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Green concern over liquefied gas expansion plan - BBC (Jul 1) |
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Jul 1 · One of Europe's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals has confirmed plans to expand capacity at its site after backing from investors.
South Hook in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, processes about 20% of UK current demand for natural gas.
But new research has revealed LNG's environmental costs, and Friends of the Earth Cymru are "very concerned".
The Welsh government said it is developing Wales' pathway to a net zero system.
South Hook has been importing liquefied gas from various parts of the world before turning it into gas and delivering it to homes since 2010.
At the moment, the site can process about 15.6m tonnes of gas per ... Read more ...
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Is this the end of oil and gas as we know them? - BBC (Dec 5) |
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Dec 5 · The UN climate change conference in Dubai is close to a big breakthrough on reducing the gases heating our planet, its United Arab Emirates hosts believe.
Expressing "cautious optimism", the UAE negotiating team believes COP28 is gearing up to commit to phasing down fossil fuels over coming decades.
Maybe even ditching them altogether.
Hosting a climate conference in a petrostate sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but there are signs that it could deliver real progress on climate.
Surely working out how to get rid of fossil fuels is what this UN climate conference is all about, you are probably thinking.
But bizarre as it may sound, until just a ... Read more ...
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Are the solutions to fight climate change making progress? - BBC (Dec 5) |
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Dec 5 · It's not all doom and gloom at the COP28 climate summit.
The Earth's climate is changing rapidly and urgent action is needed to avoid the most damaging consequences for people and nature.
But there is hope, and delegates in Dubai are discussing several very concrete ways to limit warming.
So what are some of these "solutions", and how are they progressing?
The most important thing is, of course, to cut down on burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). So let's start with that.
They account for more than three quarters of all global greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for temperatures rising.
As a result, many governments, ... Read more ...
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Record number of fossil fuel delegates at COP28 - BBC (Dec 5) |
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Dec 5 · The number of delegates at this year's UN climate talks who are also linked to fossil fuel producers has quadrupled since last year, campaigners say.
Around 2,400 people connected to the coal, oil and gas industries have been registered for the COP28 climate talks.
This record number is more than the total attendees from the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change.
The jump is partly due to registration changes with attendees now required to be open about their employment.
The analysis was carried out by a coalition of green groups opposed to the presence of delegates linked to coal, oil and gas at the talks.
COP28 is the biggest climate ... Read more ...
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First images capture world's largest iceberg - BBC (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · The UK's polar ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, has come face to face with the world's biggest iceberg.
The planned encounter allowed scientists on board the research vessel a closer look at one of the true wonders of the natural world.
A23a, as the berg is known, covers 3,900 sq km (1,500 sq miles), twice the size of Greater London.
It broke from the Antarctic coast in 1986 and has spent much of the time since stuck fast to the seafloor.
But during the past year, currents and winds have driven the frozen block rapidly across the Weddell Sea. And it is now set to spill beyond the White Continent, into the Southern Ocean.
The Attenborough ... Read more ...
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Head of UN talks hits back in climate science row - BBC (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.
It follows comments he made at an event in November that there was "no science" behind the global aim of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C.
"We very much believe and respect the science," he said on Monday.
The talks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are aiming to make progress on climate change.
All countries at the UN climate talks in 2015 agreed to slash releases of warming gases in order to keep average global temperature rise below 1.5C compared to pre-industrial levels.
But in an online event on 21 November with Mary ... Read more ...
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How weather apps are trying to be more accurate - BBC (Dec 3) |
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Dec 3 · Travelling the world by bicycle for two years might be too physically challenging for most of us, but Zoe Ashbridge has found a way to make the pedalling a little bit easier.
She and her partner and travelling companion Stewart use an app called Windy to track the direction of the wind.
"We use it daily," says Zoe, a 33-year-old from Shropshire. "It saves us wasting time and energy.
"Our bikes weigh around 30 to 40kg, and if we're going against the wind, we can get sore knees. It prevents all that. Why spend two hours cycling when the next day it would take 30 minutes?"
