Plants Grow your own forest: how to plant trees to help save the planetThe Guardian - Emine Saner‘Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis.” That’s how the Guardian reported findings from the Crowther Lab in Switzerland two months ago. Billions more trees, scientists claimed,
Plastic New plastic pollution formed by fire looks like rocks: pyroplasticsNational Geographic - Madeleine StoneOn the sandy embayments rimming the southwestern English coastline, beachcombers can find a wide array of stones, from tiny pebbles to hefty paperweights, strewn amidst the flotsam. They’re a rather unremarkable
Drought How climate’s impact on land threatens civilisation – and how to fix itThe Guardian - Damian CarringtonRevolutionising the way we use land could cut emissions, provide sustainable food and reduce poverty Healthy land provides the food, timber and fresh water essential to humanity’s survival, but a UN report
Carbon Footprint Everything you thought about the carbon footprint of imported food i…independent.co.uk - Phoebe Weston We’re always told “buying local” is best for the environment. However, a new book suggests food miles are a poor indicator of a product’s total carbon …
Plastic It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky MountainsGuardian US - Maanvi Singh in San FranciscoPlastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky Mountains. “I guess I expected to see mostly soil and mineral particles,”
Cement Cement is a huge greenhouse gas emitter — investors want to change thatCBS News - Irina Ivanova Climate-conscious investors have their sights on another greenhouse gas emitter: The cement industry. A group of investors from the Institutional …
Dozens of U.K. Species Have Been Displaced by Climate Change In Last 10 Yearsyale.edu Fifty-five animal species in the United Kingdom have been displaced from their natural ranges over the past decade due to rising temperatures. The …
This New Lego Ideas Tree House Is Lego’s Most Sustainable Set EverGeek - By Lee Mathews It’s no secret that Lego is experimenting with more sustainable ways of producing its signature bricks and minifigs. They’re taking a big step toward …
Greta Thunberg dismisses climate crisis critics at French Parliament speech- Technology News, FirstpostFirstpost - The Associated PressJul 23, 2019 22:01:59 IST Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has told lawmakers at France’s lower house of parliament that they need to listen to scientists on the …
Environment of greater concern than housing or terrorism – UK pollThe Guardian - Jedidajah OtteProtecting the environment has overtaken affordable housing and the threat of terrorism in the British public’s policy priorities over the last eight months, polling has revealed. Polling by BritainThinks,
We are full of bright ideas to solve ecological problems. So let’s act on themThe Guardian - Chris PackhamThere is hope in the face of environmental crises. But we must all – farmers, citizens, politicians – embrace change A new UN report is set to reveal that up to 1m species face extinction because of human
Theresa May commits to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050The Guardian - Peter Walker, Rowena Mason and Damian CarringtonTheresa May has sought to cement some legacy in the weeks before she steps down as prime minister by enshrining in law a commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, making Britain the first
Climate change: UK government to commit to 2050 targetbbc.co.uk - Roger Harrabin Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will be cut to almost zero by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan to tackle climate change.
Extinction Rebellion’s tactics are working. It has pierced the bubble of denialThe Guardian - Matthew ToddBy stating the terrible truth about the climate crisis it has created authentic hope for the first time Extinction Rebellion is working. A YouGov poll last week showed that the protests by the direct group,
New discussion paper: How Open Data can drive sustainable developmentworldbank.org - Joel Gurin, Laura Manley, Oleg Petrov Open Data — data that is freely available online for anyone to use and republish for any purpose — is becoming increasingly important in today’s …
England to Plant 130,000+ Trees to Fight Climate Changeecowatch.com - Olivia Rosane The initiative is part of the government's pledge to plant one million trees by 2022, Sky News reported. But this plan focuses specifically on the …
Maps reveal symbiosis in the world’s forestsfuturity.org - Taylor Kubota-Stanford A new effort to map the most abundant of the symbiotic relationships among trees, fungi, and bacteria—involving more than 1.1 million forest sites …
Greenland Climate change: sea level rise could displace millions of people within two generationsThe Conversation UK - Jonathan Bamber and Michael Oppenheimer Antarctica is further from civilisation than any other place on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet is closer to home but around one tenth the size of its …
The underground network of fungi and bacteria that connect and support trees ash been mapped for the first timinterestingengineering.com - Jessica Miley Underneath every group of trees and forest is a complex network of bacteria, fungi, and roots that the plants use to communicate and support each …
European News Eight EU countries call for more ambitious strategy to tackle climate changeEuronews - By Cristina Abellan MatamorosEight European Union member countries have called for more ambition on tackling climate change on the eve of a European summit in Sibiu, Romania. Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Quote SymbolThe UK has just completed a full week without using coal, for the first time since the first coal-fired power station forMartin Brown The UK has just completed a full week without using coal, for the first time since the first coal-fired power station for public use was opened in London in 1882. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/queen-guitarist-live-aid-climate-change/?_branch_match_id=654790433062137784
Climate crisis: flooding threat ‘may force UK towns to be abandoned’The Guardian - Sandra LavilleEntire communities might need to be moved away from coasts and rivers as the UK takes urgent action to prepare for an average global temperature rise of 4C, the Environment Agency warned. The agency said
The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on Why Two Degrees of Warming Must Be Avoidedaudubon.org - Jessica Leber When Thomas Lovejoy traveled to the Amazon as a young biologist in 1965, massive highways, farms, and ranches had hardly yet crisscrossed the jungle. …
I have felt hopelessness over climate change. Here is how we move past the immense griefThe Guardian - Rob LawMy intellectual and rational understanding of it has shifted to much more of an emotional and personal one Support our independent journalism with a single or recurring contribution ‘Human society under
Nature's emergency: Where we are in five graphicsBBC News - Helen BriggsThe felling of forests, the plundering of seas and soils, and the pollution of air and water are together pushing the natural world to the brink. That's the warning more than 500 experts in 50 countries
Welcome to climate changeMIT Technology Review - Gideon Lichfield Time to start talking less about the technology for preventing global warming and more about the technology we’ll need to live with it. At a UN …
New York set to ban glass skyscrapers in bid to tackle climate changeindependent.co.uk - Chiara Giordano The building of glass skyscrapers could be banned in New York as part of a bid to cut greenhouse emissions by 30 per cent. Mayor Bill de Blasio said …
7 of the Best Ted Talks About Climate Changeecowatch.com - The Climate Reality Project Imagine being able to invite some of the leading minds of the climate movement over for dinner. You could pick anyone from anywhere. Who would be …
