Collaborate Disseminate
The world’s coal use is expected to reach a fresh high of 8.7bn tonnes this year, and remain at near-record levels for years as a result of a global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From a report: There has been record production a… Continue reading Coal Use To Reach New Peak – And Remain at Near-Record Levels For Years
Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK — more than a million a day — leading to an “environmental nightmare,” according to research. From a report: There has also been a rise in “big puff” vapes which are bigger and can hold up to 6,00… Continue reading More Than a Million Vapes a Day in UK Thrown Away, Says Research
An anonymous reader shares a report: Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on the surface. Th… Continue reading A Controversial Plan To Refreeze the Arctic is Seeing Promising Results
An area of land nearly a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland — arid areas where agriculture is difficult — in the past three decades, research has found. From a report: Drylands now make up 40% of all land on Earth, ex… Continue reading Drylands Now Make Up 40% of Land on Earth, Excluding Antarctica, Study Says
An anonymous reader shares a report: Scientific advisers to the European Commission are calling for a moratorium across the EU on efforts to artificially cool Earth through solar geoengineering. That includes controversial technologies used to reflect … Continue reading Scientists Advise EU To Halt Solar Geoengineering
Today a group of German scientists presented data suggesting Earth is absorbing more sunlight than in the past, reports Ars Technica, “largely due to reduced cloud cover.”
We can measure both the amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun and h… Continue reading Earth Began Absorbing More Sunlight in 2023, Climate Researchers Find
A handful of countries should be held legally responsible for the ongoing impacts of climate change, representatives of vulnerable states have told judges at the international court of justice (ICJ). From a report: During a hearing at the Peace Palace … Continue reading Handful of Countries Responsible For Climate Crisis, Top Court Told
United Nations members gathered this week in Busan, South Korea to negotiate the first treaty reducing plastic pollution. But Politico reports that “talks collapsed late Sunday after negotiators failed to resolve their differences and agree on a global… Continue reading UN Plastic Treaty Talks Collapse Without a Deal
The world’s use of clean energy “is rapidly growing”, reports the Washington Post, “but not fast enough to keep temperatures in check…”
Many experts say it will be the economics of clean energy that defines the future of the planet — and how … Continue reading Despite Clean Energy Use, Global Warming is Still Projected to Continue
“Polar oceans constitute emission hotspots during the summer,” according to a new paper published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Science Advances. “And including those sea-to-air fluxes in an atmospheric chemistry-climate model “results in a n… Continue reading Oceans Cool the Climate More Than We Thought, Study Finds