Weather apps are continuing to become ever more detailed and bespoke, as technology ... Read more ...
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Are extreme temperatures threatening live music events? - BBC (Dec 3) |
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Dec 3 · When Nathalia Barbieri excitedly left her house for the Taylor Swift concert in Rio de Janeiro, she never expected her evening to turn into tragedy.
"I was jumping around, I was so excited," she told the BBC. But only a few hours later, Nathalia fainted in the stifling heat at Nilton Santos stadium, where the concert was held.
Temperatures had soared past 40C amid a record-breaking heatwave. She passed out only minutes into Swift's set and was rushed to an on-site medical tent.
"I was just grateful I was alive," she said, reflecting on the ordeal.
That concert, on 17 November, claimed the life of a Taylor Swift fan: 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides ... Read more ...
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How scientists are fighting climate-fuelled disease - BBC (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · "They can smell us," says Dr Clare Strode.
She is carefully carrying a mesh cage of mosquitoes across her lab in Lancashire, north-west England. To be more precise, these are Aedes aegypti, one of two species known to carry and transmit the dengue virus by biting and infecting millions of people around the world.
These particular, laboratory-resident mosquitoes are infection-free and they're trapped in a cage. Almost all of them move to sit against the wall of mesh closest to the scientist. They're hungry.
Clare is studying the insects to understand how dengue spreads around the world - and how climate change is fuelling that spread.
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Young activists trying to change the minds of climate sceptics - BBC (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · As global leaders gather at the COP28 summit in Dubai, environmental activists around the world are still challenging climate sceptics. Young people from five countries told BBC News how they are trying to change the minds of those who wrongly claim climate change is not real.
Growing up in Egypt, artist Hossna Hanafy didn't think climate change was a real issue. "I never thought it was a global thing, or that it might be related to human behaviour," she says.
As the planet gets warmer and the polar ice caps melt, scientists say that Ms Hanafy's home city of Alexandria, located on the Mediterranean coast, is at risk from rising sea levels.
Yet at school, ... Read more ...
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COP28 host UAE to ramp up oil production, BBC learns - BBC (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · The country hosting COP28 climate talks aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions is massively ramping up its own oil production, the BBC has learned.
The United Arab Emirates' state oil firm Adnoc may drill 42% more by 2030, according to analysts considered the international gold standard in oil market intelligence.
Between 2023 and 2050, only Saudi Arabia is expected to produce more.
Adnoc says projections show capacity to produce oil, not actual production.
It said it had already clearly stated plans to boost its production capacity by 7% over the next four years.
The firm said it was widely accepted that some oil and gas would be needed in decades ... Read more ...
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Surprise climate cash win for poor at COP28 - BBC (Nov 30) |
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Nov 30 · In a surprise that has lit up COP28, delegates have agreed to launch a long-awaited fund to pay for damage from climate-driven storms and drought.
Such deals are normally sealed last minute after days of negotiations.
COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber shook up the meeting by bringing the decision to the floor on day one.
The EU, UK, US and others immediately announced contributions totalling around $400m for poor countries reeling from the impacts of climate change.
It's hoped the deal will provide the momentum for an ambitious wider agreement on action during the summit.
The stakes for that couldn't be higher: the day began with stark warnings ... Read more ...
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Is Greta right? Is COP just 'blah blah blah’? - BBC (Nov 29) |
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Nov 29 · You are going to be hearing a lot about COP28 over the next two weeks.
The world's most important climate meeting, beginning on Thursday, is being hosted in Dubai by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - one of the world's top ten oil producers.
COP28 will be the biggest gathering of world leaders of the year.
King Charles III and Rishi Sunak will be there, along with dozens of other world leaders and some 70,000 other attendees.
Hosting a climate conference in a petrostate was already controversial - but the BBC's evidence that the UAE team planned to use climate talks ahead of COP28 to do oil and gas deals has heightened concerns.
So, can a ... Read more ...
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Astronomers discover 'the perfect solar system' - BBC (Nov 29) |
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Nov 29 · The system, 100 light years away, has six planets, all about the same size. They've barely changed since its formation up to 12 billion years ago.
