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At current rate of emissions, the remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5 °C could be exhausted in about 3 years

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A new study finds disadvantaged US communities have 64% fewer public EV chargers per capita – and face more outages when they do exist

28 days ago nature.com environment

People were wrecking the climate 140 years ago — we just lacked the tech to spot it

30 days ago nature.com environment

Global warming is altering cloud patterns, which in turn amplifies global warming. Recent years have seen temperatures rise faster than predicted

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Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950

30 days ago winnipegsun.com environment

A new study using satellite radar finds some flood walls and neighbourhoods in Greater New Orleans are subsiding by up to 28 mm per year, raising urgent flood risk concerns.

18 days ago science.org environment

New research shows green roofs can block over 97% of airborne microplastics during rainfall. In Shanghai, that's 56 tonnes a year

31 days ago nature.com environment

Researchers found that plastic bag bans led to a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bags as a share of total items collected in shoreline cleanups relative to areas without policies

26 days ago bbc.co.uk environment

Climate change may worsen mismatches between energy supply & demand in systems relying heavily on wind and solar

24 days ago nature.com environment

Surveys in 20 countries reveal strong public support for global policies such as a tax on millionaires to finance low-income countries or a carbon price to finance a global basic income.

28 days ago nature.com environment

New research shows 20–40-year-old regrowing forests absorb up to 8x more CO₂ per hectare than newly planted ones.

22 days ago nature.com environment

Ash trees evolving resistance to dieback

20 days ago thetimes.com environment

Island-wide removal of honeybees reveals exploitative trophic competition with strongly declining wild bee populations

37 days ago sciencedirect.com environment

Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds

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By affecting cows’ diets, climate change can affect cheese’s nutritional value and sensory traits such as taste, color and texture

35 days ago sciencenews.org environment

A new study identifies 195 million hectares globally as optimal for reforestation without harming people or wildlife

35 days ago nature.com environment

Queries made to some AI models generate up to 50 times more carbon emissions than others

27 days ago gizmodo.com ai environment

New research shows that 1 million years ago, a shift in ocean winds changed Southern Africa’s rainfall patterns

33 days ago nature.com environment

A California dairy farm tried to capture its methane. It worked

32 days ago news.ucr.edu california environment

Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystem

37 days ago theguardian.com environment

David Attenborough’s ‘Ocean’ is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea

39 days ago apnews.com environment

Forests offset warming more than thought: study

38 days ago news.ucr.edu environment

Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt, study finds

28 days ago nature.com environment

Stalled planetary waves tied to extreme summer weather—like floods and heatwaves—have tripled since 1950, a new study finds

30 days ago pnas.org environment

A new study shows how the smallest air pollutants (PM1) changed across the US from 1998 to 2022

32 days ago thelancet.com environment

Offsetting fossil fuel emissions through tree planting would require all the land in North and Central America — and still fall short

26 days ago nature.com environment

Could floating solar panels on a reservoir help the Colorado River?

44 days ago arstechnica.com environment

Two new computer models aim to reduce the impacts of severe weather in Puerto Rico, one by predicting next-day energy demand as a storm approaches, the other by identifying critical power lines to prevent total blackouts [PNAS…

26 days ago engineering.princeton.edu environment

The northward drift of the jet stream has caused a 40% drop in marine primary production in the NW Mediterranean since 2000

34 days ago sciencedirect.com environment

Urban trees already save cities tens to hundreds of millions in stormwater costs, but a new paper shows they could do even more

43 days ago researchgate.net environment

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At current rate of emissions, the remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5 °C could be exhausted in about 3 years

A new study finds disadvantaged US communities have 64% fewer public EV chargers per capita – and face more outages when they do exist

People were wrecking the climate 140 years ago — we just lacked the tech to spot it

Global warming is altering cloud patterns, which in turn amplifies global warming. Recent years have seen temperatures rise faster than predicted

Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950

A new study using satellite radar finds some flood walls and neighbourhoods in Greater New Orleans are subsiding by up to 28 mm per year, raising urgent flood risk concerns.

New research shows green roofs can block over 97% of airborne microplastics during rainfall. In Shanghai, that's 56 tonnes a year

Researchers found that plastic bag bans led to a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bags as a share of total items collected in shoreline cleanups relative to areas without policies

Climate change may worsen mismatches between energy supply & demand in systems relying heavily on wind and solar

Surveys in 20 countries reveal strong public support for global policies such as a tax on millionaires to finance low-income countries or a carbon price to finance a global basic income.

New research shows 20–40-year-old regrowing forests absorb up to 8x more CO₂ per hectare than newly planted ones.

Ash trees evolving resistance to dieback

Island-wide removal of honeybees reveals exploitative trophic competition with strongly declining wild bee populations

Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds

By affecting cows’ diets, climate change can affect cheese’s nutritional value and sensory traits such as taste, color and texture

A new study identifies 195 million hectares globally as optimal for reforestation without harming people or wildlife

Queries made to some AI models generate up to 50 times more carbon emissions than others

New research shows that 1 million years ago, a shift in ocean winds changed Southern Africa’s rainfall patterns

A California dairy farm tried to capture its methane. It worked

Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystem

David Attenborough’s ‘Ocean’ is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea

Forests offset warming more than thought: study

Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt, study finds

Stalled planetary waves tied to extreme summer weather—like floods and heatwaves—have tripled since 1950, a new study finds

A new study shows how the smallest air pollutants (PM1) changed across the US from 1998 to 2022

Offsetting fossil fuel emissions through tree planting would require all the land in North and Central America — and still fall short

Could floating solar panels on a reservoir help the Colorado River?

Two new computer models aim to reduce the impacts of severe weather in Puerto Rico, one by predicting next-day energy demand as a storm approaches, the other by identifying critical power lines to prevent total blackouts [PNAS…

The northward drift of the jet stream has caused a 40% drop in marine primary production in the NW Mediterranean since 2000

Urban trees already save cities tens to hundreds of millions in stormwater costs, but a new paper shows they could do even more