Global Warming

(RNS) — Everyone agrees that Queen Elizabeth II is a hard act to follow. As a constitutional monarch who united her kingdom without ever making a political statement, let alone a partisan one, she held herself above politics as a symbol of the best of British values and character. King…

Global warming could be reversed by refreezing the poles, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Research Communications. Restoring Earth's ice "caps" at its north and south poles would result from blocking the sun, sustaining weather patterns. The ambitious idea sounds like a crazy plot from a sci-fi…

Around three-quarters of the tree and shrub species currently grown in cities worldwide are predicted to be at risk from hotter and drier conditions by 2050 Environment 19 September 2022 By Michael Le Page Central Park, New York City Francois Roux / Alamy Stock Photo Cities around the world may…

A displaced family wades through a flooded area after heavy rainfall, in Jaffarabad, Pakistan. Photo / AP Climate change likely worsened rainfall by up to 50 per cent late last month in two southern Pakistan provinces. But global warming wasn't the biggest cause of the country's catastrophic flooding that has…

SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Sep. 15, 2022Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 1:42 a.m. Now Playing: Pakistani naval personnel on Thursday assisted in supplying vital aid to residents affected by flooding in Sindh province. The military were seen loading rubber boats with supplies in Dadu and sailing them to areas where people had…

The Biden administration said Wednesday it has approved ambitious plans by 34 states and Puerto Rico to create a national electric vehicle charging network as the U.S. begins in earnest its transition away from gas-powered transportation. The plans’ approval means $900 million can begin to flow to the states, which are tasked…

As heat waves, wildfires, floods, water shortages, and droughts ravage the country, Republicans have been forced to abandon climate denial. I recently noted that Republicans had switched from denial to delay—the idea that global warming is happening, it’s just not an urgent problem right now—a stance in which they are…

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Let's consider an example with an imaginary planet. In this solar system, the planet completes one orbit around its sun in 8.6 solar days, instead of 365 days, as the Earth does. (I'm using a shorter year because it magnifies the difference between solar and stellar days, so you can…

TSUKUBA, Japan, Sept 1, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - A French-Japanese research collaboration has fabricated metal nanocomposite coatings that improve the insulating properties of window glasses. The new coating prevents a significant portion of near-infrared (NIR) and ultraviolet rays (UV) from passing through, while at the same time admitting visible…