UAE start-up Manhat will mark World Water Day by celebrating its new Young Water Innovators Programme. The goal of the programme, according to Manhat, is to inspire UAE students to learn more about sustainability and water innovation projects. Manhat’s initial programme cohort includes 15 students from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. “Through their participation, students […]
‘Insurers walking away’ is the clearest sign unpredictable weather extremes are spiralling out of control, one expert says. The dangerous heatwave shattering March records all over the US Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds. Experts say […]
Escalating conflict in the Middle East has emboldened calls for the UK to open up North Sea drilling licences. Calls to bring Donald Trump’s ‘drill baby drill’ attitude to the North Sea have gotten louder, as the war on Iran sends Europe’s oil and gas prices skyrocketing. Energy infrastructure has rapidly become a key target of […]
Taxes on electricity can be four times higher than those on fossil fuels. With Europe in the midst of another energy crisis, many are asking how to stop the cost of war making its way onto household bills. The long term solution, which is already cutting bills in Spain, is investing in homegrown renewables, leading to […]
Spain spent the last six years investing heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to some of the cheapest power prices in Europe. The Iran war has plunged the world into an overnight energy crisis. The closure of the Hormuz Strait and reduced Middle East energy exports have sparked fears of higher bills for already […]
Human activity is responsible for slowing Earth’s spin and making days longer, according to a new study. Climate change is slowing the planet’s spin at an “unprecedented” rate compared to the past 3.6 million years – as scientists warn that our days are getting longer. Research had previously shown how the melting of polar ice […]
Experts warn that the EU’s interim climate targets are being ‘undermined’ by a loophole that comes into effect in 2036. The EU has been accused of “weakening its climate leadership” after greenlighting an interim emissions target for 2040. Last week, the European Council formally adopted the amended European climate law. It means by 2040, member […]
“Winning for this species might mean losing for another species,” one scientist warns. The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it’s usually bad news for species that depend on each other – like flowers blooming too early and pollinating bees arriving too late. But researchers have found the rare critter that’s getting […]
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), working with international collaborators, have discovered that ocean temperature patterns play a key role in limiting how widely droughts spread across the globe. Their findings, published in Communications Earth & Environment, are based on climate records spanning 1901-2020. The analysis shows that synchronized droughts typically affect only […]
Wildfires sweeping through the vast boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia could be having a larger impact on the climate than scientists once believed. A new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley suggests these northern fires may release far more carbon into the atmosphere than current estimates indicate. The reason is that […]
