In recent times, there is hardly a person who has not heard of the Hollywood franchise “Blade Runner”. Also in the old days thundered the dilogy “Total Recall” and the lesser-known action movie in two parts “Screamers”, as well as the films “Minority Report” and the series “The Man in the High Castle”. All these […]
Wildfires, droughts, floods – the number of extreme weather events is on the rise, and scientists associate this with climate change. The world is reviving after a year’s lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and together with the economy, greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly returning to dock-like heights. This is bad news for a planet […]
The activists have removed over 480kg of plastic waste from the ocean in Qatar, Doha News reports. Several marine activists have organized an underwater clean-up drive to raise awareness on the dangers of plastic pollution in Qatar, collecting over 960kg of waste. According to the group, the waste included 192kg of metals, 480kg of plastic, […]
The Kuwaiti Cabinet today welcomed the UAE’s declaration of its goals of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, WAM states. During its weekly meeting on Monday, the Cabinet affirmed that the UAE ‘s goals contribute positively to the climate change issue, in line with the Paris climate accord. ”The declaration will consolidate the UAE’s position as […]
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) announced the launch of the first edition of the “Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Security Week”, from 21st to 25th November at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), WAM reports. The event will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al […]
A U.N. panel said it could not immediately rule on a complaint by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg and others that state inaction on climate change violates children’s rights, adding that they should have taken the case to national courts first. The complaint was filed with the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child in […]
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14% of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – an UN-backed report revealed on October 5. In the Sixth Status of Corals of the World: 2020 Report, experts from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, […]
Locals and environmental groups staged a protest in connection with the opening of the Tesla Gigafactory on the outskirts of the city of Grünheide in Berlin. They are sure that the plant will pollute drinking water because it was built in a water protection zone. In addition, many trees were cut down during construction, which […]
The UN Human Rights Council on October 8 recognized access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding weight to international efforts to combat climate change and its devastating effects, the organization wrote this on its site. “The evidence is conclusive that these environmental issues directly affect people’s enjoyment of their […]
Lunar bases, flying cars, and teleportation are likely to appear in the coming decades. Let’s learn more reading Chas article. Sometimes reality is separated from fiction by a very thin line. A “smart” house, a mobile phone, space stations, uncrewed vehicles – not even a century has passed since these inventions lived only in books […]
