An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2022-02-08 Many companies mislead by using accounting practices that make their environmental goals relatively meaningless or exclude parts of their businesses in their calculations, NewClimate Institute finds. (Image credit: Ted S. Warren/AP file photo) …›
2022-02-07 In a landmark study of airborne microorganisms from ground level up to 3,500 meters, scientists have found that bacteria and fungi populate the planet's lower atmosphere in very specific ways, and if changed, may negatively impact human health and food …›
2022-02-07 Rapidly growing communities in the American West's forests and shrublands are nestled in zones where local soil and plant traits amplify the effect of climate change on wildfire hazards and lead to bigger burns. …›
2022-02-07 Unprecedented mass loss from three Antarctic glaciers could signal global climate trouble ahead, a researcher warns. A multinational collaboration is using an advanced remote imaging system to document the Pope, Smith and Kohler glaciers with clarity a …›
2022-02-07 A new report is a call to action for policymakers worldwide seeking to develop sustainable and equitable solutions to our most urgent global challenges. 'Ten Facts about Land Systems for Sustainability' was co-authored by 50 leading land use scientists …›
2022-02-07 When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017 as a high-end category 4 storm, it left in its wake the largest catastrophe in the history of the island. Along with the human toll, the devastation impacted all the island's wildlife, inc …›
2022-02-07 Climate and demographic threats are chipping away at a centuries-old culture surrounding the cultivation of the fluorescent green plant. …›
2022-02-07 Australia’s energy market can be bewildering, but a new consumer guide aims to reveal the reality behind ads featuring wind farmsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian electricity providers have been ranked on their climate c …›
2022-02-07 Research revises estimates of glacial ice volume, suggesting that there is less ice in the world's glaciers than previously thought. The findings have implications on freshwater and global sea level rise. …›
2022-02-07 New satellite mapping of the world’s mountain ice suggests Earth’s glaciers may contain less water than previously thought. …›
2022-02-07 When we think of climate change, we often imagine how a warmer world will impact species, but a new study highlights the importance of changes in precipitation. The finding suggests that paying attention to the environmental triggers within each specie …›
2022-02-07 If carbon emissions continue to increase at their current rate the resilience to climate change of seafood species that are mainstays of the EU market, such as great Atlantic scallop, red mullet, and common octopus, will be weakened by the combined ons …›
2022-02-07 Understanding when and where trees die in vast tropical forests is a challenging first step toward understanding carbon dynamics and climate change. Researchers explained variations in tree mortality over a five-year period by analyzing drone images of …›
2022-02-07 Hundreds of international researchers are currently analyzing observations from the one-year MOSAiC expedition, during which hundreds of environmental parameters were recorded with unprecedented accuracy and frequency over a full annual cycle in the Ce …›
2022-02-07 Until now, research assumed that the vast forest area of the Congo Basin, like other tropical forests, releases large amounts of nitrous oxide and binds methane. Researchers have now shown that it behaves differently: methane is released, while nitrous …›
2022-02-07 New research has revealed that only 15 per cent of coastal areas around the world remain intact, exposing the need for urgent coastal rehabilitation and conservation on a global scale. …›
2022-02-07 White-tailed deer could become a reservoir for the virus, putting people and animals at risk, health experts say. …›
2022-02-07 From Noname’s new single to Bruegel’s vision of a lost world, our critics offer up culture for processing the impending crisisEnvironmental concerns have motivated the animation giant Studio Ghibli since its salad days: Nausicaä of the Valley of t …›
2022-02-07 The intergovernmental organization, based in Paris, derives about a quarter of its budget from subscriptions costing almost $18,000 a year. Activists say the fees are an impediment to climate-related research by nonprofits.By Andrew Marquardt and Jeann …›
2022-02-06 The cyclone has caused widespread damage by blowing the roofs off homes, knocking down trees and utility poles, making roads impassable and flooding many areas.(Image credit: AP) …›
2022-02-06 Biden’s big climate goals depend on Congress. …›
2022-02-06 Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate. Skepticism about that idea is gone. …›
2022-02-06 Studies in Kern County, performed by oil industry consultants, cannot answer fundamental safety questions about irrigating crops with “produced water,” the board’s own panel of experts concedes.By Liza GrossAfter years of controversy, the Central …›
2022-02-06 Temperatures in 499 counties across west, northeast and upper midwest US have already breached 1.5C (2.7F)More than a third of the American population is currently experiencing rapid, above-average rates of temperature increase, with 499 counties alrea …›
2022-02-05 The environmentally unfriendly secret of winter sports is that many competitions take place on artificial snow. China’s water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make enough of it. …›
2022-02-05 President Gabriel Boric has brought renowned named climate scientist Maisa Rojas into government to help ensure a greener futureHidden behind the Andes in a quiet corner of South America, a formidable generation of former student leaders are putting to …›
2022-02-05 A recent report examines the links between fashion brands and Amazon deforestation. …›
2022-02-05 Power outages in February 2021 were largely a failure of the natural gas system, a reality that state officials don’t acknowledge, blaming wind energy instead.By Dan GearinoTexas is recovering from this week’s winter storm, nearly a year after a mu …›
2022-02-04 The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some domestic producers. …›
2022-02-04 The Bureau of Land Management is inviting public input on ConocoPhillips’ Willow project on the North Slope, following a court reversal on leases it approved last year in the Gulf of Mexico.By Nicholas KusnetzThe Biden administration will give the pu …›
2022-02-04 After advising the US government on energy, Saul Griffith is back in Australia to declare war on the climate crisisGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingIt is late morning at the home of inventor, entrepreneur and CEO, Saul Griffith, in …›
2022-02-04 The first unified vision of the world ocean biodiversity, based on analysis of DNA sequences from the surface to deep-ocean sediments, unveils the rich and unknown life in the abyssal realm, the last terra incognita of the Earth surface. This collectiv …›
2022-02-04 A white-headed raptor has been preying on smaller birds in Central Park. It’s come a long way since conservationists affixed aluminum bands to its legs four years ago. …›
2022-02-04 The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some domestic producers. …›
2022-02-04 An 8% increase in summer air conditioning demand can be expected in the U.S. when the global average temperature exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This climate driven increase is likely to cause prolonged blackouts during peak su …›
2022-02-04 Researchers have produced a detailed inventory of glacial lakes and dams over a 35-year timeframe from 1984 to 2019 in Alaska and northwest Canada. …›
2022-02-04 The New York Times’s new Headway initiative investigates challenges around the world — and evaluates our progress toward solving them. …›
2022-02-04 The state pumps millions into methane produced by manure – but advocates argue it increases greenhouse gas emissions and encourages factory farmingA coalition of climate, environmental and animal welfare groups is calling for California to remove the …›
2022-02-04 Team Canada’s official clothing supplier, and the apparel industry at large, rely heavily on coal power for manufacturing.By Phil McKennaAs Team Canada prepared to don red Lululemon parkas and march in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in B …›