Researchers from NASA monitor, using airborne observations, the levels of carbon monoxide and ozone in wildfire plumes (a) The distribution of ΔO3/ΔCO ratio along the longitude within the wildfire plume and (b) the estimated longitudinal CO plume age distribution based on the NAST-I measurements. Credit: The Authors doi 10.1117/1.JRS.16.034522 Wildfires, characterized by unplanned, uncontrolled, and... Continue Reading →
One of the most confounding realities of the climate crisis is that two seemingly contradictory facts are simultaneously true: that humanity has at our fingertips the solutions to fix it at the very same time that global greenhouse gas emissions soar higher than ever. By now the world has a solid understanding of what the solutions to... Continue Reading →
Decisive Climate Moments Call for Bold New Tactics
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Experts say that more than 5 billion out of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded in 2022. Despite containing valuable elements like Gold, Silver and several other recyclable components, more than 5 billion unwanted cellphones will be dumped. . Continue watching on WION YouTube Channel
Election ’22: What Matters: How is Climate Change Impacting the Midterm Vote
This week, Election ’22: What Matters examines how climate change is impacting the midterm vote. A new Washington Post – ABC News poll finds 51% of voters now say climate change is one of the most important issues driving their vote. And though the environment is not getting as much attention as things like the... Continue Reading →
Malcolm Turnbull on the Anti-democratic Forces Opposing Climate Action
Malcolm Turnbull, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, joins the show this week to discuss the growing threat of misinformation to liberal democracy, the role Rupert Murdoch and News Corp are playing to exacerbate the problem, the obstacles to international cooperation on reducing emissions, and his hopes for what can be accomplished in 2021 to... Continue Reading →
Nearly a decade ago, a political outsider helped catapult the idea of a “climate emergency” to the forefront of U.S. politics. Now her activism is on the brink of paying off. Margaret Klein Salamon, a clinical psychologist by training, became alarmed by climate change after Superstorm Sandy battered New York City in 2012, leaving a... Continue Reading →
How activists put the ‘climate emergency’ on the map
Emma Murphy | US Correspondent Since 1970, populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians plummeted by an average of 69 percent. ITV News US Correspondent Emma Murphy reports Flying over the Amazon you go for hours seeing only pristine forest and, at times, can wonder just how serious its challenges are. And then you... Continue Reading →
The Amazon is ‘close to a point of no return’ – a reality that impacts us all
As the water starts to slowly recede, Pakistan is facing waves of disaster that will be felt for years Margaret Evans CBC News Oct. 15, 2022 He may be one of the youngest victims of Pakistan’s devastating floods. A baby not yet born when record-breaking monsoon rains triggered flooding that swallowed up much of the... Continue Reading →
After the flood
Earth had its fifth-warmest September on record September Highlights: September 2022 tied as fifth warmest for the globe. North America had its warmest September on record. Asia and Africa had a top-six warm September. The Arctic reached its minimum annual sea ice extent on September 18, while the Antarctic very likely reached its annual maximum... Continue Reading →
Assessing the Global Climate in September 2022
Tap water is thousands of times better for the environment than bottled water, according to scientists. In fact, it takes three times as much water to produce a plastic bottle as it can hold. This might not come as a surprise but researchers at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) have crunched the numbers... Continue Reading →
Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water, say scientists
Steve Skinner thinks it’s vital to engage with people who hold different views, while Claire Whatley notes an unfortunate advert placement alongside a Greta Thunberg article I can’t disagree with any of the ideas put forward by writers and activists (‘Stop setting things on fire’: nine great ideas to save the planet, 8 October) in... Continue Reading →
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