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Safeguarding the World’s Mountain Ecosystems

According to a University of York scientist, immediate action is desperately required to protect the world’s useful mountain ecosystems.

13 Dec 2022

Experts Publish a Strategic Policy Framework for Degrowth to Fight Against Climate Change

Degrowth policies would be effective in fighting against climate breakdown and biodiversity loss and would secure human needs and well-being.

13 Dec 2022

Temperature Extremes Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Deaths

Extremely hot and cold temperatures both increased the risk of death among people with cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease (heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries), stroke, heart failure and arrhythmia, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

13 Dec 2022

INEOS Announces Renewable Power Purchase Agreement for New Solar Project

INEOS USA LLC d/b/a INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA announced today it has entered into a renewable power purchase agreement which will enable the construction of a new 310-megawatt solar project located in north central Texas.

From INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe 13 Dec 2022

Effects of Desalination Technologies and Climate Change on Water

A research group from (New York University) NYU Abu Dhabi’s Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental ScienceS (ACCESS) and Water Research Center have gained better insights into how high use of desalination technologies jointly with projected climate change will cause an impact on the Gulf-wide salinity in the years to come.

12 Dec 2022

Prospects for Decarbonization in America Amid Global and Domestic Crises

A global pandemic. Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Inflation. The first-ever serious challenge to the peaceful transfer of power in the United States.

9 Dec 2022

"Cultural Burning" Could Weaken the Role of Climate in Triggering Wildfires, Study Suggests

Devastating megafires are becoming more common, in part, because the planet is warming. But a new study led by SMU suggests bringing "good fire" back to the U.S. and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once did, could potentially blunt the role of climate in triggering today's wildfires.

9 Dec 2022

Study Highlights the Risks of Countries Relying on Nature-Based Solutions to Achieve Net-Zero

New research by the University of East Anglia highlights the risks of countries relying on nature-based solutions to achieve net-zero.

8 Dec 2022

Seasonal Factors Contributing to Deepwater DO Losses

A typical example of Adirondack Park water is Rondaxe Lake in Herkimer County, New York. However, Rondaxe, like thousands of lakes in temperate zones around the world, has been losing a global-warming battle to keep oxygen in its waters during the last quarter-century.

7 Dec 2022

Global Warming Prompts Oxygen Deprivation in the Lakes

New research from Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification in lakes, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water - provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) - and negative consequences for fish and other species.

7 Dec 2022