With the initial images from each of the instruments aboard ESA’s EarthCARE satellite now in hand, it's time to reveal how these four advanced sensors work in synergy to measure exactly how clouds and aerosols influence the heating and cooling of our atmosphere.
A surge in power use worldwide could make it harder for nations to slash emissions and keep global warming in check.
[allAfrica] The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a new global report today - the International Day of Rural Women - calling for better recognition and support for women-led efforts to protect vulnerable communities from the devastating effects of drought.
Oral arguments in the case come on the heels of a series of losses for environmental regulators at the high court.
Image: Emergency Management Otago New insurance data has highlighted the urgent need for climate adaptation and risk reduction in the face of increasingly unstable weather patterns.
Getty ImagesAt a campaign stop in Georgia on Monday, Bill Clinton had some fun at the expense of the state’s most rabble-rousing ultraconservative member of Congress: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.He referenced the conspiracy theory she touted earlier this month in the wake of Hurricane Helene. “Yes they can control the weather,” she posted on X, without specifying who exactly “they” are. In another post, she also emphasized how the devastation in the Southeast could affect the election—likely in a way that hurts Donald Trump.Clinton, stumping for Kamala Harris in Columbus, Georgia, described the widespread devastation to western North Carolina, saying, “It was terribly damaging to Asheville, which is pretty much a Democratic city, but it also hurt all these rural counties that were mostly Republican...
A muggy, stormy summer is on the cards, as global warming fuels an increase in humidity and heat.
Paris’s slate-grey zinc rooftops are a key part of the French capital’s visual identity. They have long inspired painters and filmmakers and only exist thanks to the expertise of the roofers who install and maintain the galvanised metal covering many of Paris’s buildings. Their expertise could soon be included in UNESCO's intangible heritage list, as the profession adapts to the challenges of global warming.
If you eat salmon, there's a good chance that it comes from a salmon farm in Norway. The country has been farming salmon for over 50 years. The industry is touted as a key producer of sustainable, low carbon footprint protein. But there are still negative environmental impacts. Each year, an average of 200,000 farmed salmon escape from their open net pens and breed with wild salmon. Interbreeding with these escaped salmon passes on significant genetic changes to wild salmon, changes that make them less likely to survive in the wild. NPR's Rob Schmitz traveled the country's west coast, visiting fishing villages and fish farms to see how the growth of salmon farming is affecting the wild population. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for C onsider This+ via Apple...
With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa’s icy crust. Deep down, in an ocean beneath its ice shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa might be temperate and nutrient-rich, an ideal environment for some form of life — what […]
Aussies are warned to brace for a summer of extreme weather and storm events, as the Bureau of Meteorology top experts reveal what's in store.
Systems that can harvest water from moisture in the atmosphere could offer a valuable water source in the wake of disasters
Arctic air is on the way but southern England will be relatively unscathed as temperatures up to 16C are forecast The UK is bracing itself for a frosty weekend accompanied by cold air from the Arctic, the Met Office has said. Forecasters have warned that more wintry conditions and chilly weather will mean most people in the UK will require a thick coat over the next couple of days. Saturday is expected to be the wettest day of the weekend, particularly for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Continue reading...
Greenhouse gas emissions added rain, intensified winds and doubled the storm’s potential property damage, scientists estimated.
British weather may be impacted by the fallout of the monstrous Hurricane Milton, which has caused large-scale devastation in Florida, according to the Met Office.
Manar Ghanem, a member of the Meteorological Authority’s media center, stated that autumn is known for its sharp and rapid weather fluctuations, especially in the first half. During this season, weather conditions experience variations in temperature values from one day to the next or even within the same day. She explained that during these specific … The post Will Egypt be affected by Hurricane Milton? appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.As America bunkered down for two catastrophic weather events—Hurricanes Helene and Milton—Joe Biden and his administration were faced with another unexpected emergency: MAGA conspiracies.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was perhaps the worst offender. Since the Georgia congresswoman claimed on X last week that “they can control the weather,” she has continued to imply that the hurricanes were part of a political plot. On Wednesday, she said that “everyone keeps asking, ‘who is they?’” claiming that “some of them are listed on NOAA,” referring to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Biden was forced to call out Greene as “beyond...
Environmental Defense Fund Applauds Governor Shapiro’s Progress towards Implementing Methane Regulations
BBC Breakfast weather presenter Carol Kirkwood was this morning forced to insist a hurricane was not battering Britain after the channel's app showed 13,508mph winds in London .