These undisturbed conditions make it ideal for learning how these worlds formed and whether they host life.
The creation of our own solar system was a violent process. As planets were forming some crashed into each other, disturbing orbits and leaving us with giants like Jupiter and Saturn alongside relatively small worlds like our own.
In the system HD110067, as astronomers have rather drily named it, things couldn't be more different.
Not only are the planets similarly sized; in a far cry from the ... Read more ...
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COP28 president denies using summit for oil deals - BBC (Nov 29) |
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Nov 29 · The president of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai has denied that his country is using the meeting to make oil and gas deals.
The BBC reported on Monday that leaked briefing documents revealed plans by the United Arab Emirates to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber said at a news conference that the report aimed to undermine his COP28 presidency.
"These allegations are false, not true, incorrect and not accurate," he said.
A BBC spokesperson said: "Our investigation was rigorously researched according to highest editorial standards."
As well as being COP28 president, Mr Jaber is also CEO of the UAE's giant ... Read more ...
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In pictures: Bolivians care for animals affected by wildfires - BBC (Nov 28) |
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Nov 28 · In a year that has seen around 3 million hectares (11,583sq m) of Bolivian land burnt by wildfires, some of the country's animals have been left exposed.
President Luis Arce has called on South America's international community to provide aid to Bolivia - where a chunk of the Amazon rainforest sits.
Farmers in the mountainous region of San Buenaventura, in the north-west of the country, said the blazes had left a trail of devastation.
"They have affected us in many ways," resident Rilvert Salinas Pariamo told Reuters news agency, adding that rising temperatures had impacted "our crops, animals and forests".
New images, shared by the news agency, ... Read more ...
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Toxic gas putting millions at risk in Middle East - BBC (Nov 27) |
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Nov 27 · Toxic pollutants released during gas flaring are endangering millions more people than previously feared, a BBC investigation suggests.
Flaring - the burning of waste gas during oil drilling - is taking place across the Gulf, including by COP28 hosts the United Arab Emirates.
It comes as the UAE hosts the UN's COP28 climate summit on Thursday.
The UAE banned routine flaring 20 years ago, but satellite images show it is continuing, despite the potential health consequences for its inhabitants and those in neighbouring countries.
Analysis for BBC Arabic shows gasses are now spreading hundreds of kilometres across the region.
Pollution from wells in ... Read more ...
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COP28 president secretly used climate summit role to push oil trade with foreign government officials – Centre for Climate Reporting - BBC (Nov 27) |
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Nov 27 · The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.
The UN body responsible for the COP28 summit told the BBC hosts were expected to act without bias or self-interest.
The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said "private meetings are private".
It declined to comment on what was discussed in the meetings and said its work has been focused on "meaningful climate action".
The documents - obtained by independent journalists at the Centre for ... Read more ...
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UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals - BBC (Nov 27) |
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Nov 27 · The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.
The UN body responsible for the COP28 summit told the BBC hosts were expected to act without bias or self-interest.
The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said "private meetings are private".
It declined to comment on what was discussed in the meetings and said its work has been focused on "meaningful climate action".
The documents - obtained by independent journalists at the Centre for ... Read more ...
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UAE Was Using Climate Meetings to Sell Oil, Documents Show - BBC (Nov 27) |
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Nov 27 · The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.
The UN body responsible for the COP28 summit told the BBC hosts were expected to act without bias or self-interest.
The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said "private meetings are private".
It declined to comment on what was discussed in the meetings and said its work has been focused on "meaningful climate action".
The documents - obtained by independent journalists at the Centre for ... Read more ...
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'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind' - BBC (Nov 23) |
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Nov 23 · Sarah Ott spent years believing climate change was a hoax, influenced by friends at church in the US south and a popular right-wing radio host. Here she shares her journey from being a climate sceptic to becoming an advocate for clean energy, with a passion for teaching teenage school students the science of climate change. She features on this year's BBC 100 Women list.
