A Dutch family doctor named Tibor Poelmann posted a petition on an online forum for general practitioners (GPs) in 2021. He wanted their pension fund to stop investing in oil and gas. It quickly gathered 1,200 signatures.
A monster El Niño is nearing its peak, deepening drought in many parts of the world. Coming as countries slash foreign aid and war chokes supplies of energy and fertilizer, the climate phenomenon could leave millions more people in vulnerable countries without enough to eat. Read more on E360 →
Australia has designated a seabed storage site near its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store massive amounts of carbon pollution using a technology that has divided climate scientists.
An international study jointly led by researchers from the Department of Geography and the Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality at the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has revealed that vegetation resilience across Northern Hemisphere permafrost regions underwent a widespread…
Mount Kilimanjaro is warming in some places and cooling in others, according to a new study by the University of Portsmouth, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.
Every Bonfire Night, people pay for a box of fireworks so their friends and family can enjoy the colorful display. Within a few minutes, it's all over. But the price on the box doesn't reflect the hidden costs: the smoke inhaled by neighbors, the animals disturbed or the public services called out when things go wrong.
A new study published in Environmental Research Letters has found little evidence that hyperscale data centers cause significant heating of surrounding land. While a previous study suggested data centers heat surrounding land by about 2 °C on average (up to 9 °C), reaching 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away, 13 years of…
Последствия глобального потепления для здоровья людей усиливаются быстрее, чем в предыдущее десятилетие. Особенно заметно растут риски, связанные с жарой и засухами. Об этом говорится в десятом ежегодном докладе Lancet Countdown, подготовленном международной группой исследователей при участии Всемирной организации…
Здания могут не только защищать человека от окружающей среды, но и взаимодействовать с ней на биологическом уровне. Британская архитектурная студия ecoLogicStudio разрабатывает проекты, в которых микроорганизмы становятся частью строительных конструкций, очищают воздух, поглощают углекислый газ и даже помогают…