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16 11 2020 | 07:07

Four ways Trump has meddled in pandemic science — and why it matters.

How US President Donald Trump and his administration have silenced scientists, meddled in their reports and ignored their advice.

16 11 2020 | 06:42

Lack of climate action over 50 years will cost Australian economy $3.4tn and 880,000 jobs – report.

If policies promoting net zero emissions by 2050 are adopted 250,000 jobs would be created and $680bn added to the economy. Australia’s economy will be 6% smaller, there will be 880,000 fewer jobs…

16 11 2020 | 06:39

Severe forest fires have increased eightfold in western US since 1985, study finds.

Exclusive: The amount of land burning at ‘high severity’ is also accelerating due to climate change, researchers say. The number of severe forest fires across the western US has increased eightfold…

12 11 2020 | 08:47

Climate crisis: Remote glaciers in China melting at ‘shocking’ pace, risking water shortages.

Scientists say largest glacier in world’s ‘third pole’ has retreated by 450 metres, as temperatures rise.

12 11 2020 | 08:34

Outskirts of Somalia’s Capital is Under Siege by Damaging Locusts.

The outskirts of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is under siege by swarms of locusts that officials fear will ruin vegetation and potentially impact tourism.  The locusts arrived outside Mogadishu on…

12 11 2020 | 08:25

If you think Covid is bad, wait until you hear about the climate crisis.

The climate won’t wait for us to sort out coronavirus, but rich people are still destroying it.       9 November 2020 The Guardian

10 11 2020 | 10:11

World is running out of time on climate, experts warn.

In wake of Covid, leading figures call for bold green measures to boost economy. World leaders are running out of time to forge a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with only a year to go…

10 11 2020 | 10:07

Melting of Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf at 40-year record high, study says.

Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf experienced its highest rate of melting since records began 40 years ago from 2019-2020, a new study has found. The unprecedented melt at Larsen C, which is…

10 11 2020 | 09:52

What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage.

President-elect Biden can restore many of the 100-plus environmental regulations that President Trump rolled back, but much of the damage to the climate cannot be reversed. WASHINGTON — President-…

10 11 2020 | 09:28

‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis.

Greta Thunberg has blasted politicians as hypocrites and international climate summits as empty words and greenwash. Until humanity admits it has failed to tackle the climate crisis and begins…

09 11 2020 | 08:08

Shell’s climate poll on Twitter backfires spectacularly.

Oil giant accused of gaslighting after asking users: ‘What are you willing to change?’ A climate poll on Twitter posted by Shell has backfired spectacularly, with the oil company accused of…

09 11 2020 | 08:05

Forest-related carbon removal could generate $800bn in annual revenues by 2050

New analysis commissioned by the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), predicts that technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere could create trillion dollar upside…

09 11 2020 | 07:37

Climate Action Tracker: The case of Switzerland.

Switzerland is in the process of completely revising its CO2-Act, its key piece of climate change legislation. The current draft is stronger than the version that the National Council failed to adopt…

09 11 2020 | 07:28

On the horizon: the end of oil and the beginnings of a low-carbon planet.

With demand and share prices dropping, Europe’s fossil fuel producers recognise that peak oil is probably now behind them. Ayear ago, only the most ardent climate optimists believed that the world’s…

09 11 2020 | 07:20

Climate crisis: Global temperature rise of 2C ‘would release billions of tonnes of soil carbon’.

Soils could release equivalent of four times China’s emissions over past century, scientists warn. Soil is a huge, but little-recognised, carbon storage facility.

09 11 2020 | 07:15

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come /Options Offered to Reduce Risk   

09 11 2020 | 07:13

Change Game: your chance to simulate climate change.

Change Game is a video game that confronts the complexity of climate change, and how it interacts with society and natural ecosystems.

05 11 2020 | 11:08

Biden vows to rejoin Paris climate deal on first day in office.

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden vowed Wednesday that the US would rejoin the Paris climate accord on his first day in the White House, hours after the withdrawal ordered by Donald Trump took effect. "Today,…

05 11 2020 | 11:03

Scientists aghast as hopes for landslide Biden election victory vanish.

With so many votes cast for Trump in US election, some researchers conclude they must work harder to communicate the importance of facts, science and truth. As the possibility of a landslide victory…