Climate

2023 Will Be Hottest Year on Record, EU Climate Service Says

2023 Will Be Hottest Year on Record, EU Climate Service Says

Scorching heat waves, drought and ocean surface temperatures as warm as a hot tub were all symptoms of global heating in 2023, which the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said would be the warmest year on record. For the January to November period of this year, the average global temperature was 1.46 degrees […]

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    100% Renewable Energy-Powered Music Festival Announced by Massive Attack

    100% Renewable Energy-Powered Music Festival Announced by Massive Attack

    The Bristol, England-based music collective Massive Attack has announced a one-day music festival for Bristol. What makes this festival stand out from others is that it will be powered entirely by renewables: solar energy and battery power. The festival, called Act 1.5, will take place on August 25, 2024 in Clifton Down and will be […]

    Coastal Redwoods Have Remarkable Ability to Recover From Severe Wildfires, Study Finds

    Coastal Redwoods Have Remarkable Ability to Recover From Severe Wildfires, Study Finds

    New research has found that California’s coastal redwoods have the remarkable capacity to recover from severe wildfires. The study led by researchers from Northern Arizona University (NAU) looked at the ancient trees’ recovery from the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, which burned thousands of acres in California’s Big Basin State Park in the summer of 2020, […]

    What’s at Stake at COP28

    What’s at Stake at COP28

    The next United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP28, begins Thursday in the United Arab Emirates.  The conference, which lasts through December 12, comes at a critical moment in global efforts to contain the climate crisis. The latest UN Emissions Gap Report, released ahead of the talks, found that nations’ current emissions reduction […]