IMD officials, led by Sunil Kamble, discuss how Mumbai's high-rise buildings exacerbate heatwaves. They explain temperature criteria for heatwave declaration, rainfall variations, and the importance of accurate forecasts over independent platforms lacking accountability.
Rice paddies contribute 8 percent of all human-made methane in the atmosphere, according to a 2023 Food and Agriculture Organization report.
American Lung Association’s State of the Air report states nearly 131 million people are exposed to ozone and particle pollution Nearly four in 10 people in the US are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, a new report has found. Four of the five most polluted cities are in California, where wildfires, drought and extreme heat are driving the rise in hazardous air quality. More than 131 million people are exposed to harmful ozone and particle (PM 2.5) pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report . That figure, which incorporates new, more stringent federal standards for particle pollution, represents an 11.7 million increase from the previous year. Continue reading...
[Premium Times] But even if we are to continue to play the ostrich on this matter, as the idea of the coastal highway suggests we are minded to, we may still wonder whether this highway is an optimal solution to part of our infrastructure challenges. The same way we continue to ask why our focus on rehabilitating our rail infrastructure is on moving people, rather than goods.
The weather in April is generally hot, but this year’s temperatures have so far been unusually high.
As diplomats search for a deal to curb the world’s growing problem of plastic, piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine environment As our small fishing boat slows to a halt in a shallow bay south-east of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, in the Galápagos Islands, a green turtle surfaces next to us, followed by a second, then a third a few metres away. A spotted eagle ray glides underneath the vessel. The skipper, Don Nelson, steps on to the black volcanic reef, slippery with algae. We follow, past exposed mangrove roots and up on to higher ground. Pelicans swooping into the trees and small birds, perching on branches, ignore our approach. Continue reading...
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) issued an urgent statement warning that the country will be exposed to very hot weather from Tuesday until Thursday. Weather maps revealed that the peak temperature will be Wednesday, where the maximum temperature in Cairo will reach 40C. The maximum temperature in Cairo on Tuesday is expected to reach 38C. … The post Heatwave hits Egypt until Thursday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00646A, Paper Hui Li, Peipei Zuo, Wenyi Wu, Gonggen Tang, Junkai Fang, Tongwen Xu, Zhengjin Yang State-of-the-art high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells enabled by the phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole material platform are promising for long-haul transport, but suffer from low output power, low Pt utilization, and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Advisory Council on the Environment has unanimously endorsed the environmental impact assessment report on the San Tin Technopole with eight conditions.
Landfills are producing more methane than we realised, according to a new study
The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth. But scientists haven’t found convincing signs of current or ancient life on Mars, and thus didn’t expect to find methane […]
E-bikes have exploded in popularity recently as more people try to reduce their carbon footprint. Here are some of the best budget e-bikes you can buy.
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
It is a product that conjures up images of hillside terraces in Italy or lush green landscapes in the south of France.
Whether and how much the approach helps the environment is hotly debated. Critics say it creates the impression of benefit at the expensive of more effective efforts.
Our climate is influenced not just by Pacific weather patterns but by the Indian and Southern oceans, as well as global heating trends Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Bureau of Meteorology has declared the end of the 2023-24 El Niño event . Since 1910, there have been 29 El Niños, a phase that sees easterly equatorial winds in the Pacific slow or even reverse. These increase the odds in eastern Australia for a dry winter into spring. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
The motorway speed limit used to be 130kmh (81mph) until 2019 when it was cut to 100kmh (62mph) after Dutch courts ordered the government to cut air pollution to meet EU net zero targets.
Environmental groups say bosses should ‘hang their heads in shame’ as firm bows to pressure from shareholders to cut costs Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their heads in shame”. The consumer goods company behind brands ranging from Dove beauty products to Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream was seen as perhaps the foremost proponent of corporate ethics – particularly under the tenure of its Dutch former boss Paul Polman . Continue reading...
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines. The study measured levels of PFAS released from the bubbles that burst when waves crash, spraying aerosols into the air. It found sea spray levels were hundreds of thousands times higher than levels in the water. Continue reading...
The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the global economy by 20 percent between now and 2050. That’s six times the price of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
The El Nino pattern has reverted to neutral while a La Nina could form after July, but for now, our weather is likely to be typical allowing for the 1.5 degrees of warming already baked into the climate.
