Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.
The country's mean temperature in spring was estimated at 2.08 degrees Celsius above the baseline 1961–1990 average, which equates to a temperature around 2.5C above pre-industrial levels.
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We end oil production, move to renewables, and try to undo the damage we’ve already done.
A ‘covalent organic framework’ can be used to capture carbon to store it or convert it for industrial use
Just half a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can, according to early tests. Once the carbon is absorbed by the powder, it can be released into safe storage or be used in industrial processes, like carbonizing drinks.
“This really addresses a major problem in the tech field, and it gives an opportunity now for us to scale it up and start using it,” says Omar Yaghi, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley. It’s not the first material to absorb carbon, but “it’s a quantum leap ahead [of other compounds] in terms of the durability of the material”.
Scientists say goal to keep world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku
Conservationist Jane Goodall on the urgent need to turn the tide on climate change and nature loss.
With her signature shawl draped over her shoulders and silver hair pulled back from her face, Jane Goodall exudes serenity - even over our slightly blurry video call.
António Guterres says global heating is super-charging disasters while climate official warns of ‘inflation on steroids’
All motorists will now be banned from driving through the centre of Paris as the city launches a traffic-free zone.
Some forty signs had appeared overnight indicating the entrance to a new limited traffic zone, or ‘ZTL’, which was put in place by the city council.
Since rolling back to the previous configuration will present a challenge, affected users will be faced with finding out just how effective their backup strategy is or paying for the required license and dealing with all the changes that come with Windows Server 2025.
Accidentally force your customers to have to spend money to upgrade, how convenient.
Extreme climate events and rising temperatures are threatening Earth’s inhabitants, ecosystems, and infrastructure with severe consequences
A group of 80 researchers from 45 countries is warning this week of global challenges driven by human-made emissions.
It found the fund voted against 17 out of 21 climate resolutions deemed important to support by three climate lobby groups, instead aligning with recommendation from the management of the companies' concerned. The fund supported the remaining four.
That fossil fuel share exceeds the 60.5% over the same period in China, the world's largest power producer and polluter.
Orders roll in as Chinese carmaker launches Shark 6 in move that could signal electrification spreading from sedans and SUVs to large ute market
The medical regulator did not express concerns about the doctors’ clinical capabilities but said their actions undermined public confidence in the profession
The opposite really.
Current plans and policies will lead to global temperatures rising between 2.6C and 3.1C this century, a new report finds.
Current plans and policies will lead to 2.6 to 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, with zero chance of limiting the temperature increase to the totemic 1.5C target agreed in Paris in 2015, according to a new report out Thursday.
Or the 50% of global food production that is mentioned to be impacted.
Destructive land use, mismanagement and climate change are fueling a water disaster set to wreak havoc on economies and lives, a new report warns
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14516231
> The consequences will be even more catastrophic without urgent action. The water crisis threatens more than 50% of global food production and risks shaving an average of 8% off countries’ GDPs by 2050, with much higher losses of up to 15% projected in low-income countries, the report found.
Destructive land use, mismanagement and climate change are fueling a water disaster set to wreak havoc on economies and lives, a new report warns
The consequences will be even more catastrophic without urgent action. The water crisis threatens more than 50% of global food production and risks shaving an average of 8% off countries’ GDPs by 2050, with much higher losses of up to 15% projected in low-income countries, the report found.
Slavery also on agenda at meeting of government heads, which King Charles will attend for first time as monarch
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14419452
> He added: “For island states – which make up nearly half of the membership of the Commonwealth – it’s a threat which is truly existential. If we cannot find ways to make our countries more resilient to these shocks, we will not survive.”
Slavery also on agenda at meeting of government heads, which King Charles will attend for first time as monarch
He added: “For island states – which make up nearly half of the membership of the Commonwealth – it’s a threat which is truly existential. If we cannot find ways to make our countries more resilient to these shocks, we will not survive.”
The scheme under question is the fifth-largest nature-based carbon abatement scheme in the world, making the adverse findings of global significance.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14326042
> Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government. > > One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.
The scheme under question is the fifth-largest nature-based carbon abatement scheme in the world, making the adverse findings of global significance.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14326042
> Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government. > > One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.
The scheme under question is the fifth-largest nature-based carbon abatement scheme in the world, making the adverse findings of global significance.
Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government.
One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.
The 21-year-old climate activist was invited to a pro-Palestinian protest camp in Dortmund after attending a similar protest in Berlin on Monday. #EuropeNews
Politicians in Germany think that climate activist Greta Thunberg should be banned from entering the country over her participation in pro-Palestinian protests
Isn't that only for controlling pine trees?
I would argue the original evil is worse because it is intentional
Sorry, fixed!
Sorry, fixed!
Yeah Chinese companies care even less than Western ones. Good luck with that Peru, enjoy your bed.
This is good news. Giving women access to contraceptive is a right step towards gender equality.
As an Anarchist and an Environmentalist, fuck government and politicians.
Don't distrust them, actively hate them.
Bringing up stats instead of ignoring them isn't unpleasant.
Companies spend billions over years to convince us to think nothing of it, we need to fight back with grassroots.
AOC has the biggest balls in congress.
