An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2022-02-21 Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into commonly used, expensive industrial chemicals. The carbon-negative approach removes CO2 from the atmosphere and bypasses using fossil fuels to generate t …›
2022-02-21 Donations include £1.3m from Italian oil group Eni and appear to run contrary to aim of being net zero by 2035The University of Oxford accepted at least £1.6m from oil, gas and petrochemical companies in 2020-21 despite its 2035 net zero commitment, …›
2022-02-21 In a new study, researchers set out to understand the air pollutant emissions impacts of electrifying motorcycle taxis in Kampala, Uganda. …›
2022-02-21 Roughly 35 million years ago, Earth cooled rapidly. At roughly the same time, the Drake Passage formed between South America and the Antarctic, paving the way for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Thanks to these two factors, Antarctica was soon compl …›
2022-02-21 A preliminary report suggests that mask wearing and social distancing may curb the spread of disease from humans to great apes. …›
2022-02-21 After a storm disrupted plans for a 99-mile paddling trek, a Times journalist’s time on the water took a more reflective turn. Come look and listen alongside him. …›
2022-02-21 The court’s ruling cheered environmentalists and sent shock waves through the mining industry, which now must prove that projects don’t harm ecosystems or endanger species.By Katie SurmaUntil recently, so-called “rights of nature” provisions th …›
2022-02-21 Artificial intelligence has been identified as one of the top three emerging technologies in conservation, helping protect species around the worldThere’s a strand of thinking, from sci-fi films to Stephen Hawking that suggests artificial intelligenc …›
2022-02-20 The Interior Department is pausing new federal oil and gas leases and permits after a judge blocked the government from weighing the cost of climate damage in decisions. …›
2022-02-20 The warming climate makes ski resorts more dependent on snow making. For some of them, it will eventually be too warm to keep operating. …›
2022-02-20 For decades, they've been told to rip out the Guiera senegalensis shrub. But now there's a new philosophy: The scrappy green plant could be the key to a better harvest.(Image credit: Nick Roll for NPR) …›
2022-02-20 The dense artificial snow that blanketed the competition zones for the games is likely to affect water, soil, animals and plants in the mountainous regions, scientists say.By Cristobella DurretteThe Beijing 2022 Olympics wrap up this weekend, but const …›
2022-02-20 Whales, puffins and cod feast on the zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus. The tiny crustaceans fuel the vast North Atlantic food web, but they are threatened by warming waters.By Derrick Z. Jackson Given the rate at which the waters in the Gulf of Ma …›
2022-02-20 Expert report warns of dangers of relying on Victorian drainage system, lack of funding and awareness of risksThere is now a significant risk of people drowning in London as the threat of major flash floods increases in the city because of climate chan …›
2022-02-19 After Friday’s record-breaking winds, rail chaos and power cuts, weather warnings remain amid fears of more storms to comePatrick Langmaid was among the first to feel the full ferocity of Storm Eunice. Perched above the sea near Cornwall’s Trevose …›
2022-02-19 Drought and a decade of war have brought failing crops and poverty to a region once known as Syria’s breadbasket. Even the bread has changed. …›
2022-02-19 Authorities in China said they planted nearly 200,000 acres of forest and green areas prior to the Winter Games. But they also transplanted nearly 20,000 trees, which could endanger animal habitats.(Image credit: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images) …›
2022-02-19 The megacity already ranks among the world’s most imperiled, beset by raging floods, surging heat and torrential monsoons.By Zoha TunioKARACHI, Pakistan—Late last year, Abdul Ghaffar, a 35-year-old small-scale farmer in Karachi’s Magsi Goth secti …›
2022-02-19 A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.By Katelyn WeisbrodBelow the surface of the ocean, the waters are anything but silent. The sounds uttere …›
2022-02-18 After last year's deadly heat wave, Oregon lawmakers are debating new measures to keep people safe. They include funding and legal rights for air conditioning. …›
2022-02-18 Scientists have found that modern rates of sea level rise began emerging in 1863 as the Industrial Age intensified, coinciding with evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt. The study, which used a global database of sea-level records spannin …›
2022-02-18 Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists have found fish and squid in deep water in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. …›
2022-02-18 Eraring, the country’s largest coal-fired power station, will shut in three years, but transition plans for employees, communities – and the grid – are lacking When Jacqui Coleman heard that Australia’s largest coal-fired power station was t …›
2022-02-18 Climate experts and engineers have created a new model to predict the damage caused by adverse weather. This new framework for 'consequence forecasting' enables first responders to effectively target resources prior to an extreme weather event, such as …›
2022-02-18 As the climate crisis becomes more immediate, carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology has been touted as part of the solution. The process involves harnessing carbon dioxide from emissions or the atmosphere and repurposing them. However, a rece …›
2022-02-18 Strict reservation of large land areas for animals and plants might save humankind from the collapse of species diversity in the next decades. However, in some countries, particularly in the global South, this might endanger food supply. …›
2022-02-18 A debate about John Muir and racism thrust Ramón Cruz into a new leadership role. …›
2022-02-18 A rare red warning has been issued as back-to-back storms sweep the UKStorm Eunice is battering parts of the UK, felling trees and scattering roof tiles as forecasters warn of a “significant threat to life”. But is it caused by climate breakdown, a …›
2022-02-18 A comprehensive study confirms that oil companies are largely all talk and no action when it comes to clean energy initiativesThis week a peer-reviewed study confirmed what many have suspected for years: major oil companies are not fully backing up the …›
2022-02-18 Critics say the enormous electricity consumption needed to sustain cryptocurrency is fueling the climate crisis and now threatens a partial resurrection of coal in the USEnvironmentalists in Montana called it the “death watch”. Following years of f …›
2022-02-18 California has one of the country's most successful programs to subsidize residential rooftop solar. But utilities say it doesn't leave them enough money to make the grid resilient to climate change. …›
2022-02-18 Documents show that Ascend Performance Materials, the nation’s largest emitter of nitrous oxide, is still emitting significant amounts of the climate super-pollutant.By Phil McKennaEfforts by the nation’s largest emitter of nitrous oxide to rein in …›
2022-02-18 Mayor Eric Adams wants to suspend the expansion of New York’s composting program, but experts say the program is crucial to the city’s climate targets. …›
2022-02-17 A drop in the total number of rainy days each year is contributing to an earlier arrival of spring for plants in northern climates, a new study finds. …›
2022-02-17 The United States is expected to experience as much sea level rise by the year 2050 as it witnessed in the previous hundred years. That's according to a NOAA-led report updating sea level rise decision-support information for the U.S. released in partn …›
2022-02-17 Measurements of London's atmosphere show the city is releasing more of the potent greenhouse gas methane, primarily from natural gas leaks. …›
2022-02-17 Tall trees in Central Amazonia are impacted by periods of high maximum temperatures, which can cause them to shed their leaves and branches. With deforestation increasing, forests are becoming fragmented and this exposes their interiors and increases t …›
2022-02-17 Sediment cores taken from the Southern Ocean dating back 23 million years are providing insight into how ancient methane escaping from the seafloor could have led to regional or global climate and environmental changes, according to a new study. …›
2022-02-17 Further links emerge between Craig Mackinlay’s Net Zero Scrutiny Group and Global Warming Policy FoundationA Tory MP who leads a group which campaigns against the government’s net zero measures has recruited two members of staff from a controversia …›
2022-02-17 The Lone Star State led the nation in new renewable energy capacity in 2021, and is poised to continue to be the leader.By Dan GearinoIn the race to build renewable energy projects in 2021, Texas lapped the competition. …›