In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust at Cloud Peak Energy’s Antelope Mine north of Douglas, Wyo. Four states with climate change worries are asking a judge to stop the Trump administration from selling coal […]
(Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace) This newly identified rare black butterfly has been named after the pioneering 17th century female entomologist, Maria Sibylla Merian. An extraordinary woman, this naturalist and scientific illustrator once sold 255 paintings to fund an expedition across the Atlantic to document the flora and fauna […]
In the three years since the Paris agreement, greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise and there are fears the political will to act is waning Ministers from nations imperilled by rising seas and temperatures on Tuesday called for drastic action at UN climate talks deadlocked over a refusal by […]
A new study finds that hypoxic dead zones, where dissolved oxygen levels in water drop so low that fish and other animals suffocate, occur in urban streams such as this one in Raleigh, N.C. Credit: Duke University Hypoxic dead zones, which occur when dissolved oxygen levels in water drop so […]
The guidance advises what distance to plant trees from animal housing and in what configuration Credit: lakesfreerange.co.uk A new online calculator and guidance has been developed to help farmers and others to design woodlands to capture airborne ammonia and so reduce air pollution. Scientists from the Centre for Ecology & […]
The Thwaites Glacier is collapsing into the sea. Now scientists are scrambling to answer two questions: When will it take the plunge? And what will it take to save our coastal cities? JEREMY HARBECK/NASA SCIENCE SEASON INAntarctica begins in November, when noontime temperatures at McMurdo Station climb to a balmy […]
GETTY IMAGES White House representatives arrive at climate talks in Poland on Monday to promote coal and other fossil fuels. It’s expected that President Donald Trump’s energy adviser, Wells Griffith, will take part in the COP24 event. The controversial meeting occurs as investors managing $32tn (£25tn) in assets call for […]
The US and Saudi Arabia rank last when it comes curbing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a survey prepared for the Climate Change summit in Katowice, Poland where protestors demand more action The United States and Saudi Arabia rank last when it comes to curbing climate change among the 56 […]
Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has joined forces with two other German farmers and Greenpeace to challenge the government’s failure to meet its own climate targets Dismayed by the German government’s failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to force it into […]
A report on the culture of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS calls for the firing of Michel Sidibé, its executive director. DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS An independent panel that reviewed the culture at the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Geneva, Switzerland, has issued a scathing report that calls for the ouster […]