Number World’s Farms To Halve By 2100
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 19:18:43 +0000
“The size of the farm and the number of farms that exist are associated with key environmental and social outcomes.”
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Global Temperatures To Reach New Records In Next 5 Years
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 01:52:19 +0000
Geneva, 17 May 2023 (WMO) — Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fueled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a 66% likelihood that the annual average near-surface global […]
More Than 50% Of World’s Large Lakes Are Drying Up
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 14:50:01 +0000
Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage. Climate change, human consumption and sedimentation led to decline.
10-Month Voyage Proves Solar Cell Material Survives, Thrives in Space
Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 19:50:11 +0000
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown was hoping to see anything but mustard yellow. When the NASA research electrical engineer clicked open the photo of a small sample — a swatch of film no bigger than a sticky note — she let out a cheer. The film was still dark black after spending 10 months on the International […]
China’s Electric Car Emissions Reductions Increasing Rapidly Over Time
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 01:39:32 +0000
Chinese EVs achieve greater emissions reductions over time due to improved efficiency and a greener power grid, states a study. While over 10% of Chinese car sales are now electric, the entire life cycle of EVs still generates carbon emissions. Shaojun Zhang and colleagues conducted comprehensive “cradle-to-grave” assessments of EVs in 2015 and 2020, covering […]
NOAA & NSF Researching Insurance Industry’s Climate Needs — New Research Center
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 14:40:49 +0000
Whether you own a home, a business, or other assets, insurance is an important part of any budgetary calculation involving protection of property. While the insurance and reinsurance sector are at the forefront of translating weather and climate information into financial and societal risks, the industry’s focus has been on use of catastrophe models rather […]
Recycling 3.0 & The Dilemma Of Microplastics
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 14:51:14 +0000
An expert in biogeochemistry explains that tiny plastics are showing up in crops and can be uptaken by plants into their tissues. What’s the next stop? Human digestive systems.
UCLA Says We Can Hack The Ocean To Store Carbon Dioxide
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 14:44:54 +0000
Researchers at UCLA have devised a novel way of removing carbon dioxide from the world’s oceans simply and affordably.
Solar-Powered Balloons Detect Mysterious Sounds in the Stratosphere
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 22:10:42 +0000
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Florida And The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt’s Unprecedented Bloom
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:30:05 +0000
Native Floridians have struggled adapting to life as the timeless quality and charm of old Florida are being lost as a result of overdevelopment. That same overdevelopment contributes to the factors that support red tide’s continual growth. Many of us suffer from climate change grief — in particular, the loss of something in nature in […]