Kenya to host Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week 2023
Under the theme ‘Driving Green Growth and Climate Finance Solutions for Africa and the World,’ the upcoming Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week 2023 events are set to galvanize international collaboration and shape a sustainable future for Africa. In a global landscape dealing with the escalating immediacy of climate...
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Scientists warn the Gulf Stream shutdown could happen this century
According to a new study, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – which helps regulate the Northern Hemisphere’s climate – could collapse any time between 2025 and 2095. A critical system of ocean currents could collapse far sooner than previously predicted under the pressure of human-driven climate change; an alarming...
Average global temperature records were broken twice this week
Data collected by the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction has shown that this week has had the world’s hottest days on record. Scientists predict the record will be broken again this year. Are you feeling the heat? According to satellite data, global observations, and computer simulations analysed by the US...
Europe set to bake under extreme heat for weeks
Temperatures across the globe are predicted to break records and exacerbate wildfires as the dire consequences of climate change become more apparent with each passing year. At present, thousands find themselves trapped in the inferno that’s gripping the Mediterranean. This is expected to last for weeks as global temperatures soar and...
Japan to release radioactive water into ocean
The Japanese government plans to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, but the plan doesn’t come without controversy. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, triggered a massive tsunami along Japan’s Pacific coastline. The incident...
How global cooperation could curb Turkmenistan’s ‘super emissions’
Turkmenistan’s significant methane emissions continue to haunt it as COP28 approaches. However, international cooperation might just be the push the nation needs for climate action. In July 2022, NASA launched The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), an instrument that can observe our planet from space. EMIT’s mission is...
Nearly half of US tap water contains forever chemicals says study
The US Geological Survey has completed a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s tap water quality. Alarmingly, it found that 45% of samples were contaminated with harmful forever chemicals. Apparently, we’ve yet another annoying boon for the bottled water industry. The US Geological Survey has just released the details of its comprehensive report on the quality of America’s tap water. Specifically, the federal agency had tested for levels of ‘forever...
China poised to hit clean power target five years early
China is reportedly on track to almost double its wind and solar power capacity and shatter the central government’s ambitious 2030 goal of 1,200 gigawatts way ahead of schedule. ‘China is making strides,’ says Martin Weil, a researcher at Global Energy Monitor (GEM). The NGO, which tracks operating utility-scale wind and solar farms in the country, has just released a report uncovering that if all prospective projects are...
Deforestation surges despite Cop26 pledge
An area the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth’s most pristine rainforests last year, suggesting that world leaders’ commitment to halt their destruction by 2030 is failing. Last year, an area of tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled. This is according to a damning new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI), which has revealed that between the Bolivian Amazon and Ghana, the equivalent of...
Why is New York City’s air so orange?
New York City is currently shrouded in thick, orange smog, with stage performances cancelled and sports games postponed. It is the result of Canadian wildfires that have worsened due to the climate crisis. Tens of millions are under air quality alert in the US, as smoke from Canadian wildfires travels southward and covers New York City. The smog will persist for at least several days, leaving city goers in an...