A provincial environmental team is measuring air quality in an industrial area in southwestern Ontario after data indicated high levels of benzene and Aamjiwnaang First Nation urged the shutdown of a facility. Members of the Sarnia-area community describe their symptoms and how air quality fears are impacting them.
Proposed legislation aims to fill gaps in existing regulations, but business and environmental groups see different futures.
Extreme heat linked to the deaths of hundreds of people would not have happened without global warming.
Anglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by becoming sexual parasites, the researchers said.
Anadolu via Getty ImagesCryptocurrency aficionados flying into Dubai this week were looking forward to a few days in the desert sunshine enjoying a series of high-profile crypto events and some glamorous afterparties.Instead, many have been plunged into a nightmare. The United Arab Emirates has been lashed by the heaviest rainfall the country has seen for 75 years, with some areas seeing over 10 inches of precipitation in under 24 hours, the state’s media office said in a statement Tuesday. Flash flooding around Dubai saw roadways completely submerged and the city’s airport warned travelers to stay away while flights were delayed and diverted.After the rains began late Monday, the downpour continued until more rain had fallen on Dubai in 24 hours than the region typically records in a year...
Ground-up concrete can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a similar way to ground-up rocks, according to a field study in Ireland
[GroundUp] The company is among 57 companies in the world responsible for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions
Up to four regulations would cover a variety of pollutants including carbon dioxide.
Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, explained how new satellites are changing companies' and governments' ability to find and stop methane leaks and avoid wasting a valuable product.
Heavy rain likely to cause low yields in Britain and other parts of Europe, with drought in Morocco hitting imports Which UK foods are at risk? The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad. Record rainfall has meant farmers in many parts of the UK have been unable to plant crops such as potatoes, wheat and vegetables during the key spring season. Crops that have been planted are of poor quality, with some rotting in the ground. Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 8, 28 April 2024.
Countries’ Methane Action Plans Need to Do More to Account for a Just Transition shannon.paton@… Mon, 04/15/2024 - 13:33 .just-transition-gray { background-color: #9B9B9B !important; } .just-transition-green { background-color: #32864B !important; } .just-transition-yellow { background-color: #F0AB00 !important; } .just-transition-table tr td { border: 1px solid #000; } Recent data shows that for the world to stay on track with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F), fossil fuel operations must reduce their methane emissions by 75% by 2030. These findings were released just days before industry leaders and government representatives convened for the annual Global Methane Forum — a platform to share methane reduction techniques, policies...
The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) received a report from the Director of the South Sinai Reserves and the Mutual Aid Center at the Regional Authority for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden about the stranding of a gas vessel on the Ras Nasrani reef at the entrance … The post Gas vessel runs aground in the Red Sea, leading to environmental emergency appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Indian Army's valour in Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge under Operation Meghdhoot, with upgrades in infrastructure and logistical improvements, supported by helicopters. Saltoro Ridge acts as a wedge between China and Pakistan. Challenges include casualties, AGPL, environmental conservation.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Did global warming stop in 1998? While 1998 was an abnormally warm year, annual average temperatures have trended steadily upward in the decades since. As a strong El Nino year, 1998 featured a significant spike in global temperatures. El Nino is the warm phase of a cyclic climatic pattern where sea temperatures in parts of the Pacific swing higher or lower than average. The 1998 El Nino stood out above the rising temperature trendline that is due to manmade global warming. However, the...
Alliance says there’s not enough ambition in proposed laws to prevent extinctions, as promised by the environment minister Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is backing away from a promise to substantially transform how nature is protected in Australia and is planning some changes that would make things worse, according to eight of the country’s top environment groups. The conservation organisations said they were concerned the government planned to break up promised legislation for new environmental laws and defer some difficult reforms until after the next election, if it wins a second term. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Include a “call-in”...
The DOE is tripling efficiency standards for light bulbs, a move that will cut CO2 emissions by 70 million metric tons and save consumers $27 billion over 30 years.
Clearing out your wardrobe? Here’s how you can stop good quality clothing from ending up in landfill 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 It’s a Saturday morning and I’m pulling clothes out of my suitcase and hanging them on a rack. Around me are three others attending their own displays. We’re all here for the same purpose – to find a more sustainable way to part with the clothes we no longer need . Selling my secondhand clothes at rent-a-rack stores is just one approach I took over the past year in my quest to find alternatives to my local overflowing op shop. Continue reading...
Resolutions in both the House and Senate would undo administration rulemaking.
