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The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss scientists said on Friday, although significant ice loss is now inevitable.
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Saudi oil giant Aramco has launched a pilot direct air capture unit able to remove 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere, it said on Thursday.
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Researchers cite £2.4bn annual cost of flooding and say a third of England’s critical infrastructure is at risk.
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Amazon has begun selling carbon credits to its suppliers, business customers and other companies, the U.S. retail giant said, which can be used to offset their climate-damaging carbon emissions.
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Scientists say they have invented a “carbon-negative” alternative to sand that could be used to build homes more sustainably.
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The Climate Fiction Prize, a new award that means to acknowledge “the best novel-length work of fiction published in the UK engaging with the climate crisis,” has announced its first shortlist.
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Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday.
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As many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists – 75% of the research programme’s staff – could be laid off, according to documents reviewed by Democratic staff on the house committee on science, space and technology.
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A report released today by UpLink, the World Economic Forum initiative supporting early-stage, impact-focused start-ups, indicates that innovators within its community have avoided 142,400 tonnes of CO₂ emissions through clean electricity, sustainable agriculture, manufacturing and other practices – equivalent to the annual emissions of 30,220 cars – while also boosting incomes and creating 30,699 jobs. ...more |
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In Food Waste Action Week, Love Food Hate Waste publishes its annual Household Food Management Survey** giving a snapshot of the nation’s behaviours and attitudes towards food. This found that despite being a nation of food lovers, when it comes to food waste, fresh produce - especially the humble potato, are the UK’s most binned items. Each year in UK homes an estimated 510,000 tonnes of potatoes are binned, representing 46% of all potatoes bought***. ...more |
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