Category: 9. Environment
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Climate maths ‘doesn’t add up’ without carbon capture: COP28 chief
COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber urged a greater focus on carbon capture technologies. The Emirati oil chief leading this year’s UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get “serious” about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. Sultan Al Jaber said renewables such as solar and wind…
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Philippines a global hotspot for giant clams — and their illegal trade
Giant clams, which can grow to weigh more than 200 kilograms (440 pounds), have long been traded for their shells, which are carved into decorative items, as well as for food and the aquarium trade. An analysis by the NGO TRAFFIC has found that giant clams are threatened by “both a sizeable legal trade and…
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World near positive ‘tipping point’ on climate solutions: expert
‘The climate crisis will be changed in culture and business and technology, not politics’: Drawdown Project exectivey director Jonathan Foley. With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of a new surge in global warming, the world urgently needs to ramp-up solutions for slashing carbon pollution. But which solutions are most…
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Swiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert
View of the village and the “Brienzer Rutsch”, taken on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, in Brienz-Brinzauls, Switzerland. Authorities in eastern Switzerland have ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose and…
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The most accurate measurements yet of black carbon in the atmosphere
Transmission electron microscope images of laboratory powder samples. Clockwise from top left, fullerene soot, black carbon aggregate from vehicle exhaust, Hematite-TD and Hematite-KJ. Credit: Moteki et al. CC-BY Our industrialized society releases many and various pollutants into the world. Combustion in particular produces aerosol mass including black carbon. Although this only accounts for a small…
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Paper refutes assertion that effects of bottom trawling on blue carbon can be compared to that of global air travel
Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY A paper published in Nature today refutes the findings of a paper by Sala et al on the amount of CO2 released from the seabed by bottom trawling. The paper made significant headlines around the world when it was released in 2021, as it equated the carbon released by bottom…
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Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation
This week, leaders from Indigenous women’s organizations, environment and land management groups and philanthropists are meeting in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, for a forum aimed at strengthening the role of Indigenous women in Congo Basin land management and conservation. Organizers hope the forum will result in a fund for Central African…
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Can Small Family Forests Make a Big Climate Difference?
This article was originally published by Nexus Media. For Susan Benedict, it was a dream come true when, a few years ago, she inherited 2,000 acres of Northern Appalachian woods that surrounded her parents’ home in central Pennsylvania. The 63-year-old had grown up hunting squirrels, drinking fresh spring water and meandering down trails through the…
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New book by Mongabay Indonesia & Kaoem Telapak investigates palm oil industry
A new book by Mongabay Indonesia and NGO Kaoem Telapak looks at five main issues in Indonesia’s palm oil industry. The book is written by 23 journalists who went to 20 palm oil-producing regions in Indonesia to investigate the industry. Among the issues highlighted in the book are land conflicts and deforestation. JAKARTA — Indonesia…
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Dhaka faces manifold problems as water bodies diminish
A study by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners, or BIP, says the capital has lost 36% of its water bodies since 2010. Dhaka city has experienced water scarcity during dry months, which puts a strain on firefighters as they battle large fire; during monsoon months, the city experiences regular waterlogging as water retention points fill…