The role of clouds and warm air masses from the open ocean for the rapid warming of the Arctic is at the heart of a recent Alfred Wegener Institute project on Svalbard. The researchers are applying a new perspective and tracking how individual air masses cool above the sea ice, form clouds, and lose moisture through precipitation. To do so, they’re using specially designed weather balloons capable of continually measuring the temperature and humidity within a given air mass.
Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday. But that has contributed to environmental destruction in the Cerrado, where "a ruinous mix of corruption, greed, violence and impunity has led to the blatant theft of public lands and dispossession of local communities," Earthsight said.
Raven ReCentre says that as of September, its recycling depot in Whitehorse will not accept paper, plastic or tin. The organization says it's up to the City of Whitehorse to ensure material does not end up in the landfill.
Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday.
Country had previously turned the tide on deforestation but armed rebels have revoked ban Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon is surging and could be at a historic peak as armed groups use the rainforest as a bargaining chip in peace negotiations with the government. Preliminary data shows that deforestation in the region was 40% higher in the first three months of this year than in 2023 as armed groups tightened their control over the rainforest, said Susana Muhamad, the country’s environment minister. Continue reading...
Megabrands like Zara and H&M sell garments produced with cotton from Brazilian farms. These are linked to deforestation and land grabbing, according to a new investigation.
A new industrial-strength heat pump boiler uses electricity to generate the high-temperature steam needed to manufacture many products. The post Industry has a huge carbon footprint. This technology could help. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has expressed confidence that Thailand is on track to recycle all plastic waste by the year 2027.
Kevin Jordan, 70, said he had 'lost everything' after sea erosion saw his home in Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk demolished by the local council after it was deemed unsafe to live in.
Researchers out of the University of California San Diego say that building more, smaller 5G towers could increase everyone in an urban area’s battery life by roughly 50%. Rethinking how urban areas approach 5G coverage would improve the area’s carbon footprint and overall coverage, according to a new study first…Read more...
A low-pressure system just off the coast of New South Wales and drawing in arctic south-westerly winds on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Report finds lack of funding has led to just 6% of land being managed effectively for nature National parks are failing to tackle the biodiversity crisis, with just 6% of national park land in England and Wales managed effectively for nature, according to the first full assessment of how well they are supporting nature recovery. National parks, which cover 10% of England and 20% of Wales and this year celebrate their 75th anniversary , are not restoring nature because of a chronic lack of government funding and because they were designed for a different era, according to the report by the Campaign for National Parks (CNP) charity. Continue reading...
EPA's rule cuts hazardous air pollution by more than 6,200 tons each year and marks an unprecedented expansion of "fenceline monitoring.”
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project . This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a "bump" for our ask. This week features " The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is not causing global warming ". More will follow in the upcoming weeks. Please follow the Further Reading link at the bottom to read the full rebuttal and to join the discussion in the comment thread there. At a glance Oscillate. To move repeatedly from side to side or up and down between two points, or to vary between two states or amounts. To vary above and below a mean value. To move or travel back and...
Landfill trash is the third-largest source of human-caused methane pollution in the US. To fight global heating, curb waste An elusive climate menace is now easier than ever to see. In early March, a rocket launched into the sky with a satellite that spots methane emissions from space. MethaneSAT joined more than a dozen similar satellites now in orbit, scanning the Earth for pollution and feeding that information back to scientists, policymakers, industry, and the public. What story does the data tell? One of methane on the rise , or one of collective efforts that avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis? Slashing methane is the most efficient way to slow global warming in our lifetimes. We have the chance – and the obligation – to do so. Continue reading...
[New Dawn] Brussels -- An investigation by Côte d'Ivoire NGO suggests that the European Union law on deforestation urgently needs to be implemented to significantly strengthen supply chain traceability mechanisms.
Climate Promise 2025 highlights the disconnect between U.N. messaging and the growing possibility of overshooting a key global warming threshold.
This spring and summer will again be dry ones in the Northwest Territories, according to a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The agency has issued a new policy to improve collaboration when enforcing environmental laws.
An aircraft in reclamation at the Pinal Air Park in Marana, Arizona.Taylor Rains/Insider Pinal Air Park in Arizona is one of the largest aircraft storage facilities in the world. The multi-million business boomed during the pandemic as airlines worldwide grounded hundreds of jets. The airpark is also a hub for maintenance, as well as re-configuring jets when they get a new operator. As the aviation industry hopes to reduce its carbon footprint, companies are coming up with new strategies to alleviate CO2 emissions.Mateusz Atroszko/Gettyin April, the Aviation Circularity Consortium, including Australian flag carrier Qantas and other groups, was created as a "joint mission to accelerate supply chain decarbonisation."A Qantas plane.James D. Morgan/Getty ImagesThe plan is to use the 8,000 "end-of-life...
