Category: 9. Environment
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Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm
A person walks around fallen tree branches and power lines in Monkland Village after freezing rain hit Quebec and Ontario in Montreal, Canada. Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed two people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal. About 500,000 homes…
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Study says warming may push more hurricanes toward US coasts
The bridge leading from Fort Myers to Pine Island, Fla., is seen heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island, Fla., Oct. 1, 2022. Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a…
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States consider banning cosmetics containing PFAS
A worker, at left, tends to a customer at a cosmetics shop on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles.A growing number of state legislatures are considering banning the sale of cosmetics and other consumer products that contain the toxic industrial compound PFAS over health concerns. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File A growing number…
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Despite Lula’s promises, deforestation still rampant in Brazil
Aerial view of a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazl’s state of Roraima. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday. Those figures show the scale of the task facing leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da…
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Scientists discover a way Earth’s atmosphere cleans itself
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Human activities emit many kinds of pollutants into the air, and without a molecule called hydroxide (OH), many of these pollutants would keep aggregating in the atmosphere. How OH itself forms in the atmosphere was viewed as a complete story, but in new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy…
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Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership must increase transparency (commentary)
Last year, Indonesia obtained a $20 billion international financing commitment to fund the country’s transition to clean energy via the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). This year, Transparency International reported Indonesia’s susceptibility to corruption increased from the previous year, which could affect the JETP scheme as well. A new op-ed argues that the JETP should…
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Spike in major league home runs tied to climate change
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the history of Major League Baseball, first came the low-scoring dead-ball era, followed by the modern live-ball era characterized by power hitters such as Babe Ruth and Henry “Hank” Aaron. Then, regrettably, was the steroid era of the 1990s and early 2000s. Now, could baseball be on the cusp of…
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Would more parks and trees help LA County residents live longer?
Map of live green vegetation across the county. Credit: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Improving tree coverage and access to parks and green spaces in Los Angeles County, particularly in lower-income communities of color, could significantly boost life expectancy for local residents, according to a new study by UCLA public health researchers and colleagues.…
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How an Indigenous community in Panama is escaping rising seas
In pictures from high above, the island of Gardi Sugdub resembles a container shipyard — small, brightly colored dwellings are jammed together cheek to jowl. At ground level, the island, one of more than 350 in the San Blas archipelago off the northern coast of Panama, is hot, flat and crowded. More than 1,000 people…
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Young people need meaningful involvement in local authority environmental policy, says new report
Young participants in the Nottingham focus groups appreciated the city’s green spaces. Credit: Nottingham Trent University A new report has called on local authorities to meaningfully involve young people in environmental policy after research showed they are feeling overwhelmed and disillusioned. As part of the British Academy’s Where We Live Next project, the report examines…