A sweeping global research review of the links between climate and agriculture reveals the likelihood of an emergent feedback loop whereby, as climate change puts more pressure on the global food supply, agriculture will, by necessity, adopt practices that may exacerbate its environmental impact. This research, published in Science, includes an extensive evaluation of experts, including […]
Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). The report, published in The Lancet […]
The world has not hit the brakes on methane emissions, a powerful driver of climate change. More than 150 nations have pledged to slash by 30% this decade under a global methane pledge, but new research shows global methane emissions over the past five years have risen faster than ever. The trend “cannot continue if […]
The UN’s climate chief has told politicians in Africa there is a “gold mine of human and economic benefits” awaiting them if they deliver on what was agreed at Cop28 in the UAE. Simon Stiell said more jobs, better education, cheaper energy and healthier cooking could result from Africa’s “greatest opportunity” to lift people out of poverty. He blamed an “epidemic of […]
New research shows how oceans can be used to help address major challenges such as the shortage of antimicrobial medicines, solutions for plastic pollution and novel enzymes for genome editing. In the past 20 years, scientists have greatly increased the number of microbial genomes they have collected from the ocean. However, using this information for […]
A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds researchers used A.I. to model waste management in more than 50,000 municipalities around the world. This model allowed the team to predict […]
Summer 2024 was the hottest on record, according to the European Union’s climate change monitoring service. A season of heatwaves, intensified by human-driven climate change, saw June to August surpass the previous record set last year, with an average temperature of 16.8°C, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in its monthly bulletin. The exceptional heat increases the likelihood that 2024 […]
The Gulf could be a “sweet spot” for climate-friendly products made with technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from the air, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company believes. Hernan Silva, an Adnoc vice president responsible for carbon capture and storage, said the region had the potential to use its wells and reservoirs as a “storage hub” for carbon […]
A “vicious cycle” of climate change, pollution and wildfires is putting the world’s health and food supplies at risk, weather forecasters have warned. Intense heat and droughts in the first eight months of 2024 have increased the risk of fires and air pollution, the World Meteorological Organisation says. Air pollution can slash crop yields as much […]
Abu Dhabi clean energy company Masdar believes there is a “compelling business case” for using hydrogen to make air travel greener, a senior executive said on Monday. Mohammad Abdelqader El-Ramahi, Masdar’s chief green hydrogen officer, said synthetic aviation fuels were a “low-hanging fruit” in the industry. Airlines are banking on sustainable fuels to “drop in” to existing jet engines […]
