought to be largest factor Toxic chemicals in breast milk have been identified in mothers living near waste incinerators in the UK, a study has found . The study looked at complex chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins. These are found in the fumes from burning waste and can persist in the environment for a long time. They can also accumulate in the fat in our bodies, with more than 90% coming from food. Continue reading...
Watchdog ruled social media post failed to provide balanced information over bank’s ongoing financing of polluting industries A Lloyds Banking Group advert has been banned for making false environmental claims, making it the second major lender to break the UK advertising watchdog’s rules against greenwashing. The ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) follows an investigation into a billboard poster and three paid-for posts on the networking website LinkedIn, all of which hailed the lender’s climate credentials. Continue reading...
An A.I.-powered data center rush has led to a surge in CO2 emissions.
Las olas de calor afectan la vida de millones de personas alrededor del mundo cada año. The post ¿Cuál es la relación real de las olas de calor y el aumento de la contaminación en el aire específicamente con el CO2? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
New findings suggest that emissions of the potent global warming gas from landfills could be much higher than officially reported. The post Satellite data reveals true scale of methane pollution appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Report says rivers, the sea and surface water endangering properties and that number could hit 8m by 2050 More than 6m homes in England are at risk of flooding under the latest climate projections, a study by the Environment Agency has found. This could rise to 8m – or one in four properties – by 2050, the study said. Continue reading...
In other weather, south-east Queensland soaked by up to 127mm of rain, with more than a dozen dams spilling over Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Ongoing heatwave conditions will extend from the tropics into central and parts of eastern Australia today, creating dangerous bushfire conditions, the Bureau of Meteorology has said, as south-east Queensland battles rain. Western Sydney will reach the low 40s , with temperatures hitting a maximum of 38C in Parramatta, 40C in Liverpool and 42C in Penrith. Continue reading...
Supreme Court dismisses a red-state constitutional claim that targeted California's power to fight air pollution.
Here is a list of closures and cancellations around Manitoba as a result of inclement weather on Monday, December 16, 2024. Highway closures: Highway 5, from Grandview to Highway 357, Highway 10, from north ent. Riding Mountain National Park to Ethelbert, Highway 20, from Ochre River to Highway 269, Highway 50, from Highway 5 to...
A tornado ripped through Scotts Valley, California, injuring four and causing widespread damage. The twister, packing winds up to 144 km/h, left thousands without power. Severe weather also impacted other states, with an ice storm fatality in Nebraska and heavy snow blanketing upstate New York and the Sierra Nevada.
[Africa CDC] The Global Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Consortium (GLOWACON) Regional Conference, held on 9th and 10th December under the auspices of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), and the World Health Organization (WHO), convened over 250 participants from diverse sectors--including experts, scientists, policymakers, funders, researchers, and implementers.
Asked if shelved waste-charging scheme will be relaunched, environment chief says tools ‘we use are actually secondary’.
[Nile Post] The government has issued a warning to the public against the open burning of waste, citing its contribution to air pollution and the subsequent rise in respiratory and other health-related diseases.
A Government Accountability Office report recommended a federal interagency group to boost recycling and cut down on pollution.
Indore, renowned as India's cleanest city, faces a growing air pollution challenge. A 21% surge in PM10 levels since 2017-18 puts it among India's 'non-attainment' cities. Rapid urbanization, industrial growth, and heavy traffic contribute to worsening air quality, with road dust and vehicle emissions identified as primary culprits.
Another 'drill, baby, drill' Trump administration promises to turn up the heat in fast-warming, methane-emitting Alaska.
A bustling Florida city may be ditching recycling because too many people have been throwing regular trash in the blue bins.
Officials say they made a 54.6 percent reduction in carbon emissions compared to the London Olympics in 2012 and the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.
Long-term exposure to air pollution poses an increased risk of blood clots in deep veins, which can result in serious complications, including death, a new study indicates.
A novel sensor that simulates the measurements that would be taken by one of the proposed satellites vying to be ESA’s eleventh Earth Explorer, has endured an extraordinary journey.Carried aboard a high-altitude balloon on a four-day voyage from Sweden to Canada, the sensor provides new data that could help to refine the CAIRT mission concept – a mission that aims to unravel the complexities of Earth's atmosphere and enhance our understanding of climate dynamics.
[Namibian] Namibia has welcomed delegates from around the world to the 11th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
The available data is self-explanatory: business-prompted human activities have already altered over 70% of the Earth’s lands, with 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil lost due to industrial agriculture, the excessive use of chemicals, overgrazing, deforestation, pollution and other major threats. Human-caused extreme weather events, such as heavy rains followed by drought, accelerate soil degradation, […]
Starting in 2027, a coalition of energy companies will pump four million tonnes of CO2 per year into a reservoir off the Yorkshire coast - but some experts have questioned the plan's safety.
