UN Chief Calls Antarctica ‘Sleeping Giant… Being Awoken by Climate Chaos’
“It is profoundly shocking to stand on the ice of Antarctica and hear directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing.”
An Unlikely Source of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Wildfires are making the Alaskan tundra leak methane. Chunks of carbon-rich frozen soil, or permafrost, undergird much of the Arctic tundra. This perpetually frozen layer sequesters carbon from the atmosphere, sometimes storing it for tens of thousands of years beneath…
Paris polar summit: Melting ice takes center stage
Recent studies have shown vital ice sheets are melting at unprecedented rates. Scientists, politicians and NGOs are gathering in Paris for a Polar Summit.
Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study
Inhaling polluted air increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, the first study of its kind in India has found.
They went hunting for fossil fuels. What they found could help save the world
White hydrogen – also referred to as “natural,” “gold” or “geologic” hydrogen – is naturally produced or present in the Earth’s crust and has become something of a climate holy grail.
One of Europe’s most polluted cities wants to ban cars from its centre
Levels of pollutants in Milan’s air are almost four times the safe amount.
‘Electrowinning’ could help win the race to clean up dirty steel
Startup Electra wants to replace blast furnaces with battery-like systems that use acid solution and clean electricity to pull pure iron out of low-grade steel ores.
Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis?
Carbon-guzzling trees and crops, genetically altered to boost photosynthesis and store carbon in the roots, could absorb millions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere
Surging Methane Suggests Earth Is Brewing An Ice Age Termination Event
Methane levels are currently sky-high, just like they were during Earth’s previous termination events.
Pro Sports Reduces Its Climate Footprint Inches at a Time
Fall in the U.S. is when three major sports leagues – football, basketball and hockey – start their seasons.
Climate crisis poses greatest risk to people with respiratory illnesses, experts warn
Call for EU to match WHO’s air pollution regulatory limits as impact of climate emergency interlinks with human health
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone Expands to Entire City
To reduce traffic emissions in the City of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan has expanded London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which imposes a daily charge on the vehicles that pollute most, to the entire city.
Wealthiest 10% of US Households Responsible for 40% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
The richest tenth of U.S. households are responsible for 40% of all the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, a study published Thursday revealed, underscoring what progressives say is the need for regulations and taxes on carbon-intensive investments.
The Surprise Reappearance of a Rare Frog Has Scientists Leaping to Protect Its Habitat
The marsupial frog, which incubates its young in a pouch on its back, was thought to be extinct in some countries
World’s biggest iceberg moving beyond Antarctic waters
Iceberg A23a split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, but it became stuck to the ocean floor and had remained for many years in the Weddell Sea
‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign launches in Mexico to save iconic species
Ecologists from Mexico’s National Autonomous university on Friday relaunched a fundraising campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls, an iconic, endangered fish-like type of salamander.
Turkeys were a marvel of conservation. Now their numbers are dwindling.
When researchers started trapping and putting radio trackers on female turkeys in the thick woods of southeast Oklahoma, they hoped to learn how hens were successfully raising their young.
Peru has lost more than half its water reserves as glaciers rapidly melt
Peru has lost 56% of its tropical glaciers in the last six decades due to climate change, according to a new government inventory released on Wednesday.
