Global survey finds 74% also want climate crises and protecting nature prioritised over jobs and profitThree-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the planet towards a dangerous tipping point and support a shi…
Parts of the US are getting dangerously hot. Yet Americans are moving the wrong way | David Sirota and Julia Rock
As the climate changes, census data shows that Americans are shifting from safer areas of the US to the regions most at risk of heating and floodingScience has provided America with a decent idea of which areas of our country will be most devastated by…
UK net zero delay has left room for sceptics’ attacks, says government climate adviser
Lord Deben says he is ‘pressing very hard’ to get details of strategy published as Cop26 approachesBoris Johnson’s delay in publishing the net zero emissions strategy has left a space for climate sceptics to “complain, attack and undermine” on cost gro…
‘You follow the government’s agenda’: China’s climate activists walk a tightrope
The IPCC’s alarming report has Chinese environmentalists wondering how to push a government that brooks no criticism into taking more actionIn the wake of the IPCC’s alarming warning last week that human induced climate change is affecting every corner…
UK can’t fight climate crisis with austerity, warns expert
Author of government study says Treasury resistance to green spending programmes could halt progress to net zero Imposing “premature austerity” again will undermine the fight against climate change and stop poorer households going green, one of the wor…
Russian firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey
Eight Russian and Turkish crew members and emergency workers killed trying to land in Adana provinceA firefighting plane from Russia crashed on Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, killing the eight crew members and emergency workers aboa…
‘Ten years ago this was science fiction’: the rise of weedkilling robots
The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food systemIn the corner of an Ohio field, a laser-armed robot inches through a sea of onions, zapping weeds as it goes.This field doesn’t belong to…
Million urged to seek shelter as floods and landslides hit Japan
Authorities in Hiroshima and northern Kyushu issue evacuation alert amid unprecedented rainfallMore than a million people have been urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan, leaving at least one dead and…
At the frontier of the climate crisis, one scientist’s quest to record the ‘invisible world’ of the Arctic
Lighter nights, orange sunsets, straying killer whales: Wayne Davidson has observed the subtle signs of a tragically warming Arctic for four decadesWayne Davidson has been taking atmospheric readings from the Arctic Weather Station at Resolute Bay on C…
これ以上の温暖化を防ぐには、重点的に「メタン」の排出を削減せよ：国連IPCC報告書から見えた対応策
国連の「気候変動に関する政府間パネル（IPCC）」による最新の報告書が公表され、産業革命前からの気温上昇が今後20年以内に1.5℃に達する可能性が示された。温暖化の原因として人類が排出した温室効果ガスを挙げているが、排出を抑えるべきは二酸化炭素だけではない。注目すべきは、より温室効果が高いメタンだ。
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