Megan Varner/ReutrersIf extraterrestrials are monitoring Earth, conspiracy theorist MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will lead them to conclude there is “no intelligent life” in the U.S. Congress, according to one of Greene’s own legislative colleagues.Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), whose state was battered by extreme winds, flood surges and rainfall by Hurricane Milton beginning Wednesday, pulled no punches when ripping into Greene, who has spent the past week and a half flirting with harebrained conspiracy theories that the government controls the weather.“Yes they can control the weather,” Greene said, in an X post last week. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
"Don't be alarmed folks," says weather presenter Matt Taylor after a data glitch on the site.
Humans can't control the weather, but there are things we can do to prepare for major hurricanes.View Entire Post ›
We might not be able to cool the world down again after overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit – and even if we can, a lot of irreversible damage will have been done
The mining tycoon says his iron ore business will stop using fossil fuels by the end of the decade without carbon offsets or carbon capture and storage Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast About $45 trillion of global business revenue is covered by corporate “net zero emissions” pledges but iron ore billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest thinks the whole net zero thing is “fantasy”. “Now is the time to walk away from net zero 2050, that hasn’t been anything really but a con to maintain fossil fuels,” Forrest said last week . Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Hot weather can be more than just uncomfortable and annoying: New research finds it can impact an infant's development both before and after birth.
To combat climate change, scientists are working to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Video showed the koala’s late night journey at Sydney’s Casula train station. Experts say deforestation and urbanization are driving the marsupials from their homes.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 19, 16 October 2024.
Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday.
Far-right congresswoman says ‘they control the weather’ as top disaster relief official decries those making false claims Far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing condemnation following several conspiratorial comments amid the devastation of Hurricane Helene that seemed to suggest she believed the US government can control the weather. In a post last week shared with her 1.2 million X followers, the US House representative from Georgia wrote: “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Continue reading...
Sub-Antarctic marine park expansion welcomed but scientists say some areas important to penguins and seals missed out on sanctuary-level protection Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, has declared Australia will soon protect more ocean than any other country after the government finalises a more than 300,000 square kilometre expansion of a sub-Antarctic marine park. Speaking ahead of what was billed as a global nature positive summit starting in Sydney on Tuesday, Plibersek confirmed the Heard and McDonald Island Marine Park about 4,000 km south-west of Perth would quadruple in size. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
The rate of heat-related deaths in the U.S. rose 117% in the last seven years, research finds. The post Warming world, deadly problem: Heat-related deaths are surging appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Occidental plans to pump an average of 8.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the wells, storing the gas about 4,400 feet below the surface.
Brisbane could hit a high of 32C across the day, BOM said on Monday morning, while Sydney will shrug off its rainy weather to hit a possible high of 29C.
For many Americans, the scenes of devastation from Hurricane Helene pose a troubling question about the growing intensity of weather disasters: 'Is my family in danger?'
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.
First look at what you’ve already got – what might seem like waste can be a resource – then get your soil into shape. And a worm farm can work wonders 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 Keen gardeners might have kept things under control over the cooler months, but as the weather warms and we venture once more into our outdoor spaces, many of us will be confronted with chaotic scenes thanks to winter neglect. Rushing off to Bunnings to drop some cash on ready flowering blooms, shiny new pots and bottled plant food might feel like the only solution. But as with everything, our gardening habits...
The category 4 storm has strengthened in the Atlantic Ocean and it will trigger unsettled weather and a drop in temperatures across the country next week
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a heated debate over the upcoming environmental policy, a newly formed coalition of civil society organizations, known as VOCAL (Voice of Organizations in Coffee Alliance), is pushing back against demands from developing nations like Ethiopia for an extension for the enforcement of the upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Kent Nishimura/GettyMarjorie Taylor Greene challenges YOU to prove Hurricane Helene wasn’t an inside job.As the death toll from one of the worst U.S. storms in recent memory topped 200 on Friday morning, the Republican congresswoman and noted conspiracy theorist posted a timely reminder on X that “yes they can control the weather” and that “it’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”Her comments came hot on the heels of another post featuring an electoral map of areas worst hit by the hurricane, warning that it “shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
The world’s largest rainforest is battling deforestation, drought and record wildfires. Where is the money to save it coming from?
Planet whose atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide: five letters.