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their heads in shame.” The consumer goods company behind brands ranging from Dove beauty products to Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream was […]
Although ships using LNG result in about 25 percent less CO2 emissions than traditional marine fuels, older vessels often fail to burn all the methane.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01992-6Residents of informal settlements suffer from extreme weather due to their precarious living environment. Now, findings show that extreme weather event thresholds do not fully capture the negative impacts experienced by women in Nairobi, Kenya.
[Ethiopian Herald] Bayan Tesema, a resident of Diredawa City, has earned a nickname that resonates with his remarkable achievements: "The Green Man." Through his tireless dedication to reforestation and environmental conservation he has transformed two hectares of once degraded land into a captivating forest, earning him admiration and recognition within the community.
The chilly weather is due to continue with temperatures around three to six degrees below the average for late April and could drop as low as 3C overnight.
Weather events in China have become more intense and unpredictable because of global warming.
JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.
Europeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report finds Scorching weather has baked Europe in more days of “extreme heat stress” than its scientists have ever seen. Heat-trapping pollutants that clog the atmosphere helped push temperatures in Europe last year to the highest or second-highest levels ever recorded, according to the EU’s Earth-watching service Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Continue reading...
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 14, 2024 thru Sat, April 20, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week hinges on these words from the abstract of a fresh academic publication : Here we use recent empirical findings from more than 1,600 regions worldwide over the past 40 years to project sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation, including daily variability and extremes 7 , 8 . Using an empirical approach that provides a robust lower bound on the persistence of impacts on economic growth, we find that the world economy is committed to an income reduction of 19% within the next 26 years independent of future emission choices (relative to a baseline...
South-east Queensland is set to be drenched by up to 100mm of rain after a low pressure system formed on the Coral which will cause the heavy downpour.
BBC nature presenter delivers eulogy at protest aimed at ‘scaring people a bit’ about the loss of biodiversity in the UK The BBC nature presenter Chris Packham has joined hundreds of environmental activists in a mock funeral procession for nature to spotlight biodiversity loss in the UK. The procession aimed to sound “code red for nature” and highlight the UK’s position as “one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world”, organisers said. It was planned to coincide closely with Earth Day on 22 April. Continue reading...
As aviation is responsible for significant CO2 emissions, the industry is striving to clean up its act. Here we look to the future with five electric planes.
Birdwatching may have started out as a hobby, but active volunteers are helping bridge data gaps of threatened species and reaping real world outcomes as they go 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 Sean Dooley first started birdwatching as a 10-year-old with a notebook in hand at a place then known as the “Seaford swamp”, a freshwater wetland beside his primary school in Melbourne’s south-east. “I was just going out as a kid doing what I loved but recording the birds I saw as I did,” he says. On one of his early visits he met another birdwatcher, Mike Carter, who had been recording birds there...
State revealed as America’s overwhelming emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, used by $4.2bn pest-control industry to kill termites Levels of a potent greenhouse gas are quietly spiking in the atmosphere and increasingly worrying environmental groups that say its use needs to be reined in if the US is to avoid climate catastrophe. Furthermore, recent research has found the vast majority of the little-known gas, known as sulfuryl fluoride, is attributable to a state typically known for its climate-forward policies: California. Continue reading...
An ex-NASA physicist tells DailyMail.com that space junk could strip Earth's atmosphere - as Starlink becomes an 'unplanned geoengineering experiment'
Report claims nickel mining in Sulawesi is causing severe environmental damage and endangering the livelihoods of indigenous communities
A study published earlier his year in the science journal Nature suggests gardeners should evaluate the carbon footprint of things like co-operative or collective gardens by looking at what they use to build them and, as importantly, what they grow and how they grow it.
Precipitation has diminished in Ecuador and Colombia this year due to rising temperatures in the south Pacific Ocean, which can also generate intense droughts in the Andean valleys.
Though oil companies do a lot more than other businesses to contribute to global warming, Shell thinks it’s doing just enough to fight global warming. Ahead of its annual meeting next month, its notice document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday is advising shareholders to vote down a…Read more...