I spent years doubting the science of climate change and spending time with people who didn't believe in the science either.
When I realised I was wrong, I felt really embarrassed.
To move away from those people meant leaving behind an entire community at a time when I didn't have ... Read more ...
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World's biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years - BBC (Nov 23) |
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Nov 23 · The world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor.
The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island.
At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it's more than twice the size of Greater London.
The past year has seen it drifting at speed, and the berg is now about to spill beyond Antarctic waters.
A23a is a true colossus, and it's not just its width that impresses.
This slab of ice is some 400m (1,312 ft) thick. For comparison, the London Shard, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, is a ... Read more ...
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Oil industry faces 'moment of truth’ at climate summit - BBC (Nov 22) |
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Nov 22 · The world's oil and gas industry has been warned it faces a "moment of truth" at next week's UN climate talks.
Dr Fatih Birol, head of energy watchdog the International Energy Agency, was speaking as the IEA published a new report on the future of fossil fuels.
He said the sector must choose between contributing to the climate crisis or "becoming part of the solution".
Last year fossil fuel companies were responsible for just 1% of global investment in renewable energy.
The publication of this report just a week before the start of the UN climate summit, also known as COP28, is no coincidence. The IEA will want to put pressure on governments ... Read more ...
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Dramatic rise in web searches for 'climate anxiety’ - BBC (Nov 21) |
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Nov 21 · Studies also suggests that women are more affected by climate anxiety than men.
The rise of wildfires, floods and droughts around the world are just some of the highly visible signs of climate change.
What is reported less is the impact of climate change on human minds.
Climate anxiety - defined as feelings of distress about the impacts of climate change - has been reported globally, particularly among children and young people.
Data from Google Trends shows that search queries related to "climate anxiety" have increased dramatically.
There have been surges related to climate anxiety in other world languages over the same period.
These are not the ... Read more ...
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Fighting climate change with 100ft ice towers - BBC (Nov 21) |
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Nov 21 · Environmental photographer and writer Arati Kumar-Rao travels across South Asia in all seasons to chronicle the subcontinent's changing landscape. Here, in photos and in her own words words, she captures the increasing threat climate change poses to the lives and livelihoods of the Ladakhi people, who face an uncertain future below the melting glaciers of the Himalayan mountains. Kumar-Rao is one of this year's Climate Pioneers on the BBC 100 Women list.
The night of 5 August 2010 is still fresh in the memory of the people of Ladakh, in northern India, when it felt like a cloud had burst over the area surrounding the capital, Leh.
One year's worth of rain ... Read more ...
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Extreme weather 'biggest threat' to National Trust - BBC (Nov 19) |
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Nov 19 · Flooding, wildfires and extreme weather threaten the future of nearly three-quarters of sites managed by the National Trust, a new report says.
The charity says climate change is "the single biggest threat" facing its 28,500 historic homes, 250,000 hectares of land and 780 miles of coastline.
In Monday's report, the trust called on the UK government to do more to help organisations adapt to climate change.
The government said it had a five-year plan to boost the country's resilience.
Patrick Begg, the trust's natural resources director, said that climate change demanded "urgent and unswerving attention" and presented "the single biggest threat ... Read more ...
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Is the world warming faster than we expected? - BBC (Nov 17) |
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Nov 17 · Climate records have tumbled in 2023.
There have been historically high sea temperatures, worrying lows in Antarctic sea-ice, and extreme weather events hitting every continent - the latest being an "unbearable" heatwave in Brazil.
It's now "virtually certain" that 2023 will be the hottest year on record. That's something that no major climate science body expected at the start of the year.
Scientists have long known that temperatures will continue to rise as humans keep releasing record amounts of planet-heating greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, mainly through burning fossil fuels. This is the main cause of global warming.
While they are ... Read more ...
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Pair of swan sweethearts make latest ever UK return - BBC (Nov 16) |
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Nov 16 · The sight of wild swans flying in for the winter is becoming less common in the face of climate change.
Scientists say Bewick's swans are changing their behaviour in a warming world, with fewer making it back to the UK and those that do arriving late.
