Search Results for: climate change
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Policy and Affairs
Dredging the seabed, the alarm: every year we extract 6 mld t of sand, silt and gravel
Over-exploitation endangers both the marine ecosystem and coastal communities which are particularly dependent on it. The world is "dangerously" close…
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Environment
The impact of El Niño takes your breath away
In 2015-16, the "Child" created climatic conditions in Latin America such as to temporarily transform the tropical forest into a…
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Business
The Loss and Damage Fund flies low: asked only $ 100 billion a year
A report commissioned by the UN in 2022 estimated that $150-300 billion a year would be needed to cover loss…
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Environment
The record of ocean heat? It is also the fault of our “geoengineering”
The European Copernicus satellite system recorded on 1 August the new record of heat for surface water temperatures around the…
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Tech innovations and Startups
From the USA, the innovative direct ocean carbon capture
A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has developed two special membrane contactors that use a sodium solution…
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Environment
Permafrost virus: how dangerous are they?
A JRC study computer simulates the evolution of microorganism communities once in contact with the "digital twins" of "zombie viruses"…
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Climate Change
Hot record of July 2023: we lived our first month at about +1.5°C
In days, July will become the hottest month ever (not only compared to the months of July of past years).…
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Environment
El Niño 2023, there’s a 1 in 5 chance it’s “historic”
The most probable scenario (81%) is that the Child progressively strengthens up to the peak in winter and is of…
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Fashion
In autumn the first sneakers with recycled CO2
Adidas will launch from September a new pair of trail and hiking shoes that contain ink enhanced with recycled CO2
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Environment
Extreme events, coupled drought-heat waves will become the norm
Even in a median global warming scenario, compatible with current policies, the frequency of extreme events in rapid succession will…
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