UK homes install ‘record number’ of solar panels and heat pumps 15/8/2023

British households are making more green energy upgrades than ever before after installing a record number of solar panels and heat pumps in the first half of the year, according to the industry’s official standards body. ...more

Endangered glossy black cockatoo being lured to South Australian mainland with 20,000 trees 15/8/2023

Conservationists are planting trees to lure the endangered glossy black cockatoo back to the South Australian mainland, where it has been extinct for decades. ...more

Newly identified pack of endangered gray wolves roams California’s Sierra Nevada 15/8/2023

A newly identified pack of endangered gray wolves is roaming in California’s Sierra Nevada, at least 200 miles away from the nearest known pack, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday. ...more

UN completes removal of oil from decaying tanker off Yemen 14/8/2023

The United Nations said on Friday it had completed the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast, averting a potential environmental disaster. ...more

Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert 14/8/2023

The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture. ...more

Canadian wildfires could persist for rest of 'marathon' summer 14/8/2023

Record-setting wildfires in Canada could potentially continue burning at an abnormally high rate for several more weeks, though the spread of blazes is likely to start diminishing in September, according to federal projections released on Friday. ...more

US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs 14/8/2023

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced that projects in Texas and Louisiana to remove more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year will get over $1 billion in federal grants, a key step in scaling up direct air capture (DAC) technology. ...more

How is sign language adapting to climate change? 14/8/2023

For deaf children, teachers and scientists, talking about things like "greenhouse gases" or "carbon footprint" used to mean spelling out long, complex scientific terms, letter by letter. ...more

Indonesia's capital named world's most polluted city 11/8/2023

Indonesia's capital Jakarta topped the list as the world's most polluted city on Wednesday, having consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities globally since May, according to data by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. ...more

Swiss Re says natural catastrophe insured losses hit $50 bln in H1 11/8/2023

Insured losses stemming from natural catastrophes rose to $50 billion in the first half of 2023, the second highest reading since 2011, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Wednesday. ...more