Experts say the effects of global warming are playing a greater role in where people decide to move.
Kenneth Newcombe, formerly CEO of C-Quest Capital, indicted over allegations of carbon credit manipulation A former carbon offsetting executive has been charged with fraud by US federal authorities, who allege that he helped to manipulate data from projects in rural Africa and Asia to fraudulently obtain carbon credits worth tens of millions of dollars. Kenneth Newcombe, former CEO of C-Quest Capital LLC and a leading figure in the offsetting industry, was indicted on Wednesday in New York with commodities and wire fraud. Continue reading...
Many Brits faced days of flash flooding earlier this week, with the torrential rain leading the Environment Agency to issue 64 red flood warnings across England.
A new physical model suggests meltwater from thawing permafrost on Russia's Yamal Peninsula can unlock methane sources at depth, triggering explosions that open enormous craters at the surface.
Sea levels along the US coastline could rise as much as 12in from 2020 to 2050 due to climate crisis, scientists warn Floods affecting much of the south-east US show the destructive force of higher sea levels and warmer temperatures. Now, researchers at the non-profit Climate Central are using artificial intelligence to predict how climate-related flooding will affect US communities into the next 75 years if warming continues at its current pace. Previous research has shown that by 2050, sea levels along the US coastline could rise as much as 12in (30cm) from 2020 levels. High-tide flooding, which can occur even in sunny weather, is projected to triple by 2050, and so-called 100-year floods may soon become annual occurrences in New England. Continue reading...
New seeds that increase yields are essential in ensuring that a warming India produces enough food for its people as well as for export.
Credibility ‘damaged’ by proposed 12-month delay, which followed lobbying from governments and firms around the world A former top environment official has said the EU’s credibility on its climate commitments has been damaged by plans for a one-year delay to a law to combat deforestation that followed intense lobbying from companies and governments around the world. Virginijus Sinkevičius, a Lithuanian MEP who was the environment commissioner until mid-July, said postponing the deforestation regulation would be “a step backward in the fight against climate change”. Continue reading...
B.C.'s lingering drought could be eased by an incoming weather pattern that may bring a colder and wetter than normal winter, says a UBC weather and climate expert.
Supporters of the EU Deforestation Regulation say it will help combat forest degradation on a global scale.
Though utilities’ mission is to provide clean water, their trade groups for decades have often fiercely opposed initiatives to improve quality Several unexpected plaintiffs are behind a legal challenge aiming to kill the Environmental Protection Agency’s groundbreaking new drinking water limits for highly toxic PFAS: the US’s water utilities, represented by their major trade groups. But utility industry opposition to clean water regulations is nothing new. Though utilities’ mission is to provide the US with clean and safe water, their trade groups have for decades often fiercely opposed initiatives to improve quality. Continue reading...
The creation of national parks can help “support viable farm businesses”, a report from an environment charity has found
The assessment of a lung-chafing compound that is the main ingredient in smog carries major implications for industry.
RMIT-lead study recommends a national recycling scheme to reduce the 200,000 tonnes of textiles sent to landfill each year Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Most Australians are confused about what to do with their unwanted clothes, leading about a third to throw their closet clutter in the rubbish, according to the first national survey of clothing use and disposal habits. The RMIT-led survey of 3,080 Australians found 84% of people owned garments they hadn’tworn in the past year, including a third who hadn’t touched more than half of their wardrobe. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Everyday Plastic calls supermarket takeback schemes a diversion and says there is too much plastic packaging Seventy per cent of soft plastic collected in supermarket recycling schemes and tracked after collection ended up being burned, an investigation by campaigners has found. By placing trackers inside packages of soft plastic that were collected by Sainsbury’s and Tesco in July 2023 and February 2024, campaigners found that most of them ended up being incinerated rather than recycled. Continue reading...
New Map Helps Show Significant Methane Pollution from Municipal Landfills
Air quality surveys done by EPA and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division “revealed the harmful irritant chlorine” detected in the air.
Urban areas trap heat due to heat-absorbing surfaces like asphalt and concrete. More cities are adding trees and green spaces to cool the air temperature while heat waves become longer and hotter.
Research also reveals that a mixture of arable crops and cattle helps improve the biodiversity of the land Cows may belch methane into the atmosphere at alarming rates, but new data shows they may play an important role in renewing farm soil. Research by the Soil Association Exchange shows that farms with a mixture of arable crops and livestock have about a third more carbon stored within their soil than those with only arable crops, thanks to the animals’ manure. Continue reading...
