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22 07 2020 | 08:53

Tensions mount as Ethiopia allows dam across Nile headwaters to fill.

Egypt fears hydroelectric project will restrict limited waters on which its population depends. Ethiopia has allowed a controversial dam built across the headwaters of the Nile to fill with rain…

22 07 2020 | 08:32

Record heat wave in Siberia has far-flung consequences.

Oil spills, intense heat waves, smoldering wildfires and thawing permafrost: Siberia is experiencing the destructive effects of climate change. And scientists say if action isn't taken soon, it's…

21 07 2020 | 10:11

Arctic Ocean changes driven by sub-Arctic seas.

New research explores how lower-latitude oceans drive complex changes in the Arctic Ocean, pushing the region into a new reality distinct from the 20th-century norm. The University of Alaska…

21 07 2020 | 09:09

Οι επιπτώσεις της πανδημίας στον τομέα της ενέργειας

Οι αρνητικές επιπτώσεις της πανδημίας COVID-19 στην οικονομική δραστηριότητα είναι μεγάλης έκτασης και συντελείται κυρίως μέσω τριών καναλιών. Πρώτον, η μερική ή πλήρης παύση λειτουργίας ολόκληρων…

21 07 2020 | 08:47

Πόσο ανάπτυξη είναι η ανάπτυξη; Η περίπτωση της Πειραϊκής.

Τι καθιστά ένα έργο μοχλό ανάπτυξης; Αρκεί η απορρόφηση μεγάλων ευρωπαϊκών κονδυλίων και η προσέλκυση ξένων επενδυτών; Είναι όλα καλώς καμωμένα αρκεί να κοπεί εορταστικά η κορδέλα των εγκαινίων; Δεν…

16 07 2020 | 08:36

Cold comfort: climate may take decades to respond to carbon cuts.

Study on impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on temperature suggests next generation may benefit. It seems logical that if we dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions the global temperature will go down,…

14 07 2020 | 09:23

Climate Explained: What the World Was Like the Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were at 400ppm.

What was the climate and sea level like at times in Earth’s history when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was at 400ppm? The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400…

14 07 2020 | 09:16

UN calls on governments to ditch coal from their coronavirus recovery plans.

A sustainable future has no room for coal energy, the head of UN argues. As the world starts thinking of the day after the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres…

13 07 2020 | 09:31

«Ανανεώσιμα αέρια»: ένα πολύτιμο εργαλείο για την Ενεργειακή Μετάβαση – Συγκεκριμένες εφαρμογές για την Ελλάδα.

Η «Ενεργειακή Μετάβαση» (Energy Transition) αποτελεί αναμφισβήτητα έναν από τους κυρίαρχους όρους στο δημόσιο διάλογο σε πανευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο. Αναφέρεται στη στόχευση των μελών-κρατών της Ε.Ε να…

12 07 2020 | 08:59

UN sustainability goals could be a smokescreen for further environmental destruction.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations, supposed to reconcile environmental protection with socioeconomic development, are actually failing to protect biodiversity, according…

12 07 2020 | 08:59

Renewable Natural Gas Isn't a Green Solution for Climate Change.

Natural gas is a versatile fossil fuel that accounts for about a third of U.S. energy use. Although it produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants than coal or oil, natural gas is a…

12 07 2020 | 08:36

4 Ways to Be a Real Youth Activist.

The 2008 financial crisis spurred a number of youth movements including Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring. A decade later, this anger resurfaced in a new wave of global protests, from Hong Kong…

12 07 2020 | 08:35

Creating a five-year window into future climate.

Providing annually-updated five-year climate predictions at global and continental scales is the focus of a new international science collaboration co-ordinated by the WMO and led by the UK’s Met…

12 07 2020 | 08:32

Stop making sense: why it's time to get emotional about climate change.

It took me much longer than it should have to realise that educating people about climate change science was not enough. Due perhaps to my personality type (highly rational, don’t talk to me about…

12 07 2020 | 08:24

Earth's magnetic field changes 10 times faster than once thought.

New simulations visualized the field's shifting flows over 100,000 years. Our planet's dynamic magnetic field can change direction far more quickly than scientists suspected.

12 07 2020 | 08:24

Mya-Rose Craig: ‘Young people need to see someone like them who is into nature’

The 18-year-old birder and environmentalist on improving diversity in her field and how the pandemic has affected the natural world . The young birder and environmental campaigner Mya-Rose Craig…

12 07 2020 | 07:52

How Botswana's Sudden Elephant Deaths Impact the Species.

When an elephant dies in the wild, it's not uncommon to later find its bones scattered throughout the surrounding landscape.   That's one way you can tell other elephants have passed through the…

12 07 2020 | 07:43

Namibia's last wild horses face a perilous future.

It's still debated exactly how the Namibian desert became home to a herd of wild horses. One theory is that diamond prospectors brought horses more than a century ago to since-abandoned mining…

12 07 2020 | 07:08

Όροι και προϋποθέσεις για μία πραγματικά δίκαιη μετάβαση.

Η κλιματική κρίση ως η σημαντικότερη σύγχρονη απειλή ανθρώπου και φύσης, απαιτεί συγκεκριμένες και άμεσες δράσεις αντιμετώπισης. Η ενεργειακή μετάβαση σε μία εποχή μακριά από τα ορυκτά καύσιμα είναι…