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30 08 2023 | 13:38

Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?

You may remember the 2004 disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, in which large parts of Europe and the American East Coast suddenly freeze up? The plot device is that the Great Conveyor Belt—also…

30 08 2023 | 13:22

Is Wastewater an Answer for Adapting to Climate Change?

Water pressures like droughts are intensifying due to global warming and population growth. Treating wastewater is a powerful solution, finally gaining more public support.   Population growth and…

30 08 2023 | 12:53

Renewables Competitiveness Accelerates, Despite Cost Inflation

Global power sector saved fuel costs of USD 520 billion last year thanks to renewables, says new IRENA report. bu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 29 August 2023 – The fossil fuel price crisis has…

30 08 2023 | 12:47

I’ve spent 40 years in Antarctic research. Right now it’s facing a climate emergency so we must not put vital science on ice

Antarctica is experiencing disturbing changes – from missing winter sea ice to disintegrating ice shelves – and it’s almost certain things will get worse.   After decades immersed in Antarctic…

30 08 2023 | 12:42

The Hawaii fires are a dire omen of the climate crisis’s cost to Pacific peoples

As temperatures rise across Oceania, droughts are becoming more extreme and strong winds drive catastrophic fires.   Hawaii was never paradise. Since the day my ancestors first stepped ashore, our…

30 08 2023 | 12:36

The message from Ecuador is clear: people will vote to keep oil in the ground

People were overwhelmingly in favour of stopping oil drilling in Yasuní national park. Can this success be replicated elsewhere in the world?  

30 08 2023 | 12:26

China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release

Water containing radioactive tritium being pumped into Pacific via tunnel from Tepco plant, amid protests from China, South Korea and fishing communities.   Japan has begun discharging more than 1m…

30 08 2023 | 12:19

‘They won’t buy it’: fish traders anxious after Fukushima wastewater release

The release of water from the Japanese nuclear plant has already caused the price of produce from surrounding coastal areas to drop.   Awa-jinja is a place of pilgrimage for the more superstitious…

30 08 2023 | 12:13

City of Sydney wants to ban gas in new builds – can it do it and is it worth it?

Councillors voted to investigate how to amend planning controls to ban gas, but NSW premier Chris Minns says the change is ‘not enforceable’   The debate over banning gas has heated up again in New…

30 08 2023 | 12:09

Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF

Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis.   Fossil fuels benefited from record subsidies of $13m (£10.3m) a minute in 2022, according…

30 08 2023 | 12:04

Asylum seekers in Greece ‘facing two great injustices of our time’

Amnesty links wildfires and lack of legal migration routes to deaths of 19 people believed to be asylum seekers.   Refugees and migrants in Greece are facing off against the “two great injustices…

30 08 2023 | 11:57

Republican activist says party ‘deserves to lose’ if it fails to address climate crisis

Benji Backer, executive chairman of conservative climate group, calls question on crisis in debate ‘historic’ but laments answers.   Republicans “deserve to lose” electorally if they can’t show…

30 08 2023 | 11:45

Indonesia’s tropical Eternity Glaciers could vanish within years, experts say

El Niño weather pattern could accelerate melting, leading to sea level rise.   Two of the world’s few tropical glaciers, in Indonesia, are melting and their ice may vanish by 2026 or sooner as an…

30 08 2023 | 11:21

Climate change: Thousands of penguins die in Antarctic ice breakup

A catastrophic die-off of emperor penguin chicks has been observed in the Antarctic, with up to 10,000 young birds estimated to have been killed. The sea-ice underneath the chicks melted and broke…

30 08 2023 | 10:33

Καταστροφική και παράνομη αλιεία από τουρκικές μηχανότρατες στο ΒΑ Αιγαίο για άλλη μία φορά

Στη θαλάσσια περιοχή μεταξύ Φούρνων και Σάμου εντοπίσαμε 2 τουρκικές μηχανότρατες, 1,5 μίλι από τις ελληνικές ακτές.

30 08 2023 | 05:20

Για τη Βραζιλία σάλπαρε το πρώτο φορτηγό πλοίο που κινείται με αιολική ενέργεια

Το παρθενικό του ταξίδι ξεκίνησε το πρωτοποριακό φορτηγό πλοίο «Pyxis Ocean» από την Κίνα προς τη Βραζιλία. Οπως σημείωσε το BBC, πρόκειται για το πρώτο φορτηγό πλοίο που είναι εξοπλισμένο με…

24 08 2023 | 09:34

Ενέργεια: Αυτή η κρίση δεν άρχισε τώρα και δεν θα τελειώσει σύντομα

Η ενεργειακή κρίση δεν είναι προσωρινή και ούτε άρχισε με την εισβολή της Ρωσίας στην Ουκρανία.    Η ενεργειακή κρίση ήταν προδιαγεγραμμένη από την αρχή, από πολύ παλιά. Όταν χρησιμοποιείς μια…

21 08 2023 | 19:46

KENYA: the new Kaigunji irrigation system supplies water to 5,000 farmers

On 7 August 2023, the President of the Republic of Kenya, William Ruto, inaugurated the new Kaigunji irrigation system in Nyeri county. The system supplies some 5,000 farmers with water, in response…

21 08 2023 | 19:39

ETHIOPIA: GCA technical assistance for growing climate-resilient wheat

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) has joined forces with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the cultivation of climate-resilient wheat in Ethiopia. Much of this country in the Horn of…