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29 01 2021 | 09:11

Global Ice Melt Matches Worst-Case Climate Scenario, Study Says

The first global ice-loss survey using satellite data showed ice is disappearing faster in Antarctica and Greenland. Melting on the ice sheets has accelerated so much over the past three decades…

29 01 2021 | 09:04

Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study.

Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation. The planet is hotter now than it has been for at least 12,000 years, a period spanning the entire development…

28 01 2021 | 09:17

THE TALE OF WIND

A WIND'S TALE The tale of the development of wind energy. Written, produced and directed by Nefeli Tsipouridis. (12 / 12 /2013)      

27 01 2021 | 11:55

Drax launches initiative to improve green skills for one million people.

Drax is the UK’s first energy company to make a pledge to boost social mobility for one million people by 2025. Drax has announced the target as part of its Opportunity Action Plan developed in…

27 01 2021 | 11:21

Cities can help migrating birds on their way by planting more trees and turning lights off at night.

Millions of birds travel between their breeding and wintering grounds during spring and autumn migration, creating one of the greatest spectacles of the natural world. These journeys often span…

27 01 2021 | 10:19

Why is snow white?

It has everything to do with optics. Imagine waking up after a night of heavy snowfall — you look out the window and see a world of white. But if you turn on a faucet or open the freezer, you'll…

27 01 2021 | 09:58

How Climate Change Will Impact the Way We Eat.

Will climate change seal the end of the Mediterranean diet? We often read about how climate change will impact the way we live as if it was something yet to come, a threat still far away from us.…

27 01 2021 | 09:48

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert introduces bill to block Biden rejoining Paris Agreement.

‘I work for the people of Pueblo, not the people of Paris,’ Rep Boebert tweeted. The climate agreement was so named because it was signed in the French capital - and not because it solely benefits…

27 01 2021 | 09:35

One, two, tree: how AI helped find millions of trees in the Sahara.

Efforts to map the Earth’s trees are growing – and could change our understanding of the planet’s health. When a team of international scientists set out to count every tree in a large swathe of…

27 01 2021 | 09:30

Scientist Michael Mann's Must-Read Book: 'The New Climate War'.

The New Climate War: the fight to take back our planet is the latest must-read book by leading climate change scientist and communicator Michael Mann of Penn State University.

27 01 2021 | 09:14

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: 2020 THE YEAR IN PICTURES.

Look back at the tragic and triumphant moments that defined the year, the good-news stories you probably missed, and wondrous destinations to help you plan your post-pandemic journey.

27 01 2021 | 09:07

John Kerry commits US to climate crisis fight but warns world is way off pace.

Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘All nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’ The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts…

26 01 2021 | 11:48

David Pocock warns of devastating impact on sport if climate crisis inaction continues.

We’re cooked,’ says Australian former rugby union star Pocock among other athletes to highlight global emergency Wallabies great David Pocock has warned “we’re cooked” if the professional…

26 01 2021 | 11:21

Scots university members of green COP26 network invest £5.2m in fossil fuels and arms.

Scots universities signed up to a COP26 green network of academic institutions committed to tackling climate change have shares worth nearly £5.2 million in fossil fuel firms and arms companies.

26 01 2021 | 11:02

Why the US rejoining the Paris climate accord matters at home and abroad — 5 scholars explain.

The United States helped bring the world into the Paris climate accord, the groundbreaking global agreement reached in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow climate change.…

26 01 2021 | 08:01

Europe and China’s Year-End Breakthrough.

With the completion of a major investment treaty between the European Union and China, the new year will begin on a promising footing. Now is the time for the world's leading powers to stop casting…

26 01 2021 | 07:38

UN Secretary-General warmly welcomes US steps to rejoin Paris Agreement on Climate Change .

Statement by the Secretary-General – on US steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change  I warmly welcome President Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and…

26 01 2021 | 07:27

John Kerry commits US to climate crisis fight but warns world is way off pace.

Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘All nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’. The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts…

26 01 2021 | 07:16

Florida Power & Light closes its last coal-fired power plant in the state.

Florida Power & Light’s last coal-fired plant in that state has officially closed. The formal retirement of Indiantown Cogeneration Plant came as the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31. FPL…

26 01 2021 | 07:11

Solving climate crisis will be at center of Biden's job agenda -Deese

Solving the climate crisis by boosting investments in new technologies will be at the center of the Biden administration's job creation agenda, the incoming top economic White House adviser said on…