As a result of the lockdowns around the world to control COVID-19, huge decreases in transportation and industrial activity resulted in a drop in daily global carbon emissions of 17 percent in April. Nonetheless, CO2 levels ...
Environment
Jun 25, 2020
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A University of York scientist working to preserve forests has warned that vines that once protected vegetation from fire may now be drying into fuel.
Environment
May 8, 2020
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After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA's SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a mission that continued and advanced the agency's 40-year record of measuring solar irradiance and studying its influence ...
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2020
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Transportation produces a sizable amount of greenhouse gas emissions, largely by using petroleum to power internal combustion engines. Alternatives –- for example, organic materials such as grasses to produce fuels or electricity ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2020
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Political affiliations, the presence of local environmental organizations and prior local media coverage of climate change play a role in how a community reacts to an extreme weather event, an article published today in Nature ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2019
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Wearing a blue space suit with a UAE flag on one sleeve and a spaceship on the other, the first Emirati astronaut said Tuesday his mission highlighted a crucial issue—climate change.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2019
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Massive networks of drains, pipes and tiles that enable food production on much of the world's most productive cropland are due for expansion and replacement to meet the demands of agricultural intensification and climate ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2019
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What the Stern Report did in 2006 for climate mitigation and the need to reduce carbon emissions, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon now tries to do for climate adaptation: Show the numbers! This week, the Global Commission ...
Economics & Business
Sep 17, 2019
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Today, more than 700 million people around the world drink water from unsafe or untreated sources, such as wells, springs and surface water.
Environment
Aug 13, 2019
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The University of Texas at Austin team that led a twin satellite system launched in 2002 to take detailed measurements of the Earth, called the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), reports in the most recent issue ...
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2019
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