Economists calculate that the world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out
A group of scientists flew a sensitive tool attached to the nose of a special research plane, sniffing out aerosols in the atmosphere. They found significant amounts of aluminum and exotic metals in Earth’s stratosphere, which could alter the second layer of the atmosphere, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Climate change protests: Major coal port remains blocked by climate protesters
Protesters have spent the night blockading the world’s largest coal port over what they say is the failure of the Australian Government to act on climate change
Several hundred protesters blocked Newcastle Port’s shipping lane, remaining overnight and into Sunday with the action due to end at 4pm, local time
Apparently it is now illegal to sing satirical carols in the street
by Mike Sivier
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Members of Just Stop Oil have been threatened with arrest for singing Christmas carols – with altered lyrics to make them satirical, relevant to climate change
Indigenous tribes in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have asked federal officials to deny a utility’s request for a loan to help build a natural gas-fired power plant on the shores of Lake Superior, calling the project unthinkable in the face of climate change
Growing gulf between Australians and scientists over urgency for climate action
Repeated and increasingly frustrated calls from Australian climate experts are failing to activate the Australian population with the urgency communicated by scientists in Australia and globally.
While most Australians accepted climate change was happening, only a minority thought it was an extremely serious problem
New study projects sea level rise to drain Florida’s financial future
Molly Duerig
6–8 minutes
One million Florida properties are projected to become chronically flooded: properties that today fund nearly 30% of local revenues for more than half of the state’s municipalities, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Cornell and Florida State Universities.
A very small percentage of Americans are responsible for eating half of all the beef, according to a new study. Analyzing data from over 10,000 adults participating in the CDC Health and Nutrition Survey, researchers discovered that individuals aged 50 to 65, particularly men, are responsible for disproportionately high consumption of beef
Stop pretending that planting trees can justify fossil fuel emissions
It’s time to return to the heart of the matter, they argue: reduce greenhouse gas emissions where they’re produced. Cut through the PR smokescreen, and it becomes clear that the carbon offsets approach to net zero emissions produces practically zero results
Map Shows Oil We Must Leave Alone to Avoid 'Irreversible' Climate Change
Specific areas of oil reserved should be excluded from extraction in order to limit global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius [2.7 degrees Fahrenheit], according to a new paper in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
A map of the world showing these areas, which the researchers call the "unburnable oil atlas"
The atmosphere already holds circa 10% more water vapour today than just 30 years ago. The warmer the atmosphere gets, the more water it can hold – about 7% more per 1°C of warming according to the Clausius-Clapeyron equation – and scientists have already observed a significant increase in atmospheric moisture, reports Climate Signals
Hot, Happening, Not Heart-Warming: India’s Massive Forest Loss Between 2000 And 2023
In a report published by Global Forest Watch, from 2001 to 2023, India lost 2.33 Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 6.0% decrease in tree cover since 2000
Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
It was climate change. It made a lot of sense: Complex parasites can only survive if everyone one of those host species are around. If just one type of host goes missing? “Game over
Our argument is that parasites are just species. They’re part of biodiversity, and they’re doing really important things in ecosystems that we depend upon them for
Scientists outline a bold solution to climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice
Unlike some of the current shared socioeconomic pathways, the restorative pathway does not rely on the development of carbon capture technologies, nor does it assume continued economic growth as the SSPs do
Europe’s most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. The judgment will be put to the test in Britain by a climate change refugee who lost his cliff top home to sea erosion. Rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on Britain’s east coast. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports
Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes
Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them
Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience
10–12 minutes
HeadlineMay 07, 2024
In Belgium, over 100 students have begun a peaceful occupation at Ghent University demanding the school sever ties with companies connected to Israel’s military and enact urgent actions to deal with the climate crisis
How do Scottish People Feel About Current Climate Policy?
Only 12% of Scots reported feeling satisfied with the current pace of climate action. Meanwhile, 45% of Scots expressed dissatisfaction with the current climate policies, with 24% being very unsatisfied and 21% unsatisfied