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Study Reveals Impact of La Niña on Increased Carbon Export

A new study conducted at the Florida State University (FSU) has revealed that when La Niña brings unusually warm waters and abnormal air pressure to the Pacific Ocean, it leads to a weather pattern that increases the carbon export from the Amazon River.

30 Jul 2021

Study Quantifies the Mortality Impact of Rising Carbon Emissions

A just-published study coins a new metric: the "mortality cost of carbon." That is, how many future lives will be lost--or saved--depending on whether we increase or decrease our current carbon emissions. If the numbers hold up, they are quite high.

29 Jul 2021

Kenyan Counties to Benefit from UK Pact-Funded Project

Environmental consulting company, Ricardo and sub-contractors Kenya Climate Change Working Group will partner with the county governments of Baringo, Migori and Tana River, to produce effective electricity development plans to enrich the lives of residents.

29 Jul 2021

Researchers Reveal Consequences of Land Subsidence Caused by Sinking Water Level

The Dead Sea is undergoing shrinkage and several factors are responsible for this. Among these, climate change is considered a contributing factor along with the overexploitation of water as a resource by humans.

28 Jul 2021

Researchers Provide New Data on Climate’s Health

In a year characterized by unusually high flooding, scorching heatwaves, wildfires, and deadly avalanches, the climate emergency’s huge cost—whether quantified in lost resources or human lives—is all too evident.

28 Jul 2021

Updated Earth's Vital Signs Largely Reflect the Consequences of Business-as-Usual Mindset on Climate Change

Twenty months after declaring a climate emergency and establishing a set of vital signs for the Earth, a coalition headed by two Oregon State University researchers says the updated vital signs "largely reflect the consequences of unrelenting business as usual."

28 Jul 2021

Biofertiliser for Better Farms

While agricultural production around the world struggles with declining soil health, Australian researchers are investigating production of a sustainable organic nitrogen fertiliser made from aquatic cyanobacterial biomass – ideally suited for badly degraded areas reliant on chemical fertilisers.

28 Jul 2021