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Energy minister inaugurates carbon capture unit at KAPSARC 30/7/2025
Energy minister inaugurates carbon capture unit at KAPSARC A new test unit for carbon capture technology was inaugurated by Saudi Arabia’s energy minister on Sunday following its installation at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh. ...more
Trump's EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules in major deregulatory move 30/7/2025
Trump's EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules in major deregulatory move The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, setting off what it describes as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. ...more
Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says 30/7/2025
Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress, UN says The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a U.N. report said on Monday. ...more
These Are The "New Seasons" Scientists Think Are Emerging Because Of Climate Change 30/7/2025
These Are The What if planet Earth is undergoing such rapid change that the traditional framework of “seasons” no longer makes sense in our everyday experience? This is the bold new idea proposed by a pair of geographers at the University of York and London School of Economics in the UK. ...more
Company launches eco-bricks that 'absorb carbon' 30/7/2025
Company launches eco-bricks that 'absorb carbon' A start-up company in Sheffield has launched environmentally-friendly bricks which absorb and permanently store greenhouse gases. ...more
UAE to plant 100 million mangrove trees by 2030 29/7/2025
UAE to plant 100 million mangrove trees by 2030 As part of its strategic environmental vision and in celebration of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, the United Arab Emirates has launched an ambitious initiative to plant 100 million mangrove trees by 2030—one of the largest climate-focused projects in the region. ...more
Uncovering the Climate–Conflict Link: Mapping the Causal Pathways in Iraq 29/7/2025
Uncovering the Climate–Conflict Link: Mapping the Causal Pathways in Iraq Environmental conditions such as drought, heat, and soil stress are often linked to armed conflict, but the exact pathways through which these factors contribute to violence remain unclear. This study addresses that gap by applying cutting-edge causal analysis to conflict data from Iraqi subdistricts. Unlike traditional methods, which often rely on simple correlations, our approach uncovers deeper, testable cause-and-effect relationships. ...more
Satellites just revealed a hidden global water crisis—and it’s worse than melting ice 29/7/2025
Satellites just revealed a hidden global water crisis—and it’s worse than melting ice Unprecedented continental drying driven by severe droughts and groundwater overuse are reducing freshwater and contributing to sea level rise. ...more
The life of microplastic: how fragments move through plants, insects, animals – and you 29/7/2025
The life of microplastic: how fragments move through plants, insects, animals – and you The story starts with a single thread of polyester, dislodged from the weave of a cheap, pink acrylic jumper as it spins around a washing machine. This load of washing will shed hundreds of thousands of tiny plastic fragments and threads – up to 700,000 in this one washing machine cycle. ...more
‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says 29/7/2025
‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says Britain is at risk of a worsening “climateflation” crisis amid the fallout from increasingly extreme weather that could drive up food prices by more than a third by 2050. ...more
 
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