SINGAPORE - Excessive monsoon rains following a drought in the world's top rubber producer Thailand and typhoon damage in No. 5 grower China are reducing output of the tyre-making material, dragging down production prospects and lifting prices to 13-year highs.
Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort on these challenges.
Earth is getting warmer, but at a statistically steady rate - not at an accelerated rate that could be statistically defined as a surge, report scientists at Lancaster University and UC Santa Cruz.
ESA has awarded a contract valued at over €280 million to OHB in Germany to build ESA’s two Harmony Earth Explorer satellites.This innovative research mission will provide valuable new data on various Earth processes, from shifts in the shape of the land surface caused by earthquakes and volcanic activity to insights into glacier movement. Additionally, it will enhance our understanding of the interactions between the upper ocean and lower atmosphere, all of which will contribute to a deeper comprehension of Earth's dynamic systems.
They lashed out at Sir Keir Starmer's decision to surrender sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to the island nation 1,300 miles away.
Doctors could be taught to recommend dry powder inhalers as a more eco-friendly alternative, where suitable, as part of broader efforts to reduce healthcare's carbon footprint.
These methods can help eradicated invasive species without causing further harm to the environment.
The shock new study from environmental charity Wrap has identified the most common objects which consumers fail to realise are recylable such as aerosol cans, perfume bottles and yoghurt tops.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal highlights the negative impact of EU's deforestation laws and carbon border adjustment mechanism on Indian industry, calling these standards irrational trade barriers at the Federation of European Business in India launch. He urges for mutual cooperation and emphasizes focusing on business aspects in FTA negotiations for mutual growth.
With Earth on the brink of ecological tipping points, nothing short of a fully coordinated push can prevent worst-case warming scenarios.
Country’s south will likely bask in temperatures up to 8C hotter than normal next week and the balmy weather could trigger thunderstorms, BoM says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Much of Australia’s south will likely bask in temperatures up to 8C hotter than normal next week, which could trigger an increased risk of thunderstorms over wide areas. A dome of heat that has put parts of the Northern Territory under heatwave warnings is set to spread east and west in the coming days, before moving south by the middle of next week, the Bureau of Meteorology said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
There are ways to make more environmentally friendly choices. Here’s what you should look for and what to avoid 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 Salmon remains one of the most popular seafoods globally . However, there is growing concern about the environmental impact of farming salmon , while environmental groups have claimed that “responsibly sourced” labelling on seafood products may be misleading – making it hard for consumers to know what exactly they are purchasing. Fortunately, there are some small ways to make more ethical choices without completely cutting salmon out of our diets...
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Scientist Jim Wild has travelled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of Lancaster.
A holistic approach and transformative change of systems are needed to tackle biodiversity loss and to put the world on a sustainable path, an assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has recommended. The world is facing an interconnected crisis of unprecedented biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and environmental degradation that […]
The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s Tanager-1 satellite identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally. Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite. The detections […]
The BBC apologizes for a technical error in its weather app that incorrectly forecasted extreme weather conditions, including hurricane-force winds and temperatures of 404°C. The Met Office provides accurate updates, noting the UK's expected weather and ruling out the current possibility of hurricane impacts.
Open access notables Manifold increase in the spatial extent of heat waves in the terrestrial Arctic , Rantanen et al., Communications Earth & Environment: It is widely acknowledged that the intensity, frequency and duration of heatwaves are increasing worldwide, including the Arctic. However, less attention has been paid to the land area affected by heatwaves. Here, using atmospheric reanalysis and global climate models, we show that the area covered by heatwaves is substantially expanding in the terrestrial Arctic. Compared to the mid-20th century, the total land area affected by severe heatwaves in the Arctic has doubled, the area of extreme heatwaves has tripled, and the area of very extreme heatwaves has quadrupled. Furthermore, climate model...
If people knew more about geoengineering, they might not believe Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest unhinged theory Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has earned the dubious honour of being one of the most unhinged US politicians in recent memory, has an important message for the American people: they control the weather. Last week, in the wake of the devastation from Hurricane Helene, the far-right representative from Georgia tweeted the following: “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Who is they ? Good question. Greene might have meant the non-binary deep state that secretly controls the world. Or, considering she has previously insinuated that California wildfires were started by energy companies, in conjunction with the Rothschilds...
