climate change

What can a drifting iceberg, three times the size of New York, cause?

After being "asleep" for 40 years, an **iceberg adrift** with a surface **three times the size of New York City** has broken free from a **huge frozen platform in Antarctica**. With a surface area of about **4,000 km²**, the...

New York gears up to face Trump: the weapons at play

Climate change activists are desperate to achieve change before it's too late. The energy authority in New York is preparing with 40 projects on sustainable energies to supply the area with energy, but environmentalist groups argue that it is...

Scientific rejection of the ‘tipping point’ metaphor in climate change

A group of researchers from Princeton, Carleton, and Rutgers-New Brunswick universities has questioned the use of the metaphor "tipping point" to describe the risks of climate change. They argue that, while it was useful some years ago to refer to...

They developed an “autonomous solar system”: desalinates water, produces hydrogen, and cools in the desert.

A team of engineers from the Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar has created an "autonomous solar system". This is an innovative desalination invention that combines electricity production, hydrogen, and cold air for cooling. The development was published in the...

This year the planet’s temperature will break a record with over 1.5°C.

In 2024, the planet's temperature will exceed the 1.5° threshold. This was announced on Monday by the European Copernicus Observatory. It is the warmest year on record and will be the first to exceed the warming threshold set by...

The lands of the planet are drying up: the United Nations alert

The lands of the planet are drying up, and this is devastating for the survival capacity of plant and animal life. This was warned by the United Nations in a report published this Monday during negotiations between countries to...

What is desertification and how does it affect the planet?

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) revealed a truly alarming fact: half of the Earth's land surface is close to becoming an uncultivable desert. What does this mean? It means that the planet is undergoing a process of...

Unprecedented: Climate change reaches the International Court with a historic case

The climate change has reached the International Court of Justice through the UN General Assembly. They requested an advisory opinion to clarify the legal obligations of States regarding global warming under international law. They also inquired about the consequences of...

Freshwater reserves at risk: NASA warns of drastic decrease

In a recent study by NASA, the decline of fresh water has been analyzed using data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites. The study warns of the danger of the drastic reduction of global fresh water...

In this city, hundreds of elephants died due to climate change.

Recently it was confirmed that around 350 elephants died due to climate change in Botswana. It happened during 2020 from drinking from water wells where toxic algae populations had increased. The first elephant carcasses were sighted in the northeastern sector...

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Japan boosts hydrogen in Europe and challenges electric car dominance.

In a context where the transition towards electric mobility is advancing at different rates in Europe, Japan is betting...