New research from the University of St Andrews reports that some coastal regions are on track to become far more acidic than scientists once believed. As additional atmospheric CO2 enters the air, it dissolves into the ocean more quickly than anticipated, driving a rapid drop in pH that threatens coastal industries and livelihoods around the world. […]
Researchers warn that current climate change language can make it easier for misinformation to spread. The UN’s language around climate change risks may be confusing the public and fuelling misinformation. A new study from the University of Essex, which surveyed more than 4,000 UK residents, found certain words used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Scientists warn accelerating climate change in mountain regions is increasing the risk of “devastating” floods and hazardous events. Climate change is hitting mountain regions around the world “more intensely” than lowland areas, putting billions of people at risk. A major analysis from the University of Portsmouth has revealed how temperature, rainfall and snowfall patterns are […]
When the project begins commercial operations next year, it is expected to become the European Union’s first fully-operational offshore CO2 storage site. Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter. Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is […]
COP30 may go down in history as a fiery flop, as divisions quashed all hope for a commitment to fossil fuel phaseout. All eyes turned to Belém this weekend as divided nations scrambled to deliver a final deal at a UN climate conference battered by “roaring political headwinds”. COP30 kicked off with high hopes for […]
A UAE initiative that gives advance warning of bad weather, pest outbreaks and other risks aims to reach 100 million farmers by 2030, it was announced at the Cop30 climate summit. The Agricultural Innovation Mechanism for Scale (Aim for Scale) project could improve yields and help farmers, especially those in poorer regions, to cope with the […]
In the Great Frost of 1709, the wine froze in the glasses of French king Louis XIV in his palace at Versailles. The “Little Ice Age”, at its chilliest in the 16th and 17th centuries, may have been in part caused by the mass annihilation of people in the Americas during European colonisation, and the […]
The Cop30 climate conference in Brazil ended on Saturday without an agreement for the world to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. More than 80 nations had been pushing for the gathering in the northern city of Belem to strengthen efforts to move away from fossil fuels, but some oil-producing nations were said to have been strongly […]
Two crucial coral reefs in UAE waters are showing signs of recovery from bleaching in a boost for the environment, a study has shown. When corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients, they expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white. Corals can survive a bleaching event, […]
Establishing a timeline to transition away from fossil fuels is COP30’s trickiest agenda. The transition away from fossil fuels is rapidly becoming a flashpoint of COP30, as heated negotiations near their final hour. Despite increasing investment in the clean energy sector, experts warn progress towards a fossil fuel-free future is not “happening fast enough” – […]