[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- "Cooling" La Niña conditions may develop in the next three months but are expected to be relatively weak and short-lived, according to the latest update from the World Meteorological Organization. However, the WMO warns that while La Niña tends to have a short-lived cooling effect, it will not reverse long-term human-induced global warming and 2024 remains on track to be the hottest year on record.
“Cooling” La Niña conditions may develop in the next three months but are expected to be relatively weak and short-lived, according to the latest update from the World Meteorological Organization. However, the WMO warns that while La Niña tends to have a short-lived cooling effect, it will not reverse long-term human-induced global warming and 2024 remains on track to be the hottest year on record.
In New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, a first-of-its kind hospital clinic is helping people suffering from both physical and mental impacts of air pollution.
Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for the first time in thousands of years.
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court has steadily ruled against environmental regulation and may be about to do so again.
The ocean carbon sink – which removes about a quarter of our emissions from the atmosphere each year – was much weaker than expected in 2023
Firms which produce e-cigarettes will also be asked to pay more towards UK recycling.
The company's technology combusts natural gas with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water.
[Ethiopian Herald] Addressing global environmental issues, such as pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, requires states to collaborate on environmental protection programs. Implementing international environmental agreements and treaties is crucial, especially the Paris Agreement, which allows countries to control global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
More heavy snow forecast for north-east this week, while South Africa endures third heatwave of summer Winter is well under way in North America with two distinct lake-effect snow events taking place since Thanksgiving. Lake-effect snow is common across the Great Lakes region, and happens when cold air originating from Canada passes over the relatively warm waters of the lakes, causing the layer of air near to the surface to absorb heat and moisture. Warmer than the air above it, this layer of air then starts to rise, cooling and condensing into clouds which deposit snow on the windward side of the lakes. In this particular event, an area of low pressure centred across eastern Canada dragged very cold Arctic air in from the north and plunged it into the north-east of the US. The dry, arctic...
[IPS] Kerala, India -- As the fifth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global plastics treaty concluded in Busan, South Korea (25 November-December 1 2024), the meeting underscored both the complexities and the promises of multilateralism. What we saw in Busan was indicative of other environmental treatymaking spaces, including ones on climate and biodiversity.
Human-caused global warming helped increase dry conditions on every continent, scientists said in a new report, as talks on halting desertification were underway in Saudi Arabia.
by Topher Sanders ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ProPublica spent months investigating how a single underregulated toxic chemical — formaldehyde — creates an inescapable cancer risk for everyone in America. It’s in the air outside, at levels that fail to meet the public health goals set by the Environmental Protection Agency. And it’s in our homes, coming from our couches, our clothes and our babies’ cribs — sometimes at levels that can trigger breathing problems...
[UN News] There can be "no life without healthy land as we cannot survive," according to an Olympic athlete who has been attending a global meeting being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focused on halting desertification and land loss and promoting the restoration and sustainable use of land.
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and natural resources for jobs and livelihoods, according to the UN, but their future is increasingly under threat due to desertification and land degradation.
Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end tomorrow, but severe thunderstorms in the city remain possible today.
Millions of Aussies are bracing for extreme weather conditions this week as the east coast is drenched in heavy rain and the west is scorched by an intense heatwave.
Trendy wood burning stoves are the UK's biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution called PM2.5, new research shows.
Fire closes section of expressway, light rail line and roads and schools as more than 100 firefighters tackle blaze Firefighters were battling a huge, wind-driven brushfire at a Baltimore wood recycling yard that closed a section of the expressway into the city’s downtown, the neighboring light rail line and nearby roads and schools on Friday morning. Crews were called to the Camp Small yard, where large trees and logs are stacked about 30ft (about 9 meters) high, after 5pm on Thursday, the Baltimore city fire chief, James Wallace, said at a briefing. Continue reading...
There can be “no life without healthy land as we cannot survive,” according to an Olympic athlete who has been attending a global meeting being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focused on halting desertification and land loss and promoting the restoration and sustainable use of land.
He was a moderate Republican congressman from New York. Now he’s a MAGA loyalist poised to lead a key environmental agency.
The European Commission is analyzing how to treat carbon offsets allowed in third countries’ compliance schemes, an official said.
Open access notables Global emergence of regional heat wave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations , Kornhuber et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Science s: Multiple recent record-shattering weather events raise questions about the adequacy of climate models to effectively predict and prepare for unprecedented climate impacts on human life, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Here, we show that extreme heat in several regions globally is increasing significantly and faster in magnitude than what state-of-the-art climate models have predicted under present warming even after accounting for their regional summer background warming. Across all global land area, models underestimate positive trends exceeding 0.5 °C per decade...