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,…
PACE is a new NASA climate mission studying microplankton and aerosols from space
The satellite will help space agency scientists assess the health of the world’s oceans, climate change and air quality. The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem) mission…
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…
Scientists have named the reason for the extinction of the largest primate
Giant apes ate bark and branches after climate change transformed the subtropical environment into savanna. “Giganto” simply could not adapt to new climatic conditions / illustrative screenshot…
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….
Start-up Make Sunsets sprayed sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere to stabilize the climate and sells “credits” for the controversial technology – $10/gram
Make Sunsets claims to have launched special balloons that sprayed reflective particles into the stratosphere, breaking a controversial barrier in solar geoengineering. Solar geoengineering is an attempt…
India has been hit by an unusual heatwave. Blame climate change – but not only
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The 2021 Russian fires caused a record reduction in forest cover in the north of the planet
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India has been hit by an unusual heat wave. Blame climate change – but not only
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