Climate

The investigation identified up to 1,900 kilometers (30 percent) of England's coastline where authorities intend to "hold the line" with existing flood barriers. According to a new study, nearly 200,000 houses and businesses in England could be lost to rising sea levels by the year 2050. The investigation found up to...

The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, stated that an extension will aid in bolstering supply amid uncertainty in Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but disappointed climate activists. The British government has extended the life of a coal-fired power plant to "enhance" energy security, despite lobbying other nations last year...

Yellowstone floods obliterate homes, bridges, and roads, more than 100 million Americans are told to stay indoors as a heatwave descends over states, and portions of a hillside burn so strongly that their image is compared to a "volcano erupting." As the United States is blasted by an onslaught of...

Chile's drought has reduced mine output in the world's largest copper producer, stoked tensions over water use for lithium and agriculture, fueled forest fires, and prompted the nation's capital to make unprecedented preparations for water rationing. Twenty years ago, the Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was the primary water source...

"Gone are the days" when inaccurate climate objectives "stay uncontested," researchers state in their net-zero stocktake study, as public and government scrutiny rises. Two-thirds of corporate climate objectives are "alarmingly insufficient," prompting "greenwashing" accusations, according to a comprehensive worldwide evaluation of net-zero claims by countries and corporations. A new examination of...

Despite a large decline in export quantities in May as the international community attempted to minimize its dependence on Moscow's oil and gas, this astounding figure was reached. Despite a large decline in export quantities in May as the international community attempted to minimize its dependence on Moscow's oil and...

"This is not a scare tactic. This involves examining the fossil record and stating, "Look, the Earth's temperature has fluctuated significantly throughout its history." "Steve Brusatte, professor When the Earth has warmed in the past, "mammal species have frequently shrunk in reaction." A fossils specialist has indicated that in the...

According to a new report by prominent climate change researchers, the global fossil fuel industry is experiencing a "gold rush." Enhanced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, soaring energy prices have prompted new investments in oil and gas. According to a report by Climate Action Tracker (CAT), global warming may be irreversible. There...

More than 80% of New Zealand's methane emissions are produced by animal stomachs. Methane is a potent global warming accelerator, hence its reduction helps to reduce global warming. The idea would make the nation the first to charge farmers for the greenhouse gases their livestock emit. Only 5 million humans reside...

More than $18 billion promised by wealthy nations to help vulnerable, often low-polluting nations adapt to climate change is absent from current plans, according to a new study. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) research indicates that developed countries and multilateral organizations are on track to channel $21.8bn annually...

Even if the Environmental Protection Agency could afford to implement coastal protection measures everywhere, coastal protection measures cannot safeguard all communities, according to scientists. The head of England's Environment Agency (EA) has warned that climate change will "inevitably" compel some British coastal communities to abandon their homes. Sir James Bevan, the...

The Norwegian oil giant envisions the Humber as the "first net-zero industrial zone in the world," using controversial blue hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technology. The Norwegian state-owned oil giant invested 8.6 percent of its capital expenditures on renewables in 2020, according to research by Capital Economic for the...