Tampa Bay, an area of astonishing beauty and wildlife and home to 2.5million people, has the atmosphere of a doomed paradise awaiting obliteration.
As long as the world kept pumping greenhouse gases into atmosphere the seas were going to keep warming and rising, and the storms growing.
Exclusive: Letter to PM accuses handful of businesses and mining interests, mainly in WA, of trying to ‘undermine and derail’ environment law Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Nearly 40 nature organisations have written to Anthony Albanese urging him to “demonstrate the political leadership required at this moment” and negotiate with the Senate crossbench to pass changes to environment law to better deal with the climate crisis and native forest logging. In a letter sent last week, 37 groups told the prime minister they were dismayed he told Seven West Media he would contemplate weakening the government’s proposal to create an environment protection agency (EPA) in a deal with the Coalition. ...
"Humans cannot create or control hurricanes,” Republican Rep. Carlos Giménez wrote on social media.
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali police have seized and burned single-use plastic bags in Mogadishu as part of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change's comprehensive ban on their importation, exportation, production, trade, and use. Companies and entrepreneurs in Somalia are urged to invent alternatives for environmental protection in a move aimed at creating a cleaner and healthier environment for citizens and future generations.
Tanya Plibersek claims Labor is protecting 52% of its ocean territory, but experts say that is ‘misleading’ Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Scientists have challenged Tanya Plibersek’s claim that Australia is protecting more than half of its oceans and has “blitzed” a 30% target, arguing industrial longline fishing will still be allowed in some areas the government says it is conserving. The environment minister told a “ global nature positive summit ” in Sydney on Tuesday the government had quadrupled the size of the sub-Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve , a world heritage area about 4,000km south-west of Perth. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Scientists say Earth's ozone layer is on track to recover as they discover record-breaking concentrations of ozone over the Arctic.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on Tuesday forecast a storm system stretching across the east coast as far as Gladstone in Queensland to NSW 's Hunter Region.
Authorities dismantled an illegal structure built by Baba Chaitanya Akash near Devi Kund in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve after a strenuous two-day trek. The unauthorized construction sparked local outrage over environmental concerns, prompting a swift response from officials to uphold ecological protections.
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in central and southern England and Wales from 4pm today until midnight.
Some advocates say federal dollars shouldn't go to carbon capture and removal facilities in communities historically burdened by industrial pollution.
The mercury is stored in sediment along the Yukon River's banks, and as the permafrost that holds that sediment in place thaws, it's threatening to release thousands of years' worth of mercury into one of the North's biggest waterways.
The title of this post might seem like a truism, but for about a decade some people have claimed the opposite, and many people have spent much time and effort trying to understand why. Much of that effort was wasted. A decade ago, Nature Geoscience published , a review paper on potential connections between the […] The post Cold extremes do in fact decrease under global warming first appeared on RealClimate.
What if stopping deforestation became a money spinner for developing countries?
New mothers are more likely to suffer depression if they are exposed to certain types of air pollution in the second trimester of pregnancy, researchers say.
Environmental photographer, filmmaker and explorer James Balog and CNN anchor and chief climate correspondent Bill Weir join The Post's Jonathan Capehart from Washington Post Live's "This is Climate Summit" in New York City to discuss their work documenting the impact of a warming world on Antarctica’s glaciers and the positive stories they’ve seen on the ground that give them hope. Conversation recorded on Monday, September 23, 2024.
The Supreme Court refused to block new Biden rules requiring fossil-fuel-fired power plants to slash emissions of toxic substances and oil and gas firms to curb methane from drilling operations.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue a temporary halt to the implementation of new Biden administration rules limiting the release of methane from oil and gas production sites.
Recycling is, by its nature, complicated. The imperfections in the process don’t mean the whole system is a con The process of recycling is, by its nature, complicated. We put our mix of rubbish in the right bins, and from that point onwards hope that those we entrust it to – be it local councils picking up rubbish or supermarket recycling schemes – will do the rest. If this is you, then you may be dismayed to learn that a recent Everyday Plastics report found that most soft plastics collected by two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets are not being recycled and are, instead, incinerated. Soft plastics are anything flimsy that you can scrunch in your hand: think bread bags, pouches, clingfilm, chocolate wrappers and crisp packets. But as this latest report shows, they aren’t as easily recyclable...
A state air pollution regulator will be named to the roster of experts providing advice on the agency’s high stakes review of smog standards.
