Coral reef collapse could be coming to the Indian Ocean 8/12/2021

Indian Ocean coral reefs are in danger of collapsing within the next 50 years, according to a new study. From Seychelles to South Africa, reef systems could face functional extinction, threatening the lives and livelihoods of marine and terrestrial animals — including humans. ...more

Most city-dwelling Europeans face damaging air pollution - EEA 7/12/2021

The majority of people in European cities live among health-damaging levels of air pollution, despite improvements over the last two decades and a lockdown-induced decrease last year, the European Environment Agency said on Tuesday. ...more

Australians to create 'black box' to hold world accountable for climate crisis 7/12/2021

Australian scientists and artists are looking to hold the world accountable for the Earth's future by creating an "indestructible" storage device to record humanity's handling of the climate change crisis. ...more

Oscar winners assemble for climate warning comedy 'Don't Look Up' 7/12/2021

Director Adam McKay has assembled an all-star cast brimming with Oscar winners to give a humorous warning about climate change in new movie "Don't Look Up". ...more

From Siberia to the U.S, wildfires broke emissions records this year 7/12/2021

Wildfires produced a record amount of carbon emissions in parts of Siberia, the United States and Turkey this year, as climate change fanned unusually intense blazes, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said on Monday. ...more

Methane leak data and campaign to cut emissions 7/12/2021

Ten major oil companies will now be required to disclose more methane emissions data from the Permian Basin. ...more

Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat 6/12/2021

Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". ...more

Over 80 fashion brands linked to Amazon deforestation 6/12/2021

While many people have heard of Amazon rain forest land being cleared for grazing cows doomed to become burgers, the pursuit of cows’ skin is also driving deforestation. ...more

China's Zhangjiakou to deploy 655 hydrogen buses for 2022 Winter Games 6/12/2021

China's Zhangjiakou city will deploy 655 hydrogen-fuelled buses in the competition zone during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the state-backed Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. ...more

P&G faces shortage of recycled plastic in race to meet sustainability goals 6/12/2021

Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) has lofty goals for cutting its environmental impact by 2030 but obtaining recycled plastic for more sustainable packaging is challenging, the company's vice president of global sustainability said at the Reuters Next conference. ...more