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Erosion suspected in collapse of Utah's popular Double Arch rock formation
Aug 10, 2024 (UPI)
Erosion is the suspected culprit in Thursday's collapse of the arch -- a hole formed in the 190-million-year-old sandstone rock situated along Lake Powell, the ...
Climate activists target Messi's mansion in Spain's Ibiza
Aug 06, 2024 (AFP)
Campaigners from the group Futuro Vegetal released a video showing two members standing in front of the house near the cove of Cala Tarida on Ibiza's western co...
Uncertainty Hinders Prediction of Climate Tipping Points
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
Climate scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have pinpointed three main sources ...
Worst yet to come in once-in-a-century southern Africa drought, UN says
Jul 27, 2024 (AFP)
The United Nations World Food Programme said it expected the number of people struggling to put enough food on the table to increase as the lean season, the per...
UK climate activists guilty of throwing soup over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
Just Stop Oil climate activists Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer, both 22, were convicted of criminal damage at Southwark Crown Court in the British capital. The...
UK climate strategy under scrutiny at landmark court case
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
Environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth and two men who say their lives have been affected by rising temperatures began a two-day case at the High Court ...
Jail terms for UK climate activists stoke protest rights fears
Jul 19, 2024 (AFP)
Four Just Stop Oil (JSO) members were jailed for four years each on Thursday, while the group's co-founder Roger Hallam received five years. They were accused o...
Researcher Investigates Hidden Climate Impacts of Soil and Air
Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)
While many people focus on the effects of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, other aspects of climate change are less well-known. Foroutan, an associate prof...
US pledges $39 mn to fight hunger in drought-hit Zimbabwe
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) said the money will help provide 500,000 people with food assistance and distribute agriculture supplies and...
At Republican National Convention, climate change at bottom of pile
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
"I don't believe all that," said Jack Prendergast, from New York, who believes that human activity does just as much harm to the planet as "when a volcano goes ...
Unusual rainfall brings winter flowers to Chile's Atacama desert
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
Normally, such a desert bloom occurs every few years in the southern springtime -- if and when conditions are just right -- blanketing thousands of square kilom...
UK climate activists who targeted World Snooker Championship spared jail
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
District judge Daniel Curtis sentenced Edred Whittingham, known as Eddie, and his fellow protester Margaret Reid to community orders at a sentencing hearing at ...
Meals dry up as Zimbabwe's drought bites
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
Nearby, farmer Georgina Kwengwere walks among corn stalks dessicated by the drought that is ravaging her country and leaving millions of people in need of food ...
Climate media awards highlight injustice and accountability
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
The successful entries were hailed by CCNow director Mark Hertsgaard for "setting the tone for what it means to be a climate journalist" and providing "a servic...
EarthCARE's Radiometer Reveals Insights into Earth's Energy Balance
Jul 08, 2024 (SPX)
Earth's energy balance involves the amount of energy it receives from the Sun and the thermal radiation it emits back into space. This balance, influenced by fa...
Airports, Wall Street and Olympics in crosshairs of climate activists
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
From blocking highways to spray painting jets and the megaliths at Stonehenge, and throwing food at artworks, some climate activists have turned to more provoca...
Painting roofs white helps lower city heat, studies say
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
Two separate studies looked at the effect of 'cool roofing' and found using white or reflective coatings could reduce outdoor city temperatures by up to 2 degre...
Planting giant cactus to stave off desertification in Brazil
Jun 29, 2024 (AFP)
"In the absence of laws, it is up to us to act," said Nascimento, who is trying to regenerate his land by planting mandacaru, an emblematic cactus from the regi...
'Not a lab experiment': climate tech CEO on green innovation
Jun 27, 2024 (AFP)
Among those attending is Arvin Ganesan, who worked in the Obama administration and at Apple before joining the race to develop the next generation of long-stora...
Climate lawsuits against companies and govts on the rise
Jun 26, 2024 (AFP)
Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, 230 "climate-aligned" lawsuits have been launched against corporations and trade associations -- more than two thirds of which w...
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