$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methodsNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methods
Paris, France (AFP)- The International Energy Agency announced on Tuesday that $2.2 billion had been pledged by governments and companies to improve access to less…

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: studyNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: study
By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study published…

Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damagesClimateNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
By Izzy Ross, GRIST This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Dana…

Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policiesNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies
Paris, France | AFP (UPDATED) - Over 100 civil society groups on Monday expressed alarm at attacks on green policies in Europe as key elections loom,…

Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 yearsScience
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 years
By Michelle Klampe, Oregon State University Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past…

Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact AssessmentScience
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact Assessment
by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences The process of soil wind erosion is influenced by vegetation cover. From a functional point of view, vegetation…

Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UNNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UN
Vienna, Austria (AFP) - The proportion of the global wildlife trade that is illegal has risen, the UN reported Monday, saying progress to end the…

Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warmingNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warming
By Catherine HOURS | AFP Paris, France - Fifty countries are meeting in France on Tuesday to discuss the lack of access to clean cooking…

European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental AdvantagesNews
Adrian AlexandreMay 13, 2024
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European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental Advantages
New analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E) reveals that European-made batteries could potentially be up to 60% less carbon-intensive than those produced in China. However,…

Climate change hardly a burning issue for Indian votersClimate
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Climate change hardly a burning issue for Indian voters
By: Sajan Thomas, St. John's College, Anchal; Titto Idicula, St.Olavs Hospital, NTNULocation: Thiruvananthapuram | Source: 360info Unprecedented climate change disasters — prolonged heatwaves, flash floods,…

Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shiftNews
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Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - Can America's national parks remain "unimpaired" forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming…

Early forest fires prompt evacuations in CanadaNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada
By AFP Montreal, Canada - Thousands of people fled their homes Sunday in western Canada as hundreds of wildfires beginning earlier than usual portend a…

Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floodsNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI Porto Alegre, Brazil - At a makeshift field hospital for pets rescued from Brazil's flooded south, a steady stream of volunteers arrives…

Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna CartaNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna Carta
By AFP London, United Kingdom - Two environmental activists in their 80s on Friday targeted the historic Magna Carta document at the British Library in…

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakesScience
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes
By Jennifer Chu | MIT News When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made…

Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbersNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbers
By Levi FERNANDES Aljustrel, Portugal - Above a flowering meadow in southern Portugal, three white stork nestlings click their beaks, adding to the chorus of…

Australia’s universities the gateway to regional climate cooperationNews
SourceMay 6, 2024
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Australia’s universities the gateway to regional climate cooperation
By Trang Nguyen and Luke Brown, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne Climate change remains the most urgent and complex challenge the Indo-Pacific region faces. Nowhere on Earth…

Are carbon-capture models effective?Science
SourceMay 5, 2024
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Are carbon-capture models effective?
by Michigan State University Reforestation efforts to restock depleted forests are important for addressing climate change and for both capturing and restoring carbon from the…

Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggestsScience
SourceMay 3, 2024
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Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggests
by Rice University Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural…

A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climateScience
SourceMay 2, 2024
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A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate
by Shaun Eaves, Jamey Stutz, Kevin Norton and Pedro Doll, The Conversation How often do mountains collapse, volcanoes erupt or ice sheets melt? For Earth…

New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate changeScience
SourceMay 1, 2024
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New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate change
Earth System Models – complex computer models which describe Earth processes and how they interact – are critical for predicting future climate change. By simulating…

Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast AsiaNews
SourceMay 1, 2024
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Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
Dong Nai, Vietnam (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province, with locals and media…

G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030sNews
SourceMay 1, 2024
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G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s
Turin, Italy | AFP G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in a move…

Warming Arctic reduces dust levels in parts of the planetClimate
SourceApril 26, 2024
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Warming Arctic reduces dust levels in parts of the planet
Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts are felt at a very local level. Take, for example, dust. Dust can have a huge…
