Climate Change

Global warming has a particularly pronounced impact on the Alpine region. Like the Arctic, this European mountain range is becoming greener. Writing in the journal Science, researchers from the University of Lausanne and the University of Basel have now used satellite data to show that vegetation above the tree line…

As climate change warms the planet, glaciers are melting faster. Many will collapse by the end of the century, drastically raising sea level and inundating coastal cities and island nations. A University of California, Berkeley, scientist has now created an improved model of glacial movement that could help pinpoint which…

Posted inNews Feed by TechNode Feed Jun 2, 2022Jun 2, 2022 The Chinese government aims for renewable energy to generate a third of the country’s electric power by 2025, up from 28.8% in 2020, according to the newly released 14th Five-Year Plan (2021 to 2025) for renewables. The plan aims…

Climate-smart investment potential in Nigeria, particularly in the renewable energy sector, is worth over $104bn, the United Kingdom High Commission has said. In his address at the Carbon Chamber Conference of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Head of Climate Change and Energy West Africa, UK High Commission,…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new specialty of climate cardiology is needed to tackle the many links between climate change and cardiovascular health and simultaneously protect patients and the future of the planet, say experts in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. As a result of human activities, levels…

WASHINGTON —  With just a week until the Biden administration hosts the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, the agenda is set but the guest list remains shrouded in mystery. President Biden will host the hemispheric meeting, set to begin Monday, with a focus on what senior administration officials…

Scientists have found the deep ocean is also warming along with the climate in general. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Brest found that most of the heating is held in the deep ocean (deeper than 700m/2100ft.) The research was published in the journal Communications Earth…

Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya looks at the Palcaraju mountain where his Huaraz home is under threat from a melting glacier. German judges and experts have arrived at the edge of a melting glacier high up in the Peruvian Andes to examine a complaint made by a local farmer who…

This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. getty A new report from consulting firm Deloitte suggests that failure to act on climate change could cost the global economy over $178…

SAN FRANCISCO -- Top officials from California and New Zealand signed a pledge Friday agreeing to help fight climate change by sharing ideas and best practices, including how to put millions more electric vehicles on the road. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke…