Climate Change

Self-driving cars. Artificial general intelligence. Beating a human in a game of chess. Grand challenges are tasks that can seem like moonshots that, if achieved, will move the entire machine learning discipline forward. Now a team of researchers with the recently established OcéanIA is treating the study of the ocean…

By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analystPublishedduration7 Decemberimage copyrightGetty ImagesThe much-loved combination of beer and crisps is being harnessed for the first time to tackle climate change.Crisps firm Walkers has adopted a technique it says will slash CO2 emissions from its manufacturing process by 70%. The technology will use CO2 captured from…

VIRGINIA WOOLF/STUFFParticipants at a student-led climate crisis protest in Nelson are calling for urgent action at central and local government level.Climate change is not a far-off problem, it is happening now, says Emma Barnes-Wetere, the Nayland College student who organised a climate crisis protest in Nelson demanding urgent action. Barnes-Wetere…

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen have, in collaboration with Norwegian researchers in the ERC Synergy project, ICE2ICE, shown that abrupt climate change occurred as a result of widespread decrease of sea ice. This scientific breakthrough concludes a long-lasting debate on the mechanisms causing abrupt climate change…

No results matched your search EconomyDec 03, 2020 05:50PM ET © Reuters. FILE PHOTO - White House senior advisor Brian Deese By Trevor Hunnicutt, Valerie Volcovici and Andrea Shalal WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday named Brian Deese, who helped lead President Barack Obama's efforts to…

Some major companies are angling to line up with the Biden administration on climate next year, as lawmakers and lobbyists gird for renewed policy fights in Washington. A big slice of corporate America—including utilities, banks and auto manufacturers—signed onto a statement yesterday calling on President-elect Joe Biden to work with…

Last March, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told an Instagram Live chat that “there’s scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult” as climate change intensifies. She asked her audience, “Is it OK to still have children?”The 29-year-old congressional representative for New York’s 14th district voiced a…

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Dangerously high temperatures put hundreds of thousands of people’s health and livelihoods at risk every year, and a major new report shows how much the threat has already grown in a warming world. Among other alarming statistics, heat-related deaths among older adults grew by nearly 54 percent between 2000 and…

The first-of-its-kind initiative involves government, civil society, and international organizations Bridgetown, Barbados, December 1, 2020 (PAHO) – International, regional, and government leaders announced the launch of a broad-based project to support actions to mitigate climate change and its serious health impacts in Caribbean nations. The EU/CARIFORUM Strengthening Climate Resilient Health…