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An anonymous reader shares a report: On Tuesday morning, the air quality in India’s capital under a widely used index stood at 485. While that is almost five times the threshold for healthy breathing, it felt like a relief: The day before, the reading … Continue reading Delhi Trudges Through Another Air Pollution Nightmare With No Answers
Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace. The Guardi… Continue reading Five Firms in Plastic Pollution Alliance ‘Made 1,000 Times More Plastic Than They Cleaned Up’
Pakistan’s Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early from Monday to curb illnesses caused by intense air pollution. From a report: The province has closed educational institutions a… Continue reading Pakistan Limits Outdoor Activities, Market Hours To Curb Air Pollution-Related Illness
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A trend has emerged among a small group of climate tech founders who start with their eyes fixed on space and soon realize their technology would do a lot more good here on Earth. Halen Mattison and … Continue reading SpaceX Alums Find Traction On Earth With Their Mars-Inspired CO2-To-Fuel Tech
The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record after an extended streak of exceptionally high monthly global mean temperatures, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has announced.
Read more of this story at Slashdot. Continue reading 2024 On Track To Be Hottest Year on Record as Warming Temporarily Hits 1.5C
When a volcano erupted in 1980 about 70 miles from Portland, “lava incinerated anything living for miles around,” remembers an announcement from the University of California at Riverside. But “As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto par… Continue reading How Gophers Restored Plant Life to a Volcano-Ravage Mountain – in One Day.
When a volcano erupted in 1980 about 70 miles from Portland, “lava incinerated anything living for miles around,” remembers an announcement from the University of California at Riverside. But “As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto par… Continue reading How Gophers Restored Plant Life to a Volcano-Ravaged Mountain – in One Day.
Though it breaks down faster than CO2, methane is a greenhouse gas over 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide, reports the Washington Post. It suddenly started increasing in the atmosphere in 2007 — and then in 2020, its growth rate doubled.
Whi… Continue reading Are Microbes Increasing Levels of Methane in the Atmosphere?
The chief executive of Cop29 has been filmed apparently agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at the climate summit. From a report: The recording has amplified calls by campaigners who want the fossil fuel industry and its lobbyists to be banned fro… Continue reading Cop29 CEO Filmed Agreeing To Facilitate Fossil Fuel Deals at Climate Summit
With October’s initial temperature data in, 2024 will rank as the first calendar year in modern record-keeping in which global average surface temperatures exceed the Paris Agreement’s aspirational 1.5C guardrail. From a report:Holding long-term warmin… Continue reading Global Temperatures Likely To Exceed Key Limit For First Time