Greener aviation fuels create fewer contrails. Here’s what that means for global warming – ABC News
If you look up at the sky on a clear sunny day, chances are you’ll see fluffy white trails left behind by airplanes. Key points: Contrails are largely made of water vapour that comes out of aircraft engine exhaust When it’s…
Salamanders have a secret to survive drought, heat waves, and climate change – Vox.com
This story is part of Down to Earth, a Vox reporting initiative on the science, politics, and economics of the biodiversity crisis. A decade ago, a team of salamander researchers made a dire prediction: that climate change would make much…
Why Was $66 Billion Spent On Renewables Before The Texas Blackouts?
The oldest maxim in politics is “follow the money.” That maxim also applies to electric grids. Following the billions of dollars that have been spent on the Texas grid explains why the state continues to have electricity shortages. On Monday,…
Rising heat-related deaths linked to global warming – SciDev.Net
[NEW DELHI] An international team of researchers has quantified how heat-related deaths are attributable to global warming, with Latin America and South-East Asia the worst hit. Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, lead author and head of the Climate Change and Health Research…
Think climate change isn’t ‘click-worthy’? These bots disagree. – Grist
When you hear about bots in the news, it’s usually something bad. Bots, bits of software designed to perform routine tasks for their human creators, are often associated with scam calls, fake social media accounts, or spreading disinformation, even though…
Climate change: What G7 leaders could have said but didn’t One of the greatest unmentionables – Down To Earth Magazine
One of the greatest unmentionables at climate summit after climate summit is just how badly we keep track of contributions to global warming. The four-day G7 summit in Cornwall ended with little cause for celebration from anyone worried about climate…
Climate change: What G7 leaders could have said but didnât
One of the greatest unmentionables at climate summit after climate summit is just how badly we keep track of contributions to global warming.
Underwater robot offers new insight into mid-ocean “twilight zone”
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) An innovative underwater robot known as Mesobot is providing researchers with deeper insight into the vast mid-ocean region known as the “twilight zone.” Capable of tracking and recording high-resolution images of slow-moving and fragile zooplankton, gelatinous animals, and particles, Mesobot greatly expands scientists’ ability to observe creatures in their mesopelagic habitat with minimal disturbance.
Reports Of Fossil Fuels’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
Great efforts are underway to decarbonize the global economy. It’s not just that Western political leaders pledge commitments to net-zero emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter. Corporations are also investing in a green-energy future as if a carbon-free world is…
Climate change: what G7 leaders could have said – but didn’t – The Conversation UK
The four-day G7 summit in Cornwall ended with little cause for celebration from anyone worried about climate change. Most of the pledges that emerged were relatively old news, with the UK repeating its promise of £500 million for ocean conservation…
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