An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2022-01-26 Clouds in the southern hemisphere reflect more sunlight than those in the northern hemisphere. The reason is a more frequent occurrence of liquid water droplets, which results from an interplay between updrafts and a cleaner environment. …›
2022-01-26 As climate shifted 23,000 years ago, humans in Israel experienced a new abundance of food, according to a new study. …›
2022-01-26 A new analysis predicts that, as climate change progresses, the most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops. …›
2022-01-26 Analysis finds many areas growing the crops may not be suitable by 2050, while others could benefitSome regions that produce coffee, cashews and avocados may not be able to support the growing of these crops within decades as a result of global heating …›
2022-01-26 ‘Charging anxiety’ may prevent the government from meeting its 2030 target for mass adoption of zero-emission carsThe lack of a widespread electric vehicle charging network in the UK is holding back the mass adoption of zero-emission cars, accordin …›
2022-01-26 We can’t afford to stop solar geoengineering research MIT Technology… Wed, 01/26/2022 - 13:20 MIT Technology ReviewTopicsGeoengineeringPostJanuary 26, 2022We can’t afford to stop solar geoengineering research Photo Credit Get …›
2022-01-26 LED lights are far more efficient, but there’s still money to be made from older bulbs. …›
2022-01-26 Ownership of more than 500 acres of a forest in Mendocino County was returned to 10 sovereign tribes who will serve as guardians to “protect and heal” the land. …›
2022-01-26 Urban greening is unlikely to provide a single fix for tackling extreme weather events brought on by climate change, scientists have suggested. …›
2022-01-26 Wealthy companies are using the facade of ‘nature-based solutions’ to enact a great carbon land grabThere is nothing that cannot be corrupted, nothing good that cannot be transformed into something bad. And there is no clearer example than the grea …›
2022-01-26 Officials in the Arizona city are worried about suffering a massive power grid failure like Texas did a year ago. The city is developing "resilience hubs" with community groups to help when needed. …›
2022-01-26 NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota about climate change. Unlike some Republicans, Cramer says he's willing to combat the problem by reducing carbon emissions. …›
2022-01-26 A firm called Clean Creatives published an “F-List” of firms for spreading misinformation. The PR giant Edelman pushed back, saying it had never erred on climate facts.By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York, The Financial TimesDuncan Meisel used …›
2022-01-26 The West Virginia senator’s name is reviled on the streets of Bangladesh and other countries facing climate disaster as he blocks Biden’s effort to curb planet-heating gasesWithin the brutal machinations of US politics, Joe Manchin has been elevate …›
2022-01-25 As Washington gears up to dole out hundreds of billions of dollars in new infrastructure funds, critics say not enough will go to projects addressing climate change and issues of racial inequality. …›
2022-01-25 The case brought by Baltimore is one of more than 20 similar lawsuits nationwide that seek to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate change. (Image credit: AP) …›
2022-01-25 Storms over the waters around Antarctica drive an outgassing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study. The research group used advanced ocean robots for the study, which provides a better understanding of climate ch …›
2022-01-25 As the arctic warms four times faster than the global average, Europe’s only indigenous population is under threat. For centuries, the Sámi people have herded reindeer throughout northern Europe. Now, warmer winters are turning the snow the rei …›
2022-01-25 Joplin, Missouri, was left unrecognizable after the 2011 disaster. Its recovery offers lessons for other communitiesThe tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011 with such fury that afterward, even those who had lived here their entire lives struggl …›
2022-01-25 As the state taps hog waste as a renewable energy source, communities of color fear worsening air and water pollution.By Aman AzharThe EPA has decided to investigate North Carolina’s 2021 decision to allow four pig feeding operations to generate …›
2022-01-25 Since the pandemic began, Tonga has reported just a single case of COVID-19 and has avoided any outbreaks.(Image credit: Tonga Red Cross Society/via AP) …›
2022-01-24 Last summer's Western North American heat dome caused more than record-breaking temperature increases--rising anxiety about climate change is reported in a new study on the weather event's impact on our mental health. …›
2022-01-24 More than 70 million tons of carbon were prevented from being released into the atmosphere under a deforestation emissions reduction scheme in Indonesia -- but researchers point out this is only 3 per cent of the total required by Indonesia's Nationall …›
2022-01-24 In two new exhibitions, shocking photography and video simulations give an idea of the effects of the climate crisisHow should culture respond to the climate crisis? Can it provide a wake-up call that isn’t so brutally loud and depressing that we don …›
2022-01-24 By playing a variety of recordings of “wheeze honks” to pods of hippopotamuses, researchers began to decipher how the animals communicate with one another. …›
2022-01-24 Taking into account a variety of trees and green structures in four otherwise similar residential courtyards, a new study evaluates their effects on thermal comfort, biodiversity, carbon storage and social interaction. The authors show that those court …›
2022-01-24 Why Do Firms Issue Green Bonds? MIT Center for… Mon, 01/24/2022 - 10:02 MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy ResearchTopicsFinance & EconomicsCarbon PricingGovernment & PolicyInternational AgreementsPostJanuary 24, 2022Why Do Firms Issue Gr …›
2022-01-24 Climate Nucleus Minutes from December 20, 2021 MIT Climate Nucleus Mon, 01/24/2022 - 08:55 MIT Climate NucleusTopicsMIT ActionPostJanuary 24, 2022Climate Nucleus Minutes from December 20, 2021 MIT Climate Nuc …›
2022-01-24 Utility regulators have proposed slashing the incentives homeowners receive to install solar panels, a long-sought goal of utilities and labor unions. …›
2022-01-24 The author, scientist and Colorado State University professor is as responsible as anyone for broadening our understanding of autism. …›
2022-01-24 Five states have joined California to make electric trucks, buses and tractors more available in the coming years, but advocates want more done to reduce pollution in vulnerable communities.By Kristoffer TigueMelissa Miles has long thought the heavy tr …›
2022-01-23 By Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun and John Upton, Climate Central Grass fires have threatened the meadows and homes near Chatridge Court and U.S. 85 three times in five years, and firefighters work …›
2022-01-23 After the Trump administration rushed through the Willow project in its waning days, a federal judge temporarily halted development pending additional review. Environmentalists want Biden to kill Willow once and for all.By Nicholas KusnetzThe Biden adm …›
2022-01-22 A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.By Katelyn WeisbrodDuring the century in which the Winter Olympics have been held, 21 cities in Europe, Asia and …›
2022-01-21 Kai Forsyth relished being the only passenger on a flight from London to Orlando. But his solo trip highlights the wastefulness of near-empty flights that environmentalists are trying to ban.(Image credit: Frank Augstein/AP) …›
2022-01-21 A study has discovered that sufficient water flows during summer can be critical to a Chinook salmon population in the interior of British Columbia. …›
2022-01-21 Extremes in rainfall — whether intense drought or flash floods — can catastrophically slow the global economy, researchers report in the Jan. 13 Nature. And those impacts are most felt by wealthy, industrialized nations, the researchers found. …›
2022-01-21 The world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter announced the freeze in December after joining the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a climate agreement that requires an immediate ban on HFC-23, a potent greenhouse gas.By Phil McKennaChina has be …›