Climate change by numbers
As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world.
As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world.
Environment
Dec 5, 2023
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The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas ...
Environment
Dec 5, 2023
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They were billed as an ingenious new way of helping developing countries ditch planet-polluting coal, promising an injection of billions from wealthy governments looking for new ways to tackle carbon emissions.
Environment
Dec 4, 2023
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More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.
Environment
Dec 1, 2023
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A new report by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, shows existing technologies will enable Australia to halve emissions by 2030 from 2020 levels, under a rapid decarbonization scenario led by a renewable electricity ...
Environment
Dec 1, 2023
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Headlines across the world this year focused on fires, including both wildfires and the use of military firepower, in various places.
Environment
Dec 1, 2023
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Over the past decades, environmental scientists and engineers have been trying to devise effective solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. This has led to the creation ...
In a recent review of more than 180 peer-reviewed articles—which I conducted with fellow researcher Richard Parncutt—we found that a scientific consensus has formed around the so-called 1,000-ton rule.
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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Deadly floods in the Horn of Africa. Summer wildfires that ravaged Canadian forests. Global temperature records unprecedented in the history of humanity.
Environment
Nov 29, 2023
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Today, petrochemical compounds and rare metals such as platinum and iridium are used to produce semiconductors for optoelectronics, such as organic LEDs for super-thin TV and mobile phone screens. Physicists at Umeå University ...
Biochemistry
Nov 28, 2023
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