Climate Change

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain UK forests could store almost double the amount of carbon than previous calculations suggest, with consequences for our understanding of carbon stocks and humanity's response to climate change, according to a new study involving UCL researchers. For the study, published today in the journal Ecological Solutions…

With accelerating climate change, threats against abortion rights, and need everywhere, you can make a difference by giving. December 19, 2022 My husband and I stopped exchanging gifts a few years ago. Instead, we make donations and do something fun, like see a play. It’s great: no shiny new books…

From pv magazine 12/2022 The re-election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the Brazilian presidency in October brings the nation back into the fold of global attempts to combat the climate crisis after a four-year hiatus under the divisive reign of Jair Bolsonaro. Da Silva, of the left wing…

A woman waits for a bus on Smyth Road after an overnight snow storm in Ottawa Friday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia Ottawa awoke on Friday to a blanket of white. Snow fell overnight, continuing throughout the day. The snow could fall one to two centimetres per hour creating reduced…

by Jeff Foust — December 16, 2022 A meeting of the National Space Council in December 2021. The White House has selected a new roster of 30 people to serve on the council's Users' Advisory Committee Dec. 16. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky WASHINGTON — The White House announced the new membership…

The universe is thought to harbor uncounted worlds that are home to water. The one we know best, of course, is our own, and as of 3:46 a.m. PT this morning, we set about working to know it better still. That was the moment, as NASA reports, that the SWOT…

TranscriptEliza Strickland: Man-made climate change is already reshaping our planet, and carbon emissions aren’t coming down fast enough to stave off real disaster in the decades to come. But rather than giving into despair, some engineers, policymakers, and activists are pursuing a novel strategy. It’s often called geoengineering in the…

I saw the effects of climate change firsthand at home in northern Ontario. Now, at 15, I’m suing the government for not doing enough to stop it. My family always talked about climate change at the dinner table. My mom worked as a lobbyist for the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and…

Updated 1 day ago · Published on 16 Dec 2022 8:43PM · Medium voltage and high voltage users among industry participants will face a 20 sen/kWh surcharge for the period of January 1-June 30, 2023. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 16, 2022. MEDIUM voltage and high voltage users…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. SWOT. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography radar satellite spacecraft is moved into a transport container inside the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, on November 18, 2022. USSF/Chris Okula/Handout (1st UPDATE) One major thrust of the mission…