Why your electric bill is so high now: Blame AI data centers
If you’ve noticed your electricity bill is higher than normal recently, you’re not alone. Power is getting more…
Could reflecting sunlight back to space actually work and cool the planet?
Scientists for years have argued over drastic action to cool a warming world. Among the most widely debated…
Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks
image: Flamingos in flight view more Credit: Kyle Manley Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday it was now clear that efforts to cap global warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels would fail in the short term. Going beyond 1.5C would result in “devastating” yet predictable impacts.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday it was now clear that efforts to cap global warming at 1.5…
Reply to: Uncertain climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany Cheng Gong & Sönke Zaehle Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability,…
Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms
Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms https://e360.yale.edu/digest/meat-oil-gas-methane by GrumpySquirrel2016
By merely eating chicken instead of beef half the time and only throwing half as much meat in the trash, Americans could magically erase the CO2 emissions of, say, the Netherlands. And no cheeseburgers need to be pried from anyone’s cold, dead hands. Think they’ll do it?
By merely eating chicken instead of beef half the time and only throwing half as much meat in…
How Europe fell out of love with climate
In November 2021, Frans Timmermans, then the EU’s climate chief, stood before the European Parliament in Strasbourg to…
Ten years after Paris, the world is still failing to meet its own climate promises. None of the 45 key indicators for limiting global warming to 1.5°C, in line with 2015’s Paris Agreement, are on track for 2030.
Ten years after Paris, the world is still failing to meet its own climate promises. None of the…
Monsoon brings pollution and climate change is to blame
It might seem odd, but it’s true: heavy monsoon storms aren’t just about downpours and flooding any more.…
The end of the climate hawk era
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS // AFP via Getty Images The end of the climate hawk era As Philip Rossetti recently…
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 | Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 | Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still…