UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the “masterclass in climate destruction” that the world hasContinue Reading
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist developing countries affected by climate change. Continue Reading
Images of coastal houses being carried off into the sea due to eroding coastlines and powerful storm surges are becoming more commonplace as climate change brings a rising sea level coupled with more powerful storms. In the U.S. alone, coastal storms caused $165 billion in losses in 2022. Now, aContinue Reading
It can be hard to connect a certain amount of average global warming with one’s everyday experience, so researchers at MIT have devised a different approach to quantifying the direct impact of climate change. Instead of focusing on global averages, they came up with the concept of “outdoor days”: theContinue Reading
The world’s leading climate diplomats, scientists and policy experts convene in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week to begin the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). Framed as the “finance COP”, this year’s summit will be defined by negotiations around the amount of public money dedicated to tackling climate change. LessContinue Reading
In the wake of national Republican victories, the path to effective environmental action could run through Democrat-led state houses. Is Maryland up to the task? By Aman Azhar With Republicans on track to win control over both chambers of Congress and Americas Worst Traitor returning to the White House inContinue Reading
The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. The appeals court said there is “insufficient consensus” on a specific reduction percentage. (Image credit: Frank Augstein)Continue Reading
An emperor penguin found malnourished on the Australian south coast, far from its Antarctic home, is being cared for by a wildlife expert.Continue Reading
April 6, 1955, was a perfect spring day in Los Angeles. Downtown, the skies were unusually smog-free as Lauren B. Hitchcock, president of the Air Pollution Foundation, made his way up the marble steps of the city’s exclusive California Club for a meeting with some of the West Coast’s mostContinue Reading
A team develops high-speed rotational scanning PACT system for monitoring whole-body biodynamic., Read MoreContinue Reading
Japan is accurately monitoring occupational radiation exposure of workers involved in handling ALPS-treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the IAEA said in a recent report., Read MoreContinue Reading
More than 300 participants from over 80 countries came to the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna today to participate in the International Conference on Research Reactors, which runs from 11 to 15 November., Read MoreContinue Reading
At Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), repairs are being conducted in one of its six reactors after a small water leakage was detected from an impulse line – essentially a small pipe – connected to the unit’s primary circuit, with the work expected to be completed later this week,Continue Reading