This is a re-post from Andrew Dessler at the Climate Brink blog In 2023, the Earth reached temperature levels unprecedented in modern times. Given that, it’s reasonable to ask: What’s going on? There’s been lots of discussions by scientists about whether this is just the normal progression of global warming or if something we don’t understand is happening — in other words, we’ve broken the climate. from the Washington Post In this post, I compare the observational temperature record to an ensemble of state-of-the-art CMIP6 models to see exactly how unusual 2023 was. It turns out that 2023 is just not that unusual when compared to the model ensemble. Let’s start with observations. I’m going to...
Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, floods, and tornados can dramatically change the surface of Earth to the point where alterations are visible in space. Changes driven by human actions and interventions, such as mining and deforestation, are also visible in satellite imagery. For over 50 years, NASA’s Landsat satellites have recorded our planet’s changing surface. […]
A new office to lead on environmental justice and civil rights is dealing with a transition of top staff and questions over whether it can meet administration goals.
Nineteen provinces in the North and the Northeast were shrouded with slightly unsafe levels of fine dust but no “red” levels of air pollution were detected nationwide on Tuesday afternoon.
Enabling the Shift to Electric Auto-Rickshaws: A Guidebook for Electrification of Auto-rickshaw Fleets in Indian Cities shannon.paton@… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 10:58 This project update highlights the release of a comprehensive guidebook aimed at facilitating the transition to electric auto-rickshaws (e-autos) in Indian cities. The transition to e-autos is critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, combating urban air pollution and promoting sustainable urban mobility in India. With auto-rickshaws serving as a vital mode of shared mobility, their electrification presents an opportunity to enhance environmental sustainability while improving the livelihoods of drivers and promoting social inclusion. About the Guidebook The guidebook offers a roadmap for governing authorities...
Our ozone is pennies thick – and soon we’ll put at least an Eiffel Tower’s worth of metallic ash into the ionosphere every year A dead spacecraft the size of a truck ignites with plasma and pulverizes into dust and litter as it rips through the ionosphere and atmosphere. This is what happens to internet service satellites during re-entry. When the full mega-constellation of satellites is deployed in the 2030s, companies will do this every hour because satellite internet requires thousands of satellites to constantly be replaced. And it could compromise our atmosphere or even our magnetosphere. Space entrepreneurs are betting on disposable satellites as key to a new means of wealth. There are currently nearly 10,000 active satellites and companies are working as fast as possible to get...
Many products consumed by Britons could be hit by floods and droughts driven by climate crisis UK facing food shortages and price rises after extreme weather From floods to droughts, extreme weather driven by human-caused global heating has become the new normal, causing havoc with the global food supply system.Many products bought and consumed in the UK are at risk of low supply and increased prices. Continue reading...
Forests Minister Ralston planted the milestone tree in Surrey’s Green Timbers Urban Forest Park, where B.C.’s reforestation efforts began nearly a century ago.
[The Conversation Africa] Media reports about the biodiversity crisis and what researchers have argued qualifies as a mass extinction event tend to focus on the big ecological effects. Melting ice sheets, severe weather events, droughts, habitat loss and wildfires dominate headlines. So too do the plights of large iconic animals - orangutans, gorillas, polar bears, rhinos, elephants, pangolins.
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 7, 2024 thru Sat, April 13, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of good behavior. Here it's not parents telling children what to do but instead the widely adopted, mutually agreed system of coercive behavior modification we call "rule of law." Legislators providing courts of justice with laws to apply are how we formalize overcoming widely harmful selfish actions— or negligent inactions. These are our proxy adults telling us what we can't do or must do— our aspirations for better nature given teeth. We could wish that we were all so perfect as to never need grownup guidance of...
A recycling facility in Pathum Thani province went up in flames on Saturday morning, causing over 10 million baht in damage. No casualties were reported.
Maria Dias, 61, left the waste beside a 'do not dump' sign in the car park recycling center of the supermarket in Andover, Hampshire last summer after her bins were not collected.
Gopi Thotakura, the trailblazing Indian space tourist, ventures with Blue Origin's New Shephard-25 mission. Co-founding Preserve Life Corp, he champions holistic wellness and applied health worldwide. Born in Vijayawada, Gopi, an entrepreneur and a pilot, will make a journey beyond the Earth's atmosphere with five other candidates. The launch date of the space flight will be announced soon.
