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New Post Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Alexis Rosenfeld Marine explorers have discovered a “pristine” 3km (2-mile) coral reef at . . .EnviroLink Network by By Victoria Gill on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
Marine explorers find a "pristine" 3km coral reef at depths of 30m off the coast of Tahiti. . . .BBC News - Science BBC News - Science & Environment by ? on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post River pollution: Shake-up call for investigations in Wales
Campaigners say thousands of incidents are not being investigated because of a lack of resources. . . .BBC News - Science BBC News - Science & Environment by ? on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Biden To Hold Wind Power Auction Off New York, New Jersey Coast
Takeaways: The Biden administration will hold its first offshore wind auction this year. The auction will offer almost 500 000 acres off the coast of New York . . .Happy Eco News by Jamie D'Souza on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Skeptical Science New Research for Week #3 2022
Cloud tops fade from sight at a critical juncture Employing the Earth orbiting instrument MISR, Travis Aerenson et al. appear to confir . . .Skeptical Science New Research for Week #3 2022 by ? on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’
Exclusive: Officers say cuts and operational decisions have made England’s regulator ‘toothless’. Staff at England’s Environment Agency say it has been cut back . . .Environment | The Guardian by lvidge on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post UK moves closer to allowing gene editing of crops by allowing more research
Government says gene editing can develop climate crisis resistant crops while critics fear it is another step towards GM. Research into the gene editing of . . .Environment | The Guardian by vey Environment correspondent on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green
In northern Norway, trees are rapidly taking over the tundra and threatening an ancient way of life that depends on snow and ice. Altafjord is a wide expanse of . . .Environment | The Guardian by nce on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Country diary: Hardy swimmers and brisk walkers await the sun’s arrival
Kit Hill, Tamar Valley: This country park, on the site of a derelict quarry, is full of visitors defying the gloom. The steep way up the former incline railway, . . .Environment | The Guardian by Spiers on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post ‘I feel I’ve made a mark’: the man who built homes for 60,000 swifts
Retired salesman John Stimpson was so moved by the cries of birds unable to find nests, he decided to act. Now he has made enough boxes to house half the UK’s . . .Environment | The Guardian by ston on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Cargo without carbon: the rise and rise of e-bike deliveries
Demand for electric cargo bike couriers has boomed since first lockdown, bringing the hope of cleaner, quieter, safer streets. Would you like your groceries . . .Environment | The Guardian by ll on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post Connections With Nature books reach Talek School, Kenya
I’m so pleased to share that our ‘Connections With Nature' books have made it to Talek Mixed Day and Boarding School in the Maasai Mara. Connections With Nature . . .Kate on Conservation by Kate on Conservation on 20 Jan 2022 |
New Post UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’
The world’s climate-stressed and pollution-degraded farming and agricultural system must shift quickly to sustainable practices to feed an additional 2 billion . . .Yale Climate Connections by Dana Nuccitelli on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post How solar farms could do double duty
If properly designed, the land used for solar arrays can reduce erosion and pollution run-off. How solar farms could do double duty appeared first on Yale . . .Yale Climate Connections by YCC Team on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post U.S. not on track to achieve Biden's climate goals, data finds
Cristobella Durrette reports that data released last week shows that the U.S. is not on track to meet Biden's climate change goals, at the start of a year . . .Planet Forward - Most Recent by ws Service on 19 Jan 2022 |
Extreme Temperature Diary-Wednesday January 19th, 2021/ Main Topic: When the Volcano Blows…Will the Tonga Eruption Temporarily Cool Our Warming Climate?
