I have been meaning to write this for quite some time. I think many people will find it useful because there is a huge amount of misconception about what wind turbines canRead More…
Jason Sole discusses another month of temperature records set globally (see link below) and the impacts it is beginning to have on various locations around the globe (see link below). He alsoRead More…
This is my latest release on ENN for the Mother Channel Network: http://www.motherchannel.com/2016/08/13/complete-idiots-guide-man-made-climate-change/ Take a look, will start putting up the back posts as well.
Jakarta – An environmentalist said three endangered Sumatran elephants have been found dead on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, apparently the latest in a string of elephants to be poisoned. National park official KupinRead More…
Beijing – Microscopic pollutant particles in the air have killed some 8 600 people prematurely this year and cost $1bn in economic losses in four Chinese cities, according to a study byRead More…
Doha – Rich countries are to blame for climate change and should take the lead in forging a global climate pact by 2015, a deadline that “must be met,” the head ofRead More…
Johannesburg – Eskom’s requested electricity tariff could be lowered to about 10.8% and still be cost-reflective, Business Unity SA (Busa) said on Monday. “If more detailed information had been provided it mightRead More…
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to rise again in 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tonnes – according to new figures from the Global Carbon Project, co-led byRead More…
Food allergies are on the rise, affecting 15 million Americans. And according to a new study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American CollegeRead More…
Doha – Countries entered a second week of UN climate talks in Doha deeply divided on key issues even as fresh warnings were issued that rising greenhouse gas levels are putting ourRead More…
Doha – The fact that Arctic sea ice has melted this year to its lowest recorded level shows, along with other weather extremes, that “climate change is taking place before our eyes”,Read More…
Onekama – For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the communityRead More…
Cape Town – The department of fisheries’ decision not to cut the West Coast rock lobster quota placed both the species and livelihoods at risk, the DA warned on Monday. Fisheries MinisterRead More…
Doha – The US defended its track record on fighting climate change on Monday at UN talks, saying it’s making “enormous” efforts to slow global warming and help the poor nations mostRead More…
Paris – Rising acidity is eating away the shells of tiny snails, known as “sea butterflies”, that live in the seas around Antarctica, leaving them vulnerable to predators and disease, scientists said.Read More…
Sydney – Australia approved an “historic” plan on Thursday to save an ailing river system vital to the nation’s food bowl by returning the equivalent of five Sydney Harbour’s worth of waterRead More…
Moscow – The Russian Arctic is losing ice cover and being inhabited by species from the south in the latest sign of climate change, according to a group of Russian scientists. TheRead More…
A new NASA study finds that global sea level, which dipped sharply in 2010-11 due to a strong La Nina event, has recovered and resumed its long-term upward climb. For most ofRead More…
Cape Town – The second Green Expo will take place in Cape Town at the Cape Town Convention Centre with 10 000 people expected to attend. People who attend the expo standRead More…
San Francisco – California sold out of the first pollution permits issued as part of a landmark offensive against greenhouse gases at an inaugural auction that regulators said went smoothly. The effortRead More…
Johannesburg – South Africa does not have a water crisis because the country still has many options, a senior official said on Tuesday. “These options must be realised as potential options,” saidRead More…
Washington – All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world’s poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones andRead More…
Sydney – Australia banned super trawlers fishing in its southern waters for two years on Monday, saying there was uncertainty about the impact of such large vessels on species such as dolphinsRead More…
St Austell – The tropical tranquillity beneath the striking domes of Britain’s Eden Project, paid for with EU cash, is a sweet-scented haven from the bitter political row over the bloc’s budget.Read More…
Vision researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery into the optimization of light sources to human vision. By tuning lighting devices to work more efficiently with the human brainRead More…
Quito – The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a treasure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authorities say – and that means the rats mustRead More…