£81 million given to new climate tipping point warning system
The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) has given 27 teams a total of £81 million to determine signals that would warn us of imminent climate collapse and catastrophes. A new, ambitious climate change project has received a sizeable sum of cash to get the ball rolling. The UK’s Advanced...
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Trump announces order to bring plastic straws back
President Donald Trump has just announced he is banning the federal mandate of producing paper straws throughout the US. In-fact, he wants the nation to move exclusively back to plastic. ‘Drill baby drill’ was just the tip of the iceberg re Trump’s ecological unravelling, it would seem. The newly inaugurated president...
Could climate change drive deep-sea creatures to the surface?
The short answer is, yes. A team of researchers recently spotted a deep-sea anglerfish near the surface, far from where it belongs – the Midnight Zone. Remember the fish from Finding Nemo with knife-like teeth, huge eyes, and a glowing lure on its head? Well, it’s a real creature, and...
Trump appears to have killed the Green Proving Ground program
The Green Proving Ground program was established in 2011 and was designed to test and implement emerging technologies for reducing energy waste in buildings. It appears the Trump Administration has cancelled it. According to a new report by Fast Company, it seems the Trump Administration has cancelled the Green...
New research finds high levels of microplastics in human brains
A new study has found that human brains contain high levels of microplastics that are increasing over time. It has higher concentrations of the material than any other organ. The human brain contains higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a study published Monday in the journal...
Climate change could halve global GDP
A new report by the IFoA warns the global economy could face 50% loss in gross domestic product due to the catastrophic impacts of climate change. The numbers pertaining to the climate crisis continue to paint a grave picture. And a new report from the Institute and Faculty of...
Study reveals quarter of freshwater species are facing extinction
A recent study built on 20 years’ worth of evidence uncovered the alarming reality of freshwater species, reflecting the lack of proper data on global biodiversity loss. The trend of species going extinct is not a strange concept for humanity, for our actions drive it. Such tragedies have been traced to over 60,000 years, when Homo Sapiens started to migrate out of Africa. However, only in the last 5,000 to 500...
Is London’s dream of ‘swimmable rivers’ a safe one?
Mayor Sadiq Khan has made a bold pledge that rivers across the capital will be swimmable within 10 years. But local authorities are concerned the plan is a threat to public safety. In 2023, Sir Saqiq Khan announced plans to ‘turbocharge’ restoring London’s rivers and waterways, part of a broader environmental agenda that aims to bring the capital in line with other global cities like Copenhagen and Paris. Khan’s initiative includes...
Inside the ‘moonshot’ plan to rewild an area larger than London
As The National Trust marks its 130-year anniversary, it has announced a decade-long plan to rewild an area bigger than the size of Greater London. The UK’s National Trust is the biggest conservation charity in Europe, with 5.37 million members, 10,000 staff, and thousands of volunteers. Entering 130 years in operation, the charity is responsible for protecting over 250,000 hectares of farmland, 780 miles of coastland, and more than 500 historic...
Will Trump successfully reverse Biden’s offshore drilling ban?
President Biden’s bold move to ban offshore drilling in federal waters has sparked a fierce reaction from President-elect Donald Trump, who previously pledged to undo the move. The past few days have been a field day for climate action enthusiasts thanks to Biden’s new environmental policy. For the longest time, climate activists and anybody in their right mind have pushed for the US to take action towards its net-zero...