A bonded pair of swans named Maisie and Maifield touched down on Thursday at Slimbridge, in Gloucestershire.
They are the latest arrivals since 1965, when naturalists started monitoring the returning flocks.
And their numbers have dwindled, from an annual flock of 700 to little more than 100.
Every year, the majestic waterbirds leave their frozen Arctic breeding grounds for warmer climes. They arrive ... Read more ...
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Haunted by cemetery bodies unearthed by Somali floods - BBC (Nov 15) |
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Nov 15 · Following Somalia's worst floods in a century, gushing waters have swept through a cemetery in the central city of Galkayo, leaving bodies floating through the streets.
The gruesome sight has haunted residents like Ayaan Mohamed, who lives near the graveyard.
"Seven families including mine have fled the neighbourhood," she told the BBC.
With houses partially submerged and human remains floating nearby, they fear an outbreak of disease, she says.
Some of the bodies were recognisable, further traumatising people - and as the water has subsided unearthed bones have also been found.
"The floods revealed the remains of a highly esteemed Muslim cleric. ... Read more ...
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US and China agree joint measures on climate - BBC (Nov 15) |
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Nov 15 · The US and China have agreed on measures to tackle climate change but stopped short of committing to end fossil fuels, a joint statement said.
The world's biggest carbon emitters will step up co-operation on methane and support global efforts to triple renewable energy by 2030.
But the document is silent on the use of coal, and the future of fossil energy.
Observers said it was a positive sign ahead of a UN climate summit.
The joint statement comes as the presidents of both countries prepare to meet in California, with climate change representing one of the few areas of potential progress.
For over a year US diplomats have been trying to find a way ... Read more ...
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Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave - BBC (Nov 15) |
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Nov 15 · This video can not be played
BBC forecaster Ben Rich takes a look at the extreme heat affecting Brazil
Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which have been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave.
Rio de Janeiro recorded 42.5C on Sunday - a record for November - and high humidity on Tuesday meant that it felt like 58.5C, municipal authorities said.
More than a hundred million people have been affected by the heat, which is expected to last until at least Friday.
Officials have attributed it to the El Niño phenomenon and climate change.
The city of São Paulo saw average temperatures of 37.3C on Tuesday ... Read more ...
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Why Delhi lags behind Beijing in the battle to breathe - BBC (Nov 14) |
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Nov 14 · For a long time, people living in two densely populated Asian capitals have suffered the toxic smog that blanket their cities.
On some days, when the smoke draped Delhi and Beijing - both teeming cities with more than 20 million people - in an orange-grey hue, and the air tasted smoky, people said it felt like living in a dystopian nightmare. Beijing residents even gave the calamity a popular nickname - "airpocalypse".
That time of the year is back in Delhi, but Beijing is breathing much better.
Particulate matter, known as PM2.5 - particles so small they can be ingested deep into the lungs - and a cocktail of gases hang heavy over land-locked Delhi, among the ... Read more ...
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AI could predict hurricane landfall sooner - report - BBC (Nov 14) |
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Nov 14 · Artificial Intelligence could save lives by warning where a hurricane will hit land much sooner than traditional forecasting systems, researchers say.
A new AI tool from Google DeepMind predicted where September's hurricane Lee would make landfall in Canada three days ahead of existing methods.
Weather forecasts have become much more accurate over the decades.
But AI's speed and ability to analyse past events to make predictions make it a game-changer, say scientists.
An accurate weather forecast is useful to tell you what to wear when you go out in the morning but - much more importantly - can forewarn us of extreme weather like storms, floods and ... Read more ...
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Can artificial rain wash away Delhi's pollution? - BBC (Nov 13) |
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Nov 13 · Could the answer to Delhi's pollution problem lie in the clouds?
Last week, as the Indian capital battled days of toxic air, the city's environment minister said that his government was considering cloud seeding - a rain-making technique - to bring down pollution levels.
The plan's fruition will depend on getting approval from India's Supreme Court, and possibly a number of federal ministries. If that happens, the scheme may be implemented later this month, depending on weather conditions.
