#climate-change

#climate-change

The Autonomy Institute thinktank warned that climate-induced price increases for everyday food items could push almost 1 million people into poverty without urgent government intervention.

Heavy rainfall around Beijing and northern China has resulted in the deaths of two individuals and forced thousands to evacuate due to risks of landslides and flooding.

Governments have yet to rise to the moment. They remain disconnected from global concerns and the pressing need for courageous leadership to protect the deep ocean.

Pakistan has issued a warning about glacial flooding in the northwest due to above-average rainfall, impacting tourist areas like Fairy Meadows and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Xi Shen and his team developed an aerogel that improves the desalination process, achieving higher efficiency in freshwater generation compared to previous methods. The aerogel enhances evaporation through better heat localization and improved transportation of water and vapor, addressing challenges faced by traditional desalination systems.

The demand for cooling is rising fast, putting strain not just on power bills but on electricity grids and the planet.

Berkeley's summer has been the coldest in over 25 years, with temperatures significantly lower than average in June and July, reflecting patterns inconsistent with the broader warming trend across California.

"We're finding that burning has major ecological impacts over large timescales and that regeneration is much more at risk-it's slower or not happening at all."

The Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall features a shiny, spider-legged Lunar Module LM-2, which has returned from storage, showcasing its unique orange and yellow foil.

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Five and a half trillion tons of ice have melted from the Greenland ice sheet since 2002, equating to enough water to fill Olympic-sized pools for 2.2 billion people.

Raquel Celina Rodriguez observes that the once lush Vega de Tilopozo is now dry, highlighting the stark impact of climate change on the region's landscape and ecology.

The NASA image revealed that the Lolofond and Teram Shehr glaciers have been slowly merging with the Siachen glacier near the borders of India, Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan.

"As Boone races toward death, visitors (worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead) arrive, clamoring for a reckoning."

The Trump administration's proposed rule aims to rescind the endangerment finding, undermining the government's legal authority to limit greenhouse gases essential for addressing the climate crisis.

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

Wells attributes rising costs of living to COVID-19 supply chains and Loblaw's price gouging, neglecting to address how personal consumption habits can mitigate inflation.

When I saw it on the beach, I instantly knew what it was, but I was in complete shock. I would never expect to see one washed up in San Diego. The odds of that are so slim.

"The consequences of climate change are severe and far-reaching and constitute an urgent and existential threat. Action must be taken to ameliorate that threat."

July 24 marks the day humanity has used up nature's entire budget of ecological resources for the year, due to overconsumption and environmental degradation.

With its canopy of interlocking elms, this promenade kept New Yorkers cool in the summer, but let them bask in the winter sun during the colder months.

The [EPA] Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases...threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.

Tyler Pommier focuses on developing clean energy projects, including solar, wind, and bioenergy, which contribute to reducing carbon emissions.

The UK must ramp up the creation of green jobs, as the phase-out of fossil fuels risks losing public support for net zero transition and political backing.