CLIMATE SCIENCE - INDO DAILY

African climate activists press leaders on 'life or death' choices

Oct 07, 2020 (AFP)

"Climate change is a nightmare that affects every sector of our lives," said Nakate, naming hunger, conflicts, child marriages and violence against women as som...

Climate and carbon cycle in perpetual interaction

Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)

Forest fires become more frequent all over the world, release additional CO2 into the atmosphere, and further reinforce the global warming that enhanced forest ...

Last month warmest September on record globally: EU

Oct 07, 2020 (AFP)

This year has now seen three months of record warmth -- January, May and September -- with June and April virtually tied for first, the Copernicus Climate Chang...

The politics behind Xi's big green promise for China

Oct 03, 2020 (AFP)

The Chinese leader last month chose the UN as the stage for his country's unexpected pledge to reach peak coal use by 2030 and go carbon neutral three decades l...

Spots of shade may help butterflies cope with climate change

Sep 24, 2020 (UPI)

The research, published this week in the Journal of Animal Ecology, suggests species that rely on shade to cool down are most vulnerable to climate change. For ...

China stakes claim as climate leader while lambasting US 'obstruction'

Sep 23, 2020 (AFP)

The goals, which include a pledge to reach peak emissions in 2030, are the most concrete yet announced by China, which is the world's biggest polluter and accou...

Apple chief says fires and storms show impact of climate change

Sep 22, 2020 (AFP)

The disasters should sway those denying science that shows greenhouse gases are dangerously changing weather patterns, Cook said in a talk streamed during an on...

Prince Charles warns climate crisis will dwarf virus impact

Sep 20, 2020 (AFP)

"Without swift and immediate action, at an unprecedented pace and scale, we will miss the window of opportunity to 'reset' for... a more sustainable and inclusi...

Schwarzenegger says pandemic 'opportunity' for climate

Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)

Speaking virtually at a climate summit that his non-profit organisation holds annually in Austria, the Hollywood star said the pandemic, which has killed almost...

As wildfires rage, US voters still divided on climate

Sep 12, 2020 (AFP)

So why isn't the threat of global warming dominating the election contest between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden? Climate change has...

Unraveling 66 million years of climate history from ocean sediments

Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)

"Our mathematical analyses revealed what is at first invisible in the sediment - the hidden relationships and recurring patterns in the climate," says Norbert M...

Cooperate on climate or 'we will be doomed': UN chief

Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)

Before the virus struck, 2020 was billed as a pivotal year for the plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, with high profile summits planned to...

UK police charge 51 over Extinction Rebellion protest

Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)

Hertfordshire Police said the protesters were all charged with obstruction of the highway after the protest in Waltham Cross, north of London, on Friday night. ...

Climate activists disrupt UK newspaper deliveries

Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)

Activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) targeted both the plants, just north of London and near Liverpool in northwest England, causing delays to deliveries of...

Extinction Rebellion begin 10-day UK protest

Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)

Various protests are planned between September 1 and 10, including a "walk of shame" close to the Bank of England, a "carnival of corruption" close to governmen...

Deadly weather more likely to spur local climate policy changes

Aug 31, 2020 (UPI)

According to a new study, published this month in the journal Policy Sciences, climate action in response to extreme weather depends on a number of influencing ...

Fossil leaves prove elevated CO2 triggered greening 23M years ago

Aug 20, 2020 (UPI)

The leaves were found preserved in the sediment layers that once formed the bottom of a New Zealand lake. Paleontologists previously unearthed a diversity of pl...

China teenage climate warrior fights a lonely battle

Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)

Young environmental activists around the world have skipped school to attend marches in protest at global inaction over climate change. But in China, grassroots...

Scientists say COVID-19 recovery plans should include climate change

Aug 07, 2020 (UPI)

COVID-19 has killed several hundred thousand people and sickened millions more, but the lockdowns necessitated by the crisis have had a positive effect on air q...

Lockdown emissions fall will have 'no effect' on climate

Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)

Global emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas could fall up to eight percent in 2020 after governments moved to confine billions of people to their hom...