climate change
New Satellite Could Help Rat Out Methane Polluters
As greenhouse gases go, methane is a heavy hitter – one with a heat-trapping ability 25 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the course of a century. As the second-most abundant greenhouse gas after CO2, slowing methane emissions could…
Climate Change Could Set Off Volcanoes
We can add volcanic eruptions to the list of potential climate change hazards. In a presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly held from April 8 to 13, University of Clermont Auvergne Ph.D. student Gioachino Roberti explained research indicating…
New Zealand Bans New Offshore Oil and Gas exploration
New Zealand has announced a halt on any new oil and gas exploration in the country, in a surprise move hailed as “historic” development by environmental campaigners. Although there are 31 oil and gas permits currently granted in New Zealand,…
Shell Confirms its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose in 2017
Shell’s global greenhouse gas emissions increased last year due to increased fossil fuel output in some of its key markets, according to its latest sustainability report, Published yesterday, the report shows Shell’s direct emissions rose from 70 million tonnes in…
Scottish Wind Power Enjoys Record-Breaking Start to 2018
Onshore wind turbines in Scotland are set for another bumper year of generation, with figures for the first three months of 2018 revealing a 44 per cent uptick in wind power output compared to the same time last year. New…
Scientists Suggest a Giant Sunshade in the Sky Could Solve Global Warming
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: the creation, using balloons or jets, of a manmade atmospheric sunshade to shield the most vulnerable countries in the global south against the worst effects of global warming. But amid mounting interest…
Climate Change and Invasive Milkweed Could Make Toxic Cocktail for Monarchs, Study Finds
Monarch butterflies are already in danger. Their numbers have decreased by 80 percent in the past 20 years, and this year’s count of the number of the black-and-orange butterflies wintering in Mexico was lower than 2017’s. Now, researched reported Tuesday…