Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from spaceScience
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from space
In the first successful attempt to calibrate walrus counts from satellite imagery, scientists used drones to validate animal counts in Svalbard, Norway. This International Day…

Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica calves new icebergClimate
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica calves new iceberg
By British Antarctic Survey A large iceberg (380 km²), about the size of the Isle of Wight, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice…

Beach erosion will make Southern California coastal living five times more expensive by 2050Climate
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Beach erosion will make Southern California coastal living five times more expensive by 2050
By Nina Raffio | University of Southern California The region’s sandy coastlines are vanishing at an alarming rate. It’s a warning sign for coastal communities worldwide,…

Seaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storageClimateScience
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Seaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storage
By Utrecht University A groundbreaking study by an international team of researchers has revealed seaweed forests to be significant contributors to oceanic carbon storage. Their…

Embryo activist: baby’s lawsuit takes on S. Korea climate inactionNews
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Embryo activist: baby’s lawsuit takes on S. Korea climate inaction
By Hieun SHIN | AFP Seoul, South Korea - When he was a 20-week-old embryo -- before he even had a real name -- Choi…

Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights – but what about private jets?Climate
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights – but what about private jets?
By Fausto Corvino, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) | The Conversation The era of low-cost air travel in Europe may be over for good, thanks…

Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of strokeClimateScience
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke
By Helmholtz Munich In a recent study, researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Augsburg University Hospital show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of…

More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050News
Adrian AlexandreMay 22, 2024
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More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050
In a report released today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warns that more than half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at…

Satellite to unravel how clouds impact future climate changeClimate
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Satellite to unravel how clouds impact future climate change
By University of Reading A brand new satellite that will revolutionise our understanding of the role clouds and aerosol particles play in climate change is…

Climate change is a human rights issueClimate
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Climate change is a human rights issue
By Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University and Hoda Asgarian, Bond University, The Conversation In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a group of…

Small island states win key climate case in UN courtNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Small island states win key climate case in UN court
By Femke COLBORNE | AFP Berlin, Germany (UPDATED) - The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought…

NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergiesNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergies
By Guillaume DAUDIN | AFP Paris, France - NGOs filed a criminal complaint against French oil giant TotalEnergies and its top shareholders in Paris on…

India shuts schools as temperatures soarNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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India shuts schools as temperatures soar
New Delhi, India (AFP) - Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius…

Howler monkeys drop dead during Mexico heat waveNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Howler monkeys drop dead during Mexico heat wave
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) - Howler monkeys are dropping dead in Mexico and authorities said Monday that they were investigating whether extreme heat was killing…

Record low Antarctic sea ice ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate changeClimateScience
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Record low Antarctic sea ice ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change
By British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023…

Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: studyNews
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: study
By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Climate change played a key role in last year's record-low levels of Antarctic sea ice, a study…

Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in futureClimate
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future
By Mark Smith, University of Leeds and Chris Thomas, University of Lincoln | The Conversation The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been…

Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in futureClimate
SourceMay 19, 2024
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Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future
By Marcia Zilli, University of Oxford; Caio Coelho, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), and Neil Hart, University of Oxford | The Conversation A mighty river is flowing out of…

Fresh floods kill 66 in northern AfghanistanNews
SourceMay 19, 2024
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Fresh floods kill 66 in northern Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP)(UPDATED) - Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms…

Finding Where the Grass is GreenerScience
SourceMay 19, 2024
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Finding Where the Grass is Greener
By Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, enhance land surface maps to…

World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in BrazilNews
SourceMay 17, 2024
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World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in Brazil
WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank Board of Directors approved a substantial new investment to increase access to water and sanitation for about one million…

How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplanktonClimateScience
SourceMay 17, 2024
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How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton
By Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to…

Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientistsNews
SourceMay 17, 2024
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Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in…

Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happenNews
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
By Sandra FERRER | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a…
