Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
Bumpy Skies: How Climate Change Increases Air Turbulence
The seatbelt sign pings on, trays rattle, drinks slosh in their glasses. For many flyers, air turbulence can be an unnerving experience — and in a world warming under the effects of climate change, it is only set to worsen, according to a growing body of scientific evidence. Here are the key things to know…
Read MoreAntarctic Climate Shifts Threaten ‘Catastrophic’ Impacts Globally
Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to “catastrophic consequences for generations”, scientists warned Wednesday. More broadly, a state-of-knowledge review by a score of top experts revealed accelerating shifts across the region that are often both cause and effect of global warming, according…
Read MoreNestle Unveils Method To Boost Cocoa Yields As Climate Change Hits
Faced with climate change diminishing farmers’ yields, Nestle announced Wednesday that it was working on a technique to produce chocolate by using up to 30 percent more of the cocoa fruit. Chocolate is traditionally made using only cocoa beans taken from inside the pod, meaning that a large amount of the fruit — including the…
Read MoreGerman Gas Drive Fuels Fears Of Climate Backsliding
Germany’s conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition has made reviving Europe’s struggling top economy a priority and argues that reliable and affordable energy supplies are crucial for the country’s manufacturing…
Read MoreThird-hottest July On Record Wreaks Climate Havoc
The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures, but many regions were devastated by extreme weather amplified by global warming, the European climate monitoring service said Thursday. Heavy rains flooded Pakistan and northern China; Canada, Scotland and Greece struggled to tame wildfires intensified by persistent drought; and many nations in Asia and Scandinavia…
Read MorePacific Microstate Sells First Passports To Fund Climate Action
A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island. Pacific microstate Nauru, one of the world’s smallest nations, has a novel plan to fund its fight against climate change by selling so-called “golden passports”. Selling for US$105,000…
Read MoreBarclays latest British lender to quit climate banking alliance
The NZBA lists more than 100 members on its website, including leading international financial institutions Published Sat, Aug 2, 2025 ยท 09:36 AM [LONDON] Barclays has become the latest British lender to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), the bank said on Friday (Aug 1), arguing that the departure of several global lenders has…
Read More‘Silent Killer’: The Science Of Tracing Climate Deaths In Heatwaves
A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode. The figure was supposed to “grab some attention” and sound a timely warning in the hope of avoiding more needless deaths, said Friederike Otto, one…
Read MoreUS Pushes To Revoke Scientific Ruling That Underpins Climate Regulations
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday moved to reverse a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government’s authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and, more broadly, to combat climate change. Speaking at an auto dealership in Indianapolis, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin argued that the 2009 Endangerment Finding was based…
Read MoreFossil-fuel Pledge In EU-Trump Deal Sparks Climate Fears
The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc’s climate fight — should the mammoth pledges come true. As part of the framework agreed Sunday, the EU said its companies would buy $750 billion of liquefied natural gas, oil and nuclear…
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