By Brett Wilkins Advocates for eco-friendly, plant-based diets hailed a study published last week that revealed the climate cost of organic meat production is as high as that of conventionally produced animal products. The study, published on December 15 in Nature Communication and reported Wednesday in The Guardian, used the German government’s climate damage cost […]
European Union leaders reached an eleventh-hour agreement Friday to reduce the bloc’s collective greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent of 1990 levels by 2030. The deal, hashed out over a negotiation all-nighter, managed to reconcile differences between wealthier Western European countries and Eastern European countries such as Poland that are still heavily dependent on coal, […]
More than 30,000 abandoned oil and gas wells litter the floor of the Gulf of Mexico in federal waters, the vast majority of those permanently — with many likely leaking methane and other pollutants in perpetuity, the Environmental Health Network reports. The 28,232 permanently abandoned or decommissioned wells on the floor of the Gulf should […]
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2019 and have continued climbing this year, despite lockdowns and other measures to curb the pandemic, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, citing preliminary data. Levels of carbon dioxide, a product of burning fossil fuels that contribute to global warming, peaked at […]
As carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, some have suggested geoengineering our way out of the climate crisis by intentionally cooling the earth’s atmosphere. Now, a new study has shown that at least one popular global cooling strategy is unlikely to work if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. “I think the paper provides yet […]
A controversial new climate study has found that, even if greenhouse gas emissions were halted tomorrow, it might not be enough to stop temperatures from continuing to rise. The study, published in Scientific Reports Thursday, was conducted by two researchers at the BI Norwegian Business School. They used the ESCIMO climate model to determine that, […]
If President-elect Joe Biden follows through on his plan to combat the climate crisis, it could put the world “within striking distance” of meeting the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That’s according to new analysis from Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an independent scientific analysis of how […]
By Gero Rueter The science is clear. If we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the same rate we have been doing for the past decades, 80 years from now, our planet will be at least four degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels. “And the warming won’t stop there,” climate researcher and oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf told […]
From air pollution caused by cars and trucks to methane leaks, many of the same emissions that cause climate change also harm public health. Crystal Upperman is with Aclima, a California-based company that measures ground-level air pollution. She says the results of those measurements vary dramatically, even on a local level. For example, Aclima mapped […]
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