Climate Change


Booming brilliant year for the bittern – Britain’s loudest bird

Booming brilliant year for the bittern – Britain’s loudest bird

ByStuart ButlerApr 5, 2024
A new RSPB survey reveals that the bittern, Britain’s loudest bird, is making a remarkable recovery in England and Wales.
Polygonal tundra landscape in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula

A warmer Arctic could have a big impact on Earth’s northernmost rivers

ByBryony CottamApr 4, 2024
A warmer Arctic could have a big impact on Earth’s northernmost rivers
International Day of Zero Waste

International Day of Zero Waste

ByStuart ButlerMar 29, 2024
To encourage humanity to rethink how it deals with our mountains of waste March 30 marks the UN’s International Day of Zero Waste.
UN report reveals colossal levels of food waste

UN report reveals colossal levels of food waste

ByStuart ButlerMar 28, 2024
A new UN report reveals that worldwide over a billion meals a day are wasted and that this is taking a significant environmental toll.
Immune cells in the brain, microglia, are damaged by heat stress

Climate change is radically affecting our brain health

Neuroscientist turned environmental journalist Clayton Aldern reports an unreported crisis in neurological health linked to climate chang
Wind turbines, Xinjiang, China

Climatewatch: The politics of net zero needs to move as fast as the technology changes

ByMarco MagriniMar 25, 2024
Marco Magrini points out that climate technology is racing ahead of climate politics in finding much-needed solutions
Food production generates the equivalent of 31 per cent of all greenhouse gases

Food for thought: feeding the world accounts for a third of human-made carbon emissions

ByMarco MagriniMar 18, 2024
For Marco Magrini the agricultural transition is as important and urgent as the energy transition
Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could soar by 60 per cent

Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could soar by 60 per cent

ByStuart ButlerMar 6, 2024
New report warns that by 2060 extraction of the Earth’s natural resources will soar by 60 per cent putting climate change goals at risk.
Climate change affects rural women more than men

Climate change affects rural women more than men

ByStuart ButlerMar 6, 2024
A new report shows that the effects of climate change on people living in rural areas varies depending on gender, age and wealth.
Winter dzud kills two million animals in Mongolia

Winter dzud kills two million animals in Mongolia

ByStuart ButlerMar 4, 2024
An extreme winter weather event known as a dzong has killed at least 2 million head of livestock in Mongolia.
Longer summers spell bad news for polar bears

Longer summers spell bad news for polar bears

ByStuart ButlerFeb 28, 2024
A new study reveals that if Arctic summers continue to get longer then most polar bears will probably starve.
US$12 trillion needed to triple global renewables by 2030

US$12 trillion needed to triple global renewables by 2030

ByStuart ButlerFeb 27, 2024
Worldwide investment in renewable energy needs to increase significantly if we are to meet the goal of tripling renewables by 2030.
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