This isn't the first time that cloud seeding has been suggested as a possible solution for air pollution in Delhi. But some experts say it is a ... Read more ...
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Asia leads way in Earthshot quest to repair planet - BBC (Nov 10) |
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Nov 10 · In a village in Western India, women collect onions that have been stored in the orange metal dryers that are transforming their lives.
It is simple, almost rudimentary, technology. But they help the farmers to process excess or lower quality crop - which would ordinarily go to waste - into valuable products that can increase their profit.
The dryers have been deployed around 400 villages and are made by India's S4S Technologies, one of five organisations that won the Earthshot Prize this week. The £1m ($1.2m) award was started by Britain's Prince William in 2014 with the aim of finding and scaling up innovative solutions to the world's greatest ... Read more ...
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Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests - BBC (Nov 9) |
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Nov 9 · Climate change could bring more lightning to forests in northern reaches of the globe, increasing the risk of wildfires, a new study shows.
These forests limit climate change by trapping planet-heating carbon.
More lightning could spark a vicious cycle, as trees and soil set ablaze release warming CO2 - creating more storms and potentially more lightning.
While the overall number of fires has decreased around the world over the last two decades, they have increased markedly in heavily forested areas outside the tropics.
This year Canada experienced a fire season like no other - over 6,500 fires blazed, burning around 18 million hectares (45 million acres) of ... Read more ...
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UK forests face 'catastrophic ecosystem collapse' - BBC (Nov 8) |
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Nov 8 · Silent forests devoid of life are a possibility within a generation in our already deforested nation, according to a panel of British experts.
"Ecosystem collapse", where trees suddenly fade and die, could happen within 50 years, they warn.
But the 42 experts said if we act now we can avert the catastrophe.
The large-scale loss of forests hit by "wind, fire, pests and disease" has already happened in continental Europe and North America.
"A collapsed forest would be heart-breaking, devoid of its essential life and all the joy and benefits it gives to humanity," said Dr Eleanor Tew of Forestry England and Cambridge University.
But she said we have time ... Read more ...
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'Exceptional' autumn heat sets up 2023 for record - BBC (Nov 7) |
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Nov 7 · It is now "virtually certain" that 2023 - a year of deadly heatwaves, floods and fires - will be the warmest on record, new data suggests.
The prediction follows "exceptional" high October temperatures.
Global average air temperatures were 0.4C warmer than the previous high of October 2019, according to the EU's climate change service.
Driven by carbon emissions and an El Niño weather event, this was the fifth month in a row of record warmth.
Extreme global temperatures will likely continue into 2024, researchers say.
That this year will be the warmest ever recorded is now pretty much unavoidable: the last two months of 2023 are extremely unlikely ... Read more ...
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The floating desalination machines powered by the waves - BBC (Nov 5) |
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Nov 5 · "The ocean is an unforgiving place," says Susan Hunt. "But our technology is designed to operate there - it goes up and down in the waves, all day and all night."
Ms Hunt is chief innovation officer for a Canadian start-up called Oneka Technologies. It has developed floating desalination systems that turn seawater into fresh water.
While large, shore-based desalination plants typically require vast amounts of energy to remove the salt, Oneka's small units are powered solely by the movement of the waves.
"Desalination facilities are conventionally powered by fossil fuels," says Ms Hunt. "But the world has certainly reached a pivot point. We want to move away ... Read more ...
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Plan for annual North Sea oil and gas licences - BBC (Nov 5) |
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Nov 5 · Licences for oil and gas projects in the North Sea are set to be awarded annually, under government plans.
There is currently no fixed period between licensing rounds - but this would change under a bill to be announced in Tuesday's King's Speech.
Ministers said projects would have to meet net zero targets and claimed the policy would "bolster energy security".
Greenpeace said encouraging oil and gas production was "backward-facing" and vowed to fight new licences in court.
The plans draw a dividing line between the Conservatives and Labour, which says it wants to focus on investing in renewables energy, rather than fossil fuels.
Labour has ... Read more ...
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