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Photo of Copenhagen, an example of a city with an efficient "urban form"
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (68+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Cities that densely pack uniformly shorter buildings—as seen here in Copenhagen, Denmark—can minimize the amount of building material they use to accommodate the most square footage per person. Credit must be given to the creator. More…...
The Herders Who Keep Deserts At Bay – Analysis
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (1583+ words) While wars and the climate crisis dominate international attention, pastoralists are quietly protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable landscapes—but shrinking grazing routes, insecure land rights and inaccessible finance are undermining their work Wars, geopolitical rivalries and the accelerating…...
Shrinking sea ice during heat waves helps polar seas absorb more CO2, study finds
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (462+ words) Marine heat waves are often seen as another sign that the planet's natural defenses are faltering. But a new global analysis suggests that, in some of Earth's coldest coastal waters, these extreme warm spells can cause the ocean to absorb…...
Dyer: Geo-engineering only way out of climate crisis
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (636+ words) It is too late to stop warming by cutting emissions “El Niño is being supersized before our eyes,” said United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. “The science leaves no room for doubt: the planet is in uncharted waters, and those…...
From 1974 to 1990 Kumamoto Prefecture sealed about 1.5 million cubic metres of Minamata Bay sediment above 25 ppm mercury under a 58-hectare landfill that cost 48 billion yen
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (26+ words) Stand on the eastern shore of Minamata Bay today and part of the ground underfoot is manufactured: 58 hectares of reclaimed land, capped with mountain soil,...
Why Do Green Ideas Keep Dying in Real Life?
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (349+ words) The solution can work perfectly and still fail to solve the problem. The bin was there. The sensor worked. The trees were planted. On paper, nothing had …...
Experts Gather in New York to Debate Geoengineering, Clean Energy, and
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (905+ words) When world leaders, diplomats, and climate specialists descend on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly high-level week and Climate Week NYC, the conversations that shape global science policy often happen in packed conference halls and behind closed…...
Where people will flee due to lack of water and heat and how it will change borders.
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (487+ words) By 2050, from 150 to 200 million people will be forced to leave their homes due to climate change. The reasons will be extreme heat (above +45°C), a critical shortage of fresh water and the flooding of coastal megacities. In the updated version…...
In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails; it later became linked to the decline and extinction of native island snails
3+ week, 2+ day ago (478+ words) An aggressive predatory flatworm introduced to Pacific islands during the 1990s to control agricultural pests has pushed native land snail species toward extinction, turning a planned biological control program into an ecological disaster. The New Guinea flatworm (Platydemus manokwari) was brought…...
Community Climate Action Grants
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (141+ words) The City of Toronto offers community climate grant programs that support residents, community groups and organizations in taking local climate action. Up to $7,500 for resident-led projects that reduce emissions and engage communities in climate action. Apply by October 2. Up to…...