AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoMicroplastics Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorMicroplastic pollution is now “spiralling around the globe”, according to a study of airborne plastic particles. The researchers said human pollution has led to a global plastic cycle, akin to natural...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoEnvironment 'Dimming the sun': $100m geoengineering research programme proposed verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe US should establish a multimillion-dollar research programme on solar geoengineering, according to the country’s national science academy. In a report it recommends funding of $100m (£73m) to $200m...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoClimate One of Earth’s giant carbon sinks may have been overestimated - study verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe storage potential of one of the Earth’s biggest carbon sinks – soils – may have been overestimated, research shows. This could mean ecosystems on land soaking up less of humanity’s emissions than and...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoCarbon Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel, landmark study finds verified_publisherThe Guardian - Karen McVeighFishing boats that trawl the ocean floor release as much carbon dioxide as the entire aviation industry, according to a groundbreaking study. Bottom trawling, a widespread practice in which heavy nets...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoDrought Climate crisis: recent European droughts 'worst in 2,000 years' verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2,000 years, research suggests. The study analysed tree rings dating as far back as the Roman empire create...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Western states chart diverging paths as water shortages loom PBS NewsHour - Sophia Eppolito, Associated Press, Felicia Fonseca SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As persistent drought and climate change threaten the Colorado River, several states that rely on the water acknowledge they …
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoClimate Global heating pushes tropical regions towards limits of human livability verified_publisherThe Guardian - Oliver MilmanThe climate crisis is pushing the planet’s tropical regions towards the limits of human livability, with rising heat and humidity threatening to plunge much of the world’s population into potentially conditions,...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoGulf Stream The Gulf Stream is slowing to a 'tipping point' and could disappear Live Science - Brandon Specktor The current could slow down to a point of no return, altering the climate on both sides of the Atlantic. The Gulf Stream — one of Earth's major …
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoAustralasia Blue carbon: how three Australian marine sites lock away 2bn tonnes of CO2 verified_publisherThe Guardian - Graham ReadfearnThree of Australia’s world heritage-listed marine sites have more than 2bn tonnes of carbon dioxide locked away in their vast seagrass meadows, coastal mangroves and tidal marshes, according to a new from...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoGulf Stream Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest in a millennium, say scientists verified_publisherThe Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentThe Atlantic Ocean circulation that underpins the Gulf Stream, the weather system that brings warm and mild weather to Europe, is at its weakest in more than a millennium, and climate breakdown is the...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando The Melting Of Large Icebergs Is A Key Stage In The Evolution Of Ice Ages - Eurasia Review eurasiareview.com - Eurasia Review A new study, in which the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) (CSIC-UGR) participated, has described for the first time a key stage in the …
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Millions of Texans struggle for drinking water following deadly winter storm verified_publisherGuardian US - Alexandra Villarreal in Austin and Erum Salam in San AntonioMillions of Texans are facing water shortages after the deadly winter storm ravaging the state caused pipes to burst and treatment plants to back up, disrupting services and contaminating supplies. Texas...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago phys.org - University of New South Wales The temporary breakdown of Earth's magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass …
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoEnergy Republican leaders in Texas face growing backlash as power crisis deepens verified_publisherGuardian US - Tom McCarthy and Erum Salam in San Antonio and Joan E Greve in WashingtonAs Texas struggled on Thursday with a disastrous lack of power, food and water following the deadly storm that brought Arctic temperatures to the southern US, the state’s Republican leadership stood battered...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Stop dripping your faucets: Texas officials say the state’s water supply is at risk verified_publishertexastribune.org - Alex Samuels After enduring multiple days of freezing temperatures, dripping faucets to prevent frozen pipes from bursting, cities across the state warned …
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoTexas Anger mounts over Texas power blackouts as cold maintains its grip verified_publisherGuardian US - Erum Salam, Oliver Milman, Maanvi Singh and agenciesAnger over Texas’s power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze is mounting, as millions of residents remained shivering, with no assurances that their electricity and heat – out for 36 hours...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Most of Europe’s Energy Came From Renewable Sources in 2020 verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Samantha PiresIt's clear that 2020 was a historic year in many ways, but we now know that it also marked an important benchmark for sustainability. Europe, for the first time ever, generated more energy from renewables...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoClimate Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe planet is hotter now than it has been for at least 12,000 years, a period spanning the entire development of human civilisation, according to research. Analysis of ocean surface temperatures shows...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoBiological Species Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990 verified_publisherThe Guardian - Patrick BarkhamThe number of wild bee species recorded by an international database of life on Earth has declined by a quarter since 1990, according to a global analysis of bee declines. Researchers analysed bee records...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoClimate Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast verified_publisherweforum.org - Peter Giger The speed and scale of the response to COVID-19 by governments, businesses and individuals seems to provide hope that we can react to the climate …
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando What is carbon capture, usage and storage – and can it trap emissions? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Experts look to technologies that inject factories’ carbon dioxide deep underground
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoCarbon Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics verified_publisherThe Guardian - Robin McKieEngineers and geologists have strongly criticised green groups who last week claimed that carbon capture and storage schemes – for reducing fossil fuel emissions – are costly mistakes. The scientists that...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoClimate Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe climate crisis continued unabated in 2020, with the joint highest global temperatures on record, alarming heat and record wildfires in the Arctic, and a record 29 tropical storms in the Atlantic. a...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando The polar vortex has just been disrupted. What does this bode? verified_publisherMashable - Mark KaufmanThe stratosphere is a powerful place. Perhaps the most influential guitar ever devised is even named after this lofty layer in the atmosphere, which exists between some 10 to 30 miles up in the sky. And...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Earth may be even closer to 1.5°C of global warming than we thought newscientist.com - By Adam Vaughan Global carbon emissions may have warmed Earth by 18 per cent more than previously thought, raising the prospect of the world having less time than …
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020 Associated Press - By SETH BORENSTEINA locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7%, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show. The Global Carbon Project, an authoritative group of dozens of...
AvatarGiandomenico OrlandoClimate Futuristic climate solution could spell disaster for Earth's own defenses Inverse - Sarah Wells Among other hard lessons, 2020 shows that climate change's deadly effects are no longer just a terrifying future — they are happening, now. Fires, …
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Giant Antarctic iceberg on collision course with British territory of South Georgia verified_publisherThe GuardianA massive Antarctic iceberg the size of a small country is heading for the island of South Georgia with concerns it could disrupt the British territory’s economy and its wildlife. Iceberg A-68A broke the...
AvatarGiandomenico Orlando Arctic methane deposits 'starting to release', scientists say verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan Watts Global environment editorScientists say they have found evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean have started to be released over a large area of the continental slope off the East Siberian coast, the Guardian...
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