UN urges top 1% earners to urgently address their carbon footprint
We all have to reduce our carbon footprint, but especially the rich
Tag: greenhouse emissions
When it comes to climate, US is the worst-performing country
None of the most polluting countries is on track to meet the Paris Agreement goals
Climate risks are increasing worldwide — even for high-income countries
Japan, Germany and Philippines were among the most affected countries last year
Startup makes breakthrough that could reduce carbon emissions by 20%
Heavy industries could replace fossil fuels with a new solar technology.
More than 11,000 scientists foresee “untold suffering” due to climate emergency
We need to act now, urges a collective of experts.
India and China are cutting down on coal, and this will save the atmosphere from 2-3 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2030
China and India are fast becoming climate champions. Who would have thought?
Global temperatures reaching 11,000 years peak
Hotter than ever, basically.
The Inevitable 2014 Headline: ‘Global CO2 Level Reaches 400 PPM For First Time In Human Existence.’
The inevitable 2012 title was 'Human population reaches 7 billion', surpassing anything anyone could have imagined 100 years ago. Now, ...
Carbon negative: removing CO2 altogether from the atmosphere
As climate change and global warming become ever pressing issues on the desks of the world's governments, so do the ...
Greenland ice core reveals it withstood warmer climate and warns of the future
A newly published massive study, where some 133 scientists collaborated, revealed that during our planet's last warm period between ice ages ...
Greenhouse gases reached record levels in 2011
Greenhouse gas emissions are growing, growing and growing; the level of CO2 emitted by humans grew to 390.9 parts per ...
Electric cars are twice as harmful than conventional cars to the environment during manufacturing
There's a general belief, most likely resulting from extensive marketing ploys, that electric cars are the cleanest mean of transportation, ...
China’s eco-city of the future hints towards its green turnaround
China is the most pollutant country in the world, and as it continues to develop industrially, one can only expect ...
First human induced climate change may have occured 3,500 years ago
While there are still a lot of climate change skeptics out there that argue that the human influence exerted upon ...
Man responsible for three quarters of climate change
A new independent study conducted by researchers from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, has concluded that natural ...
Ice sheets in Antarctica formed by massive fall in CO2
Antarctica is the most the arid place on Earth. Its climate is so rough, so hazardous that no permanent human populace can ...
Food demand to double by 2050, new study says
According to a new report released online by researchers of University of Minnesota, the world's food demand is expected to double ...
CO2 levels reach record height – 45% larger than in 1990
Recent figures published in a report prepared by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency ...
Global warming put on hiatus by deep ocean absorption
In the past decade global warming levels have remained stable, despite no significant improvements in green house emissions have been ...
Pole to pole flights give grim image of greenhouse gases
A three year survey that comprised of research flights from the Arctic to the Antarctic comes to an end, successfully ...
Aerosols slow down global warming by a third in 2000s
According to a new study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tiny solid and liquid particles in ...
Chinese coal linked to global warming standstill
In the past decade, it seems that greenhouse has emissions have remained constant each year, despite no important improvements were ...
Drought may be a big problem in decades to come
The problem of a water shortage has been on the table for quite a while now, and as time passes, ...