The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track global extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed . . .Guy On Climate by guyonclimate_mi5tor on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post River pollution: Shake-up call for investigations in Wales
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing River groups have called for a review of how water pollution incidents are investigated in Wales. Thousands of . . .EnviroLink Network by By Steffan Messenger on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Colorado looks to expand building codes as climate change increases risk of wildfires
There are new calls for stronger building codes in Colorado after devastating suburban wildfires. The towns weren’t considered at high risk for fire, but . . .EnviroLink Network by Michael Elizabeth Sakas on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post We’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, study says
Many thousands of human-made chemicals and synthetic pollutants are circulating throughout our world, with new ones entering production all the time — so many, . . .EnviroLink Network by Glenn Scherer on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post The Tonga volcano caused an oil spill on Peru's coast. Fishermen are protesting
Because of waves from Saturday’s eruption, an estimated 6,000 barrels of oil were spilled near Peru’s main refinery on the coast in an area rich in . . .EnviroLink Network by The Associated Press on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post As animals vanish, the plants they spread can’t keep pace with climate change
Animals that eat fruit and spread the seeds in their droppings offer an all-inclusive transportation service for half the world’s flora. But as more . . .EnviroLink Network by lizkimbrough on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Pesticides released into Brazil’s Amazon to degrade rainforest and facilitate deforestation
Pesticides have been dropped from planes and even helicopters with the aim of evading IBAMA, the Brazilian environmental agency, for years as a method to clear . . .EnviroLink Network by Genevieve Belmaker on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post In Africa, temperatures rise, but adaptation lags on West’s funding failure
For Africa, 2021 was the third-warmest year on record, tied with 2019. Even as the continent clocks record-breaking temperatures, adaptation efforts are failing . . .EnviroLink Network by malavikavyawahare on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post As Malaysian state resumes log exports, Indigenous advocates warn of fallout
Activists in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, say they fear logging will ramp up following the state government’s decision to overturn a ban on exporting unprocessed . . .EnviroLink Network by Isabel Esterman on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Exxon pledges to cut emissions — but not from its oil
On Tuesday, oil giant Exxon Mobil announced that it aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. More specifically, it has the “ambition” to reach . . .EnviroLink Network by Zoya Teirstein on 19 Jan 2022 |
Radar satellite's stunning map of UK and Ireland
For some technologies there are never any clouds to spoil the view. . . .BBC News - Science BBC News - Science & Environment by ? on 19 Jan 2022 |
Sewage regularly dumped illegally in England and Wales rivers
Analysis suggests seven water companies illegally dumped sewage thousands of times between 2017 and 2021. . . .BBC News - Science BBC News - Science & Environment by ? on 19 Jan 2022 |
Should bad science be censored on social media?
A Royal Society report recommends against censoring scientific misinformation online. . . .BBC News - Science BBC News - Science & Environment by ? on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post MENA corporate sustainability and the climate disclosure gap
. . .Center for Climate and Energy Solutions by Marty Niland on 19 Jan 2022 |
Meta (Facebook) and Cherry Picking
A recent announcement from Facebook informed us all that “Connection is evolving so are we … welcome to Meta.” While I was not born there, I grew up in . . .ClimateChangeFork by climatechangefork on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Exxon pledges to cut emissions — but not from its oil
Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards. . . .Climate Energy – Grist by Zoya Teirstein on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Mapping Offshore Faults in Kingston Bay
Motion along these faults is associated with the 1907 Kingston earthquake, which shook the capital of the island with a magnitude of 6.2 . . .State of the Planet by Guest Blogger on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and Back
For the last week of our trip, we traveled by boat to reach the sites where we are measuring subsidence in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and nearby embanked . . .State of the Planet by Mike Steckler on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Covid has shown us the consequences of not taking systemic risk seriously
Laurie Laybourn-Langton is an associate fellow at IPPR and lead of the Cohort 2040 project. A central lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic for environmentalism is . . .Inside track by Green Alliance blog on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post @ClimateComms Master Class from Susan Joy Hassol
My friend Susan Joy Hassol was interviewed by BBC on the fine art of climate Communication. It’s not as simple as we’d like to believe. . . .Climate Denial Crock of the Week by greenman3610 on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Miami Senior Weather Man John Morales on Flooding and Florida Home Owners
At the beginning of the year, I made a folder for my next Yale Climate Connections video, and just titled it “2021WTF” – because the last 8 . . .Climate Denial Crock of the Week by greenman3610 on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Indiana Strong: Solar Energy Soaring Across Heartland
Above, in his State of the State address, last week, Indiana Governor, Republican Eric Holcomb highlighted some ambitious solar energy development in his state. . . .Climate Denial Crock of the Week by greenman3610 on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post The Mountain is Calling: Wind Turbines Centerpiece for ATV Park
Just heard this morning about this innovative multi-use development in Pennsylvania, making use of a former brownfield site to produce both energy and . . .Climate Denial Crock of the Week by greenman3610 on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post Thomas Heatherwick Unveils 1,000 Trees Shopping Centre in Shanghai
Takeaways: A plant-covered shopping centre has opened in Shanghai, China which has over 1000 trees and 250 000 plants. Each of the concrete columns in the . . .Happy Eco News by Jamie D'Souza on 19 Jan 2022 |
New Post On Agrobiodiversity, the Andes Can Teach the World Much About Crop Conservation
Takeaways: Maize and potatoes are two of the world’s most important crops. They have a 7000 year history in the Andes region of South America. It is . . .Happy Eco News by Jamie D'Souza on 19 Jan 2022 |