Tag: climate change
Pakistan close to its national heat record
Pakistan is facing a heatwave with temperatures exceeding 52° in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh. A temperature close to the national record set at 54 degrees. Extreme temperatures have…
Maldives calls for funds to combat rising sea levels
The fourth international conference of small island developing states begins Monday, May 27, in Antigua and Barbuda, in a context of major threat to these countries from rising water levels…
Almost 70 million euros to Utrecht research
Another Utrecht researcher, earth scientist Appy Sluijs from Utrecht University, will investigate with his team how climate change reinforces itself. For example, rising temperatures can lead to the thawing of…
Migratory fish populations declined by more than 80%, study finds
A new edifying data concerning the loss of biodiversity. Migratory fish populations have declined by more than 80% worldwide in around fifty years. This is what a study co-signed by…
Seaweed forests combat climate change, Utrecht research shows
According to earth scientist Middelburg, this discovery is important for nature conservation. When seaweed forests are damaged, they can also absorb less carbon, which is bad for the climate. That…
net zero emissions by 2050 is still possible but will cost more
Global climate goals are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve as the world remains dependent on fossil fuels, says the new report BloombergNEF, a research firm dedicated to the energy transition…
Gnawing beetles feed on Utrecht windmills: ‘It’s five to twelve’
“As a nature organization, we have to choose between two evils. We don’t actually want to kill the creatures with gas, but otherwise the monument will be damaged and we…
Oil and gas companies worsen climate change, according to a hundred NGOs
A new complaint against Total Energies was filed in Paris this Tuesday, May 21 for contributing to climate change and its fatal impact on human and non-human lives. At the…
Martinique placed in “drought crisis” for the first time in its history
This is the first time in its history. Martinique has been placed in a “drought crisis”. The lack of water would be close to the record of 1973, the reference…
the suppression of the notion of “climate change” in Florida described as “shameful”
In the United States, most Republican leaders are still openly climate skeptics. Latest example with the governor of Florida who has just signed a law that removes climate change from…