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Ukraine war makes Caspian Sea environmental crisis worse
The war in Ukraine is making a growing environmental crisis in the Caspian Sea worse, claims Zaur Shiriyev, a scholar at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. Pollution from the war is making an already bad situation worse.
Rising carbon emissions will drive the clouds from the sky
The clouds may disappear from the skies within the next century, which would cause temperatures to leap by as much as 12C and force most of humanity to move to the polar ice caps.
Paris Agreement’s carbon budget all spent in growing number of developed countries
A carbon emission budget built into the 2015 Paris Agreement to buy the world some time before environmental catastrophe strikes has already been exhausted by some of world’s biggest carbon emitters and we are burning through what remains too fast.
Each one degree rise in global temperature reduces world GDP by 12%, says study
Each one degree rise in global temperatures reduces world GDP by 12%, according to a new study by economists Adrien Bilal and Diego Känzi, published in Maym, which could reduce global GDP by half by the end of the century.
Wildfires rage through Russia’s Far East
Yakutia, a Republic in Russia’s Siberia, is currently dealing with over 350,000 hectares of fires, the regional operational headquarters has reported.
Google’s emissions up 48% in five years because of AI
The greenhouse gas emissions of search and data giant Google increased almost 50% in five years because of its offerings and use of artificial intelligence (AI). The technology is highly power-hungry.
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New tipping point looms beneath Antarctic ice sheet
For the first time, a “new and worrying” way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterised by scientists. Projections of sea level rise may thus be “significant underestimates”.
Tropical storm Beryl intensifies to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane in an extreme weather first
Tropical storm Beryl intensified into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane in less than 42 hours in a never-before-seen acceleration of destructive power for the time of year.
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Extreme wildfires have doubled in two decades, due to climate crisis
A new study, in "Nature Ecology & Evolution", reveals that the frequency and intensity of severe wildfires worldwide have doubled over the last two decades due to climate change.
Over a billion people's food supplies threatened by the accelerating climate crisis by 2050
Extreme heat this summer has already killed 1,300 Muslims on the annual hajj to Mecca, but climate change threatens the lives of far more people if crops start failing due to rising heat and water stress, recent research has shown.
Global temperature rise likely to exceed 1.5°C temporarily within five years, says WMO
There is an 80% likelihood that the annual average global temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one of the next five years, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation.
Zelenskiy launches biomethane market in Ukraine, aims to attract international investment
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inaugurated Ukraine's biomethane market, a move that could see Ukraine exporting 22 bcm of it to cover 20% of the EU’s needs.
This summer’s hurricane season will likely be dangerous
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be highly active, according to early projections. The season starts on June 1.
“Silent demise” of world’s vast rangelands threatens food supply of billions, warns UNCCD report
Sixty-plus experts examine degradation caused by land overuse and misuse, climate change and biodiversity loss.
Global warming acceleration at its peak but the La Nina effect this year will reduce temperatures less than expected
Global temperature is now near its peak due to El Niño aerosol decrease. How far will it fall in the coming La Niña? Less than expected.
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Energy transition more likely to be delayed with dire consequences, says WoodMac
The world could be heading for a 3-degree C warming trajectory as political headwinds slow the energy transition, says a new report by Wood Mackenzie.