Smelly seaweed sargassum headed toward Florida, the Caribbean. Why? – USA TODAY

Beachgoers in Florida and the Caribbean could be greeted by heavy blankets of smelly seaweed in the weeks ahead as a 5,000 mile swath of sargassum drifts westward and piles onto white sandy beaches. Sargassum, a naturally-occurring type of macroalgae, has…

Coalition of independent NSW candidates vow to slow or halt coal and gas projects

A coalition of independents hoping to hold the balance of power in the next New South Wales parliament will demand action to slow or halt coal and gas projects from the major parties in the case of a hung parliament….

Do not just single out coal

Why should countries of the western world, which have already appropriated the giant share of the carbon budget, be given a free pass on the continued use of natural gas?

2 killer whales slaughter 17 sharks in 1 day

Killer whales Port and Starboard killed 17 broadnose sevengill sharks in one day off South Africa, dining on their livers and letting the bodies wash ashore.

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Putin Discusses Possibility That Global Warming Has Peaked – Newsweek

Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the possibility that global warming has peaked, in a conversation with scientists in Moscow. Putin was talking with the winners of the Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists on February 8,…

Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700 — but most could still be saved

People need to stop looking at wetlands as wastelands and draining them to make it ‘useful’

‘A national scandal’: how US climate funding could make water pollution worse

The $369bn Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was applauded by a chorus of US organizations and activists enthusiastic about the generous funding earmarked for projects designed to mitigate climate change and improve environmental health. But some researchers and activists are raising…

Study: World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10-12 years – Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3

The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that’s…

Climate change: WMO unveils plans for sustainable monitoring of greenhouse gases – UN News

The WMO initiative would create a network of ground-based measurement stations that can verify worrying air quality data that’s been flagged by satellites or airplanes, potentially in the next five years. “At present, there is no comprehensive, timely international exchange of surface and…

Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term, says WEF report

‘Failure to mitigate climate change’ and ‘failure of climate change adaptation’ are world’s top two most severe risks in the long term