News of climate crisis

Wind blows in favour of Argentina’s GM crops

24-08-2022 15:18 Genetically modified crops, which have for years been heavily criticised by environmentalists, are benefitting from new technological developments and health and safety approvals overseas.

Climate Crisis

Billionaires promote CO2-removing schemes to protect climate

24-05-2022 15:41 CO2 removal is a necessary weapon in the battle to stop global heating accelerating beyond a point of no return; technology to do so remains prohibitively expensive and must be ramped up significantly, as the world emits 40 billion tonnes of CO2 each year.

Climate Crisis

UN: Even chance world will breach 1.5C warming within 5 years

10-05-2022 01:53 There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday.

Climate Crisis

Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard'

30-04-2022 16:15 Climate change will drive animals towards cooler areas where their first encounters with other species will vastly increase the risk of new viruses infecting humans, raising the threat of another pandemic, researchers warned Thursday.

Climate Crisis

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

30-04-2022 15:42 Huge swathes of tropical rainforest were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops last year, led by destruction in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, warning that climate change itself is making it harder to reverse the losses.

Climate Crisis

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

30-04-2022 15:30 Jair Bolsonaro fires back after US actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio urged Brazilian youth to register to vote in the country's October elections – implying they should vote against the far-right president.

Climate Crisis

World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology

30-04-2022 15:12 The rush for resources to build the new energy infrastructure is only a temporary problem.

Environment

Under shadow of drought, Santiago ditches exotic plants

20-04-2022 14:18 With drought casting a constant shadow over Santiago's 7.1 million residents, there has been a recent rush to replace thirsty, exotic plants with hardier, native ones in the hopes of staving off water rationing.

Climate Crisis

Lots of low- and no-cost ways to halt global warming

07-04-2022 00:15 There is no silver bullet, but a mosaic of actions – from ramping up solar and wind technology, to economy-wide energy efficiencies – could help slash emissions and curb global warming.

Bloomberg

Global energy crisis comes to drought-stricken South America

04-10-2021 20:39 The energy crisis sweeping the globe is about to hit South America, where a historic drought has the region desperate to replace a collapse in hydroelectric generation.