Ecology
Global warming could stave off next ice age for 100,000 years
Global warming is likely to disrupt a natural cycle of ice ages and contribute to delaying the onset of the next big freeze until about 100,000 years from now, scientists said on Wednesday. In the past million years, the world…
EU Sustainable Energy Awards – call for entries open!
Are you working on an innovative and effective energy efficient or renewable energy project? Tell us about it and you could win an EU Sustainable Energy Award at the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) and become Sustainable Energy Leader! EUSEW…
Stand with Chileans! Demand Protection for Chile’s Glaciers
Chile is home to 82% of the glaciers in South America. These glaciers constitute one of the largest freshwater reserves in the world. They are also vital to the preservation of vulnerable local ecosystems and biodiversity, particularly in times of…
Climate change: Cereal harvests across the world ‘fall by 10% in 50 years’
Impact of droughts and heatwaves stronger in recent decades, especially in developed countries. Extreme weather has affected global cereal production. Droughts and heatwaves have reduced cereal harvests by an average of about 10% globally over the past half century, and their…
Sensor network can detect exact location and size of ocean pollution
In the future, when fossil fuels are no longer the leading source of energy around the world and oil platforms aren’t pumping oil from beneath the ocean floor, we won’t have to worry about oil spills, but unfortunately, ocean pollution…
Fresh Climate Data Confirms 2015 Is Unlike Any Other Year in Human History
Over the past few days, a bevy of climate data has come together to tell a familiar yet shocking story: Humans have profoundly altered the planet’s life-support system, with 2015. increasingly likely to be an exclamation point on recent trends.…
What Dirty Air Do to Our Body
It’s worse than getting a scratchy throat. Breathing greenhouse gases and airborne particulate matter can make you seriously ill. These pollutants damage children’s developing lungs and cause asthma in children and adults alike. And that’s not all, as this diagram…