Just on the edge of the western Hudson Bay lies the small town of Churchill, Manitoba. Here, the sea meets the boreal forest under the rippling northern lights. Farther to the north, the trees stop growing. Snow coats a harsh landscape of Canadian shield, and the ceaseless wind cuts through the willows. No roads lead…
The UK government’s decision to cut its overseas aid budget has raised serious concerns about its ability to meet climate finance commitments made to developing nations. Experts warn that the move could significantly impact vulnerable countries struggling with climate change and environmental crises. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a reduction in the UK’s…
Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change. Just 10 of nearly 200 countries required under the Paris Agreement to deliver fresh climate plans by February 10 did so on time, according…
Levidian CEO John Hartley shows CBS News’ Tina Kraus the British company’s patented LOOP system, which breaks down methane molecules into hydrogen and carbon and collects the carbon, in the form of graphene, in it’s large metal hopper. CBS News Cambridge, England — Scientists have long said cutting methane emissions is key to addressing climate…
Washington — The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus. The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by a climate science heavyweight, former top…
On President Trump’s first day in office, he pulled out of the Paris Agreement, a pact among nearly all nations to fight climate change. Reporting from Davos, Switzerland, David Gelles, a climate journalist for The New York Times, explains what this decision means for the rest of the world. Source link
The monster that roared through L.A. County last week is still alive – but firefighters seem to have it cornered. People have started returning to their homes, or what’s left of them. Insurance, if they had it, is a whole other battle. The focus now is turning from what happened to why it happened, and…
World coal use is set to reach an all-time high in 2024, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, in a year all but certain to be the hottest in recorded history. Despite calls to halt humanity’s burning of the filthiest fossil fuel driving climate change, the energy watchdog expects global demand for coal to hit…
2024 is officially on track to be the hottest year in history, surpassing even last year’s record-breaking temperatures. Data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that global temperatures from January to November have already risen 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, marking a concerning milestone. This is the first time temperatures have crossed this…
As NASA scientist Chad Greene flew over northern Greenland with a team of engineers in April, they never expected their radar to find something manmade buried deep within the ice. Greene and his team were flying above the Greenland Ice Sheet on a NASA Gulfstream III plane, scanning the barren expanse of ice that’s more…
