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IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030News

IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030

Paris, France (AFP) - The world is likely to have a "major surplus" of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwaveNews

Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave

Athens, Greece (AFP) - The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, will close to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as a…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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New study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate changeClimate

New study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate change

By Boston College Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020,…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
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Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
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Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warmingScience

Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warming

By University of Bristol A new study has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce levels in the atmosphere of chemicals that destroy Earth’s…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heatClimate

The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat

By Kate Yoder & Sachi Kitajima Mulkey | Grist Predicting the future has always been a difficult, sometimes fruitless task, but scientists are surprisingly good…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the EarthClimateScience

New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth

By University of East Anglia A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the…
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Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govtNews

Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govt

Reykjavik, Iceland (AFP) - Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaler amid…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
North China bakes under searing heatwaveNews

North China bakes under searing heatwave

By Matthew WALSH | AFP Beijing, China - An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring across northern China…
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Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agencyNews

Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agency

Stockholm, Sweden (AFP) - Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scaleScience

Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scale

By Mirjam Eckert, Chief Publishing Officer | Frontiers In the context of climate emergency, making scientific research open has never been more important. But for…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
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Climate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate

Climate change widening Asia’s education gap

By Ranjit Devraj, SciDev.Net As temperatures in India’s national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Keeping the lights onScience

Keeping the lights on

By Osaka University Researchers at Osaka University study the impact of carbon impurities on the quality of gallium nitride crystals, and determine the threshold concentration…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fightClimateNews

EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight

Helsinki, Finland (AFP) - A software model of Earth, meant to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began its…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vastNews

We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vast

By Miren Gutiérrez, The Conversation Shark finning – the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
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Civil society organizations unveil ‘Principles for a Fair JETP’ framework ahead of G7 summitNewsClimate

Civil society organizations unveil ‘Principles for a Fair JETP’ framework ahead of G7 summit

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Senegal has launched the 'Principles for a Fair Just Energy Transition Partnership…
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Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: studyNews

Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study

Singapore, Singapore (AFP) - Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
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Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisisScience

Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis

By Angharad Brewer Gillham | Frontiers The climate crisis is changing habitats quickly, forcing animals to adapt to catch up. Populations of a species that…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
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Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generationNews

Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generation

By Agnes PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Switzerland approved a law on Sunday aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energies, as part of…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2024 Full article
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Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talksNews

Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talks

By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Over two dozen countries signed a wishful "declaration of peace with the ocean" on Saturday…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2024 Full article
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New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas explorationNews

New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas exploration

Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand's government said Sunday it plans to reverse a five-year-old ban on new oil and gas exploration, igniting a…
SourceSourceJune 9, 2024 Full article
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Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN reportNews

Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time: UN report

By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article
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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuelsNews

COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

By Nick Perry | AFP Bonn, Germany - The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article
Olympic test event in Seine cancelled after heavy rainNews

Olympic test event in Seine cancelled after heavy rain

Paris, France (AFP) - An open water swimming test event scheduled for next week in the Seine has been cancelled due to heavy rainfall, the…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article