‘It’s unbearable’: heat waves scorch southern and eastern Europe
Unrelenting heat is blanketing Europe, with cities on red alert as temperatures fuel wildfires and strain power grids.
Rural belts around cities could reduce urban temperatures by up to 0.5°C, study suggests
"The biggest cooling effects happen where the rural ring around a city extends for at least half the city's diameter."
Study detects the largest methane leak ever recorded in an oil well
"The leak released approximately 131.00 tons of methane into the atmosphere during the 205-day incident."
Biden administration moves to add protections against drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve
Oil giant ConocoPhillips, the state of Alaska, the North Slope Borough and the Voice of the Arctic Inupiat have filed lawsuits to reverse the new rules.
‘We can’t wait another year’: disaster-hit nations call for climate aid
"Loss and damage isn't waiting for us."
Forest carbon storage has declined across much of the Western U.S., likely due to drought and fire
With stored carbon already on the decline, followed by the devastating fire seasons of 2020 and 2021, these ecosystems may have reached a tipping point.
City sprawl is now large enough to sway global warming over land
Once thought to cover too little of the Earth's surface to affect climate at larger scales, the new work suggests that urbanization does indeed have a detectable influence on global
Austria’s support gets EU biodiversity law over the line
"Today's vote is a massive victory for Europe's nature and citizens who have been long calling for immediate action to tackle nature's alarming decline."
Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: Study
Agriculture is the biggest offender, accounting for nearly three-quarters of nitrous oxide in the last 10 years.
Remember they said Miami would be under water? A preview of the future
"A Miami underwater is becoming a reality we'll have to accept."
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