[Daily Maverick] South Africa recognised the right to a healthy environment 25 years before the UN General Assembly, but outdated laws and a lack of enforcement mean environmental racism persists.
Rome claims to have the support of member countries for an earlier review of the policy, but EU diplomats tell a different story.
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The National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, N.C., sweep together data from around the world to help track Earth’s warming.
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County -- This year, the torrential rains in Nimba County have been more severe than in the previous two years, according to Environmental Protection Agency in the county. While this has provided much-needed relief to farmers, it has also led to unprecedented devastation in towns and villages in the county.
Brazil's government on Thursday joined Asian palm oil and coffee producers in welcoming a European Union decision to delay implementation of new anti-deforestation rules which had faced strong global pushback.
[The Conversation Africa] If tens of thousands of miners turned up in the middle of a protected rainforest to mine for sapphires, you might expect that to cause lots of deforestation and harm local wildlife.
STATEMENT: The EU Deforestation Regulation Should Not be Delayed casey.skeens@wri.org Wed, 10/02/2024 - 14:56 BRUSSELS (October 2, 2024) – Today, the European Commission proposed delaying the enforcement of its landmark EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by twelve months, pushing the deadline to December 30, 2025. The law seeks to ban the import of seven commodities—coffee, cocoa, soy, beef, palm oil, rubber and wood—along with certain derived products linked to deforestation or forest degradation from entering or being traded in the European market. Following is a statement by Stientje van Veldhoven, Vice-President and Regional Director for Europe of World Resources Institute: “The European Commission's proposal to delay the enforcement of the...
The online retail giant is not required to remove products listed by third parties in violation of environmental laws, a judge ruled.
‘I firmly believe that to protect the future of our environment, we must teach our children to love the Earth.’ The post U.S. Virgin Islands native returns to St. Croix to support environmental changemakers appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to delay by a year a ban on imports of products driving deforestation that has faced pushback from countries around the world.
Excessive heat warnings bring elevated wildfire risk, potential for power outages and rising death toll San Francisco recorded its hottest day of the year on Tuesday, and Phoenix set a record for the hottest 1 October on record, as the National Weather Service predicted record-high fall temperatures across the south-western US. With temperatures hitting 100F (38C) or higher in many places, officials and local media outlets issued warnings that the heat posed “ a significant threat to property or life ”. Excessive heat warnings were in place across the region, bringing with it warnings about elevated wildfire risk, the potential for sweeping power outages in California and a rising toll of heat-related deaths, a particularly deadly risk for unhoused people and the elderly. Continue reading...
Pluto's moon just keeps getting more and more interesting.
Researchers determined flame retardants enter the products due to plastics recycling.
Birds outnumber residents in Hilario Ascasubi, after deforestation leads them to seek food, shelter and water The town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina ’s eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem. Thousands of the green, yellow and red birds have invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according to biologists. They bite on the town’s electric cables, causing outages, and are driving residents around the bend with their incessant screeching and deposits everywhere of parrot poo. Continue reading...
5 Things Countries Can Do this Year to Stop Biodiversity Loss margaret.overh… Mon, 09/30/2024 - 09:00 Nature is disappearing at a terrifying rate. In 2023, the world lost 10 football (soccer) fields' worth of tropical forest per minute. Wildlife populations have shrunk by nearly 70% over the last 50 years. Today, around 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction, many within decades. This loss affects every person on the planet. On the frontlines are 1.6 billion people , many among the world's poorest, who depend on forests for their livelihoods. Billions more rely on the ocean and other natural ecosystems for food, jobs and resources. Around half of the world's GDP comes from industries that depend on nature. At the same time, nature...
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Narend Singh has welcomed the 20-year imprisonment sentence handed down by the Skukuza Regional Court to two former Kruger National Park (KNP) rangers for their involvement in rhino poaching.
The common food dyes — blue 1, blue 2, green 3, red 40, yellow 5 and yellow 6 — have been linked to developmental and behavioral harms in children, according to the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Days after floods hit, further heavy rain likely to cause travel delays and flooding from late Sunday afternoon Weather warnings have been issued as strong winds and heavy rain approach the UK, days after some areas were hit by flooding. The Met Office issued a yellow rain warning – meaning further heavy rain is likely to cause some travel delays and flooding – covering much of southern England and south Wales between 4pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday. Continue reading...