Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms 16/7/2024

The behaviour of the world's most powerful storms is evolving. To adapt to more destructive hurricanes, we need to know how they're changing. ...more

Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glory 16/7/2024

A lost piece of Celtic rainforest in the far south-west of Wales is to be restored to its ancient glory, weaving around standing stones and an abandoned, tumbling-down farmhouse with a waterwheel. ...more

Saudi Arabia launches carbon capture and utilization challenge at UN forum 15/7/2024

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) and Ministry of Energy (MoEnergy), in collaboration with UpLink, announced on Thursday the launch of the Carbon Capture and Utilization Challenge, aiming to seek innovative solutions that accelerate the circular carbon economy. ...more

Calima, Scirocco, Simoom: UN vows to tackle deadly Sahara sand storms with decade of action 15/7/2024

Sand and dust storms are well known as extreme weather events. They threaten health and economies from central Africa to Europe and all the way to northern China. ...more

EU to push at COP29 for followup on deal to curb fossil fuels 15/7/2024

The European Union will pressure other countries at this year’s COP29 climate summit to follow through on their pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, a draft of the bloc’s negotiating position seen by Reuters showed. ...more

US renewables electricity output overtaking nuclear 15/7/2024

Combined electricity generation from solar and wind farms in the United States surpassed output from nuclear plants for the first time during the opening half of 2024, cementing renewable energy assets as the primary source of clean power in the country. ...more

Climate crisis has impact on insects’ colours and sex lives, study finds 15/7/2024

An ambush bug with a darker-coloured body is better at snagging a sexual partner than its brighter counterpart when it is chilly. Darker males can warm up more easily in the early mornings, and therefore get busy while everybody else is still warming up. ...more

Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Minimum of 16.4% Annual Growth Rate 12/7/2024

Record growth in renewables must be significantly topped up in the remaining 7 years to meet the UAE Consensus energy target set at COP28 ...more

Hydrogen flight looks ready for take-off with new advances 12/7/2024

The possibility of hydrogen-powered flight means greater opportunities for fossil-free travel, and the technological advances to make this happen are moving fast. New studies from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, show that almost all air travel within a 750-mile radius (1200 km) could be made with hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2045, and with a novel heat exchanger currently in development, this range could be even further.   ...more

China is building two-thirds of new wind and solar globally, report says 12/7/2024

Almost two-thirds of big wind and solar plants under construction globally are in China, where surging renewable capacity has squeezed coal's generation share to new lows, research released on Thursday showed. ...more