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31 08 2020 | 11:01

Antarctica: 60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests.

Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise. Approximately 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could be vulnerable to fracture, accelerating the loss of…

31 08 2020 | 10:34

Increasing Number of Climate Disasters Impacting Mental Health.

The psychological toll of climate change-fueled disasters, now compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is mounting and the U.S. is unprepared. These are the findings of a project by the Center for…

31 08 2020 | 10:32

Global fever.

A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century. What can a virus tell us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s…

31 08 2020 | 08:56

Up to half of world's water supply stolen annually, study finds.

As water scarcity increases from factors including climate change, so do drivers of water theft, an ongoing problem in Australia. Between 30% and 50% of the world’s water supply is stolen each year…

31 08 2020 | 08:34

Joint venture looks to invest billions in 'natural capital' projects to help combat climate change.

Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’. A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems,…

31 08 2020 | 08:19

Omission of climate crisis at RNC risks losing voters, some conservatives warn.

The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed…

31 08 2020 | 08:19

Weatherwatch: Danube's ice cover changes are a warning in Hungary.

Scientists monitor frequency of Danube freezing over to track rising temperatures. As a landlocked country in the heart of Europe, Hungary has a typically continental climate, with little or no…

31 08 2020 | 08:09

UN Secretary-General remarks 19th Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture.

Excellencies,  Dear friends,  

31 08 2020 | 07:58

Infants exposed to air pollution have less lung power as adolescents – study.

Researchers find that even exposure to levels below EU limits has an impact. Infants exposed to even low levels of air pollution experience reduced lung function as children and teenagers,…

31 08 2020 | 07:55

Sanders Condemns GOP for Ignoring Climate Crisis at RNC.

As wildfires burn through California and the western United States, the Gulf Coast prepares for two potential hurricanes within a 48-hour timeframe, and record high temperatures dominate the summer,…

31 08 2020 | 07:53

Ocean Rebellion climate action group launches with protest against cruise ship.

Climate activists linked to Extinction Rebellion projected protest messages onto hull of the World vessel in Falmouth, Cornwall. A “sea-faring sister” of climate resistance group Extinction…

31 08 2020 | 07:47

U.S. Voters Increasingly Concerned About Climate Crisis.

The dangers of climate chaos are conspicuous across the country as wildfiresrage in the West where prolonged drought has turned some forests into a tinderbox, the Gulf Coast braces for back-to-back…

31 08 2020 | 07:46

Niger capital flooded as death toll rises to 45.

Several areas of the Niger capital Niamey remained under water on Thursday as the death toll in recent floods that have displaced over 225,000 people rose to 45, authorities said. Around 25,000…

31 08 2020 | 07:41

Legal challenge over UK's exclusion of incinerators from emissions target.

Campaigner says decision at odds with Paris agreement to achieve net zero by 2050. An environmental campaigner is mounting a legal challenge to the government’s decision to exclude waste…

31 08 2020 | 07:14

Fight Climate Change With Your Undies — A Hang Drying Manifesto.

Hang drying clothes is a simple practice that holds nothing short of immense power and pollution-saving potential. This most humdrumiest of daily chores, in which we simply hang damp clothes over a…

27 08 2020 | 13:25

Green glimmers of hope in climate action through a European, citizen-led transition model.

There is no space for “one crisis at a time”. And evidence suggests that behavioural changes have been instrumental in reducing the spread of COVID-19. The climate crisis is no different.

25 08 2020 | 09:13

Democrats’ climate plan takes aim at the fossil fuel industry’s political power.

A three-part plan aims to expose the industry’s efforts to conceal the scale of the climate crisis, reform laws and sway support. Senate Democrats are set to release a 200-page plan arguing that…

25 08 2020 | 09:11

Mangroves Could Help Save Us From Climate Change. Climate Change Is Killing Mangroves.

During a trip to Cuba's Gardens of the Queen a few years ago, I found myself around small mangrove islands in an area called Boca Grande. Floating on clear, calm water, my travel group and I kicked…

25 08 2020 | 08:53

The Observer view on the climate catastrophe facing Earth.

Thirty years ago we were warned. Now is our last chance to listen.

25 08 2020 | 08:45

Amid fire and pestilence, floods and storms, the personal is political: Trump must go.

Americans face existential challenges. The president has done nothing to help and much to make things worse. My wife and I have been warned we may need to evacuate our cabin in the hills north of…