Google will use artificial intelligence and satellite imagery to monitor methane emissions
The company is teaming up with the Environmental Defense Fund to help fight climate change, Engadget reports. Although carbon dioxide gets the lion’s share of the attention…
Richard Branson and Oppenheimer’s Grandson Call to ‘Stop’ AI and Climate Disaster
They set out their demands in an open letter published on Thursday by The Elders organization (the founders are Branson himself and the ex-president of South Africa,…
The EU plans to reduce emissions by 90% by 2040 and bets on capturing CO2 from the air
Some environmental activists have already criticized the plan because it ignores the phase-out of oil and gas, instead focusing only on coal. On February 6, the European…
NASA has confirmed that 2023 is the hottest year on record. But 2024 may be even “hotter”
In 2023, the Earth was about 1.4 °C warmer than the average at the end of the 19th century, when measurements first started. The world is steadily…
Can rocks absorb enough CO2 to combat climate change? Alphabet and Shopify think so
The companies have struck a deal with startup Lithos, which offers CO2 capture services using the tactic of enhanced “weathering,” the natural ability of rocks to absorb…
Apple Releases First Trailer for Upcoming Drama Extrapolation Starring Meryl Streep, Kit Harington, and Edward Norton
From writer, director and executive producer Scott Z. Burns (Contagion, The Bourne Ultimatum), the Extrapolations series will see characters experience the effects of devastating climate change. Apple…
A powerful cannon and millions of tons of lunar dust – astrophysicists proposed a new way to cool the Earth
Scientists have proposed a potential way to solve the climate crisis — to create a solar shield around the Earth from lunar dust, which will be launched…
The Earth’s ozone layer will be completely depleted by 2066, — UN
For decades, the Earth’s ozone layer, which protects life on our planet from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, has suffered from common chemicals used in everything from…
Abnormally warm winter in Europe: ski resorts are empty, gardens are blooming in the Czech Republic, and Kyiv sets temperature records for the third day in a row
The New Year brought warm winter weather to parts of Europe, and specialized websites of various countries report daily new temperature records in Switzerland, Poland, and Hungary….
Activist dies after setting himself on fire outside US Supreme Court in climate protest
Police were called to the Supreme Court Plaza at around 6:30pm on Friday. Video from the scene shows a man screaming in agony after officers extinguished the…
BBC’s ‘most ambitious environmental series yet’ looks more like a travel jolly
It doesn’t take long to identify the main problem with Our Changing Planet (BBC One), the latest series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit. It starts in…
The best zero-waste products you need to grow a sustainable garden
Zero-waste shops can be found all over the country – I have two within a five-minute walk from my house. In fact, here in Bristol, we are…
Frozen birds and flooded towns: How Britain grappled with climate change 500 years ago
Chroniclers reported storms so fierce that they “hath not been seene, nor heard of in this age of the World”. The researchers found that the winters grew…
Britain needs oil and gas, Kwarteng tells Extinction Rebellion protesters
XR said it was demanding that Lloyd’s stopped insuring all fossil fuel projects, including the controversial expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada. Within minutes of…
Climate anxiety is driving the West into dangerous mass hysteria
I watched a broadcast interview with one of the Extinction Rebellion protesters who was blocking an oil refinery. Whether the effect was what the television producer had…
‘Vulnerable to climate change in every way’: Mumbai eyes status as south Asia’s first carbon neutral city
The BMC aims to generate 50 and 90 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and 2050, respectively. While it hasn’t outlined exactly how this…
Top tips on how families can help protect the environment at home in 2022
Many of decided that 2022 was the year where we would make more of an effort to do our bit and help protect the environment. However, you…
Renewable energy schemes take money from the poor and give it to the rich
When the major parties that make up Westminster’s political class present a united front on a big subject that affects us all, I am often highly sceptical….
£450m heat pump subsidy scheme could end up funding those who would have bought them anyway
Heat pumps can cost £10,000 to install – although manufacturers say these figures could be cut in half within the next few years – and can require…
Climate activists use couscous as a weapon in bizarre war on ‘Chelsea tractors’
Electric cars, as well as petrol and diesel vehicles, were targeted, as the group said these were still “polluting, dangerous and cause congestion”. The group vowed to…
Sadiq Khan escalates war on polluting cars with ULEZ expansion plan
Expanding the zone would avoid the need to introduce two other levies – a £2-a-day “clean air charge” or a boundary charge of up to £5.50 for…
Does the world have too many people – or not enough?
In the 2nd century AD, the theologist Tertullian issued a warning that could have come from an Extinction Rebellion pamphlet. Humanity’s growing numbers had become “too burdensome”,…
Deadly heat could endanger three-quarters of world’s population by end of this century
The report is the second in a series of three that comprise the best summary of global scientific evidence around climate change and its impacts. Written and…
Wettest days to get even wetter in Britain, UN climate change report warns
Hans-Otto Pörtner, co-chair of the IPCC’s Working Group II, said: “The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of…
Sid Meier interview: ‘Before Civilization, strategy was a dirty word in gaming’
A few days before his birthday, it is difficult to tell whether Sid Meier is about to turn 68 or 16. The Canadian-American video game programmer and…