An Arctic-wide survey has found that the permafrost region is emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs, causing the planet to heat even further
Gopichand Thotakura is set to make history as the first Indian to embark on a journey into space as a tourist. Thotakura will join a six-person crew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard mission, embarking on a journey that will take them beyond the Earth's atmosphere. His experience spans commercial jet piloting, bush flying, aerobatics, seaplane, glider, and hot air balloon piloting.
The EPA administrator urged organizations to apply for the agency's grants to help those most in need.
Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. In a study just released in the journal PLOS Biology, a team led by Sören Häfker and Kristin Tessmar-Raible from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Vienna report on a surprising discovery: even simple marine polychaete worms shape their day-to-day lives on the basis of highly individual rhythms. This diversity is of interest not just for the future of species and populations in a changing environment, but also for medicine.
The XTool P2 CO2 55W laser cutter and engraver is a gigantic beast of a tool made for big projects and precise cuts -- but is it worth what it'll cost you?
General Whiting warns of escalating space capabilities by Russia and China at the Space Symposium, highlighting concerns over potential conflict beyond Earth's atmosphere. He emphasizes the urgent need for international dialogue and cooperation to prevent conflict in space.
Open access notables Global carbon emissions in 2023 , Liu et al., Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Annual global CO2 emissions dropped markedly in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, decreasing by 5.8% relative to 2019 (ref. 1 ). There were hopes that green economic stimulus packages during the COVD crisis might mark the beginning of a longer-term decrease in global emissions toward net-zero emissions, but instead emissions rebounded and quickly exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 2021. However, year-on-year growth has slowed, with 5.4% increases in 2021 (ref. 2 ) (reaching 35.1 Gt CO2) and 1.9% increases in 2022 (ref. 3 ) (reaching 35.7 Gt CO2), rapidly using up the remaining carbon budget. Here, we outline global CO2 emissions...
Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones, and this can result in mismatched mating and sterile offspring
A Yanomami shaman briefed Pope Francis on the plight of his people as deforestation surged to a 15-year high during the previous administration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
Environmental regulators have found explosive levels of methane in a popular Berkeley park. Regulators and the city are sparring over the source of the gas and what to do about it.
You may have heard rumours that a heatwave is on the way. Ben Rich takes a look at when it is likely to warm up.
European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01976-6The degree to which changes in marine organisms due to warming can influence tropical cyclones is not well known. Here the authors show that changing chlorophyll patterns can lead to more landfalling tropical cyclones in East Asia.
The new rule would reduce exposure to “forever chemicals” in the water supply of 100 million people, preventing thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of serious illnesses, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
Toyota arguably made hybrid vehicles popular with the Prius, but it looks like they're aiming for a slightly different market with the Tundra Hybrid.
Nico De Pasquale/GettyThe Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled the first-ever national drinking water standard imposing limits on so-called forever chemicals that public water systems will have to implement.The Environmental Protection Agency said the move would protect communities from harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—toxic synthetic chemicals that are called “forever chemicals” because they aren’t easily broken down in the environment or the human body. The agency estimates that between 6 percent and 10 percent of the country’s 66,000 public drinking water systems will be affected by the new rules, reducing about 100 million Americans’ exposure to PFAS.The reduced exposure will in turn prevent thousands of deaths and avoid tens of thousands of serious illnesses, the...
EPA takes action for first time in 27 years against ‘forever chemicals’ feared to be contaminating water for over 200 million The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the most dangerous PFAS compounds, marking what public health advocates hailed as “historic” rules that will dramatically improve the safety of the nation’s water. PFAS, known as “forever chemicals”, are ubiquitous in the environment and thought to be contaminating drinking water for more than 200 million people across the US. Any exposure to some highly toxic varieties of the compounds is considered a health and cancer risk. Continue reading...
The High Street giant said it will work with farmers in its supply chains to introduce a new feed into their cattle's diet to reduce the amount of methane they produce.
Chemical plants across the country will need to slash the amount of toxic air pollution they release under a rule finalized Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Retailer works on changing diet with aim of cutting 11,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year Marks & Spencer is investing £1m in tackling the methane produced by cows by changing the diet of the herds that provide its milk. The retailer is working with all 40 of the pasture-grazed dairy farmers in its supply base with the aim of cutting 11,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually produced by cattle burps and manure. It said adding a new type of feed to the cows’ diet would reduce the carbon footprint of its main fresh milk by 8.4%. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On March 18, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a remarkable event. They recorded the largest jump in temperature ever measured at a meteorological center on Earth. According to their instruments, the region […]
The EPA rule targets petrochemical plants clustered in areas like Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.”