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Deforestation Surges An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year as tree losses surged, according to new research. It means that a political pledge to end deforestation made at COP26 by world leaders is well off track. Some 11 football pitches of forest were lost every minute in 2022, with Brazil dominating the destruction. But a sharp reduction in forest loss in Indonesia shows that reversing this trend is achievable ..read more
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Antarctic Sea Ice Antarctica may be in serious trouble. Satellite images show that the amount of sea ice floating around the pristine polar continent remains far below long-term averages despite the south polar region moving into its peak winter period. Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) observed with trepidation in late 2022 and early 2023 as satellite images revealed that sea ice attached to the coast of Antarctica had been disappearing month after month at a pace never seen before. And they continued to observe as this sea ice failed to sufficiently replenish after the colder ..read more
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Warming stripes: The international symbol of climate change It’s a simple image, with a simple message. The Earth is warming — fast! Since the 1800s global surface temperature, which includes land and the ocean surface, has increased by an average of 2 degrees F. Land areas are warming at about double that rate. When Professor Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading (UK) first created the warming stripes in 2018 the idea was to quickly communicate the speed and degree to which our planet was warming. The cool blue to warm red is an eye-catching and compelling visual ..read more
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Swiss Voters Back Green Energy Voters in Switzerland have backed a new climate bill designed to cut fossil fuel use and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The government says the country needs to protect its energy security and the environment, as glaciers melt rapidly in the Swiss Alps. The law will require a move away from dependence on imported oil and gas towards the use of renewable sources. In Sunday’s referendum 59.1% of voters backed the green energy proposals. Opponents had argued the measures would push up energy prices. Hot Seas Around UK Some of the most intense marine heat i ..read more
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Cheap Fix to Global Warming Gains Support Countries are starting to get more serious about slashing avoidable methane emissions from fossil fuel production. For example, if all the gas that’s leaked or vented by Turkmenistan’s energy sector was salvaged and burned instead and the EU rules take effect, the combined measures would have roughly the same short-term climate effect as wiping out roughly 290 million tons of CO2 each year, equivalent to the annual emissions of Taiwan, the 21st worst polluter. Halting methane that is intentionally released or accidentally leaked from coal mines or natu ..read more
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World Breaks Temperature Record The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service says that for the first time, global warming has breached the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold. The start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels for the first time. In the summer temperatures higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels have been observed before but only in the northern hemisphere winter and spring months until now. “Global-mean surface air temperatures for the first days of June 2023 were the highest in the ERA5 ..read more
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Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU Wind and solar produced more energy in the EU during May than all fossil fuels combined, according to energy think tank Ember. This is the first full month on record where these renewables produced more power – with almost a third of the bloc’s electricity coming from wind and solar. Fossil fuels generated a record low of 27 per cent. Solar alone generated 14 per cent of the EU’s electricity in May: an all-time high. Even without the summer sun, it overtook coal power for the first time which produced just a tenth of the total last month. Largest ..read more
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European Cattle Herds under Threat Climate activists are coming for livestock producers and farmers. European governments have been targeting the agriculture industry for several years. Ireland’s government may need to reduce that country’s cattle herds by 200,000 cows over the next three years to meet climate targets. In an effort to reduce nitrogen pollution, Reuters reported the European Union last month approved a $1.6 billion Dutch plan to buy out livestock farmers ..read more
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Our Ailing Earth A new report says Earth has exceeded seven out of eight key ecological stability limits, pushing the planet into “the danger zone.” Writing in the journal Nature, the scientific group Earth Commission says it looked at climate, air pollution, groundwater, phosphorus and nitrogen contamination from fertilizer overuse, fresh surface water as well as the overall natural and human-built environments. Comparing what it would be like if the planet had just gotten a medical exam, Earth Commission co-chair Joyeeta Gupta said, “our doctor would say that the Earth is really quite sick r ..read more
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Military Emissions A new report finds that if all the world’s combined militaries were a country, they would have the fourth-highest carbon footprint, right behind China, the United States and India. The ongoing war on Ukraine by Russia, and the increasing number of military exercises being conducted around the world, are only adding to the war industry’s contribution to the mounting climate crisis. Scientists for Global Responsibility and the Conflict and Environment Observatory say that while it is very difficult to precisely determine the total greenhouse gases being emitted by the military ..read more
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