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Italy's Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely 20/8/2025
Italy's Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years. ...more
USDA ends programs for solar, wind projects on farms 19/8/2025
USDA ends programs for solar, wind projects on farms The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer support solar and wind projects on productive farmland, said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a post on X on Monday. ...more
Climate change is increasing the risk of rapidly intensifying storms. Hurricane Erin is the latest example. 19/8/2025
Climate change is increasing the risk of rapidly intensifying storms. Hurricane Erin is the latest example. The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record. ...more
State of the Climate 2024: Record heat and rising seas 19/8/2025
State of the Climate 2024: Record heat and rising seas In 2024, the world’s climate continued to break records, with greenhouse gas concentrations and global temperatures reaching unprecedented highs. ...more
Texas study reveals heat waves can cause more polluted air 19/8/2025
Texas study reveals heat waves can cause more polluted air Heat waves are becoming more common, severe and long-lasting. These prolonged periods of hot weather are especially dangerous in already hot places like Texas. In 2023, more than 300 people in Texas died from heat, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the most since the state began tracking such deaths in 1989. Researchers found it may not only be temperatures that make heat waves unsafe but also the heat-related increase in airborne pollutants. ...more
Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents 19/8/2025
Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents Tiébélé’s wavy-walled houses covered in geometric lines showing signs of disintegration amid erratic weather. ...more
Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop 18/8/2025
Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal during the Trump administration. ...more
Emissions are driving the West’s worst drought in 1,200 years 18/8/2025
Emissions are driving the West’s worst drought in 1,200 years New evidence shows that the North Pacific is no longer drifting on its own. Human-driven greenhouse gases and industrial aerosols are steering ocean temperatures in ways that dry out the American West. The same forces may keep the region parched for decades. ...more
Magic mushrooms: how scientists discovered fungi are the secret ingredient for restoring the world’s forests 18/8/2025
Magic mushrooms: how scientists discovered fungi are the secret ingredient for restoring the world’s forests Healthy fungal networks help trees and plants grow, making them key to successful reforestation. The only problem? Almost nothing is known about this subterranean ecology. ...more
Satellite to track climate change from space with help from Scots scientists 18/8/2025
Satellite to track climate change from space with help from Scots scientists The MicroCarb satellite is designed to monitor global carbon emissions in more detail than ever before. ...more
 
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