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Record Heat Sends Sea Ice Into Retreat, Worrying Scientists
The recent collapse of a 1,100km2 ice shelf in Antarctica came at a time of record high temperatures and is a symptom of a planet in a climate crisis, experts say.
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Support Shifts Away from Fossil Fuels Despite Rising Energy Prices, Survey Finds
According to a new survey, there is strong global support – across all countries and demographic groups – for the energy transition to move away from fossil fuels. A majority of consumers worldwide...
In Moldova, Shelter Belt Forests Build Rural Livelihoods and Protect Against Climate Change Impacts
Mihail Bozianu’s interest in beekeeping started early. “I was 11 years old and we had nothing,” he remembers. “I started on my own with two hives. By the day I graduated from...
Energy Transition Holds Key to Tackle Global Energy and Climate Crisis
Short-term interventions addressing the current energy crisis must be accompanied by a steadfast focus on mid- and long-term goals of the energy transition. High fossil fuel prices, energy security concerns and the...
A Country of Technological Innovations and Water Scarcity
It seems that we can learn the most about how to wisely manage resources from countries that do not have them at their disposal to a significant extent. Among those shining examples...
Earth Hour – A Moment for Solidarity
Every year, at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the world show their support for our planet, raising awareness of nature loss and climate change—the two...
Early Warning Systems Must Protect Everyone Within Five Years
Within the next five years, everyone on Earth should be protected by early warning systems against increasingly extreme weather and climate change, according to an ambitious new United Nations target announced today.
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What is the Sixth Mass Extinction and What Can We Do About It?
A mass extinction is a short period of geological time in which a high percentage of biodiversity, or distinct species—bacteria, fungi, plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates—dies out. In this definition, it’s...
Greenpeace Calls for Unity and Action as Delegates Arrive at Biodiversity Meeting in Geneva
Greenpeace calls for action to increase land and sea protection to at least 30 per cent by 2030 with clear funding and implementation, and to recognize and strengthen the rights of Indigenous...
Climate Change is Changing Biodiversity as we Know It
Researchers simulated the warmer, wetter conditions predicted for northern Europe under climate change, by locally heating agricultural fields by 1.5 ºC and increasing irrigation by 40 percent. These conditions immediately lead to...
Climate Change: A Threat to Human Wellbeing and Health of the Planet.
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least...
ABB Launched the World’s Fastest Electric Car Charger
ABB’s new Terra 360 is a modular charger which can simultaneously charge up to four vehicles with dynamic power distribution. This means that drivers will not have to wait if somebody else...
Number Of Wildfires Forecast to Rise by 50 per cent by 2100
Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent...
Swiss Green Default
If I imagine a country like the one in a fairy tale, with beautiful forests, lakes and cows that graze contentedly and give healthy, whole milk, from which the most delicious cheeses...
Another Warning by IPCC Climate Scientists is Heading Our Way
Remember the Code Red for Humanity? It was the warning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is composed of the world’s leading climate scientists. Issued last August, the report was...
Drawing Disaster-Preparedness Lessons From Tonga’s Volcano
The massive volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga on 15 January produced a blast hundreds of times the strength of the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, according to NASA.
The volcano and subsequent tsunami...