“There is no net zero plan”: Caroline Dennett on quitting Shell over climate double talk - NADJA

Caroline Dennett tells us what is really happening behind the scenes at Shell and why she is optimistic about people demanding change

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Hawaii Gets Its Last Shipment of Coal, Ever

The state's last coal-fired power plant will close down in September.

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The Comforting Factoid About Sharks That’s No Longer True

Is it really possible to die by … vending machine?

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Native birds increase by 51% on Miramar Peninsula

Latest figures show native birds have increased by 51 percent on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. This includes a whopping 550 percent rise in the pīwakawaka / fantail population of, a 275 percent increase in riroriro / grey warblers, and a 49 percent increase in tūī.

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Today Is 'Overshoot Day', And That's Not a Good Thing

"Earth Overshoot Day" – marks a tipping point when people have used up "all that ecosystems can regenerate in one year"

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These hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C.

As climate change warms the planet, drives up sea levels and energizes hurricanes, the arsenal of dangerous impacts delivered by the fierce storms is expected to get supercharged. Among the most worrisome: powerful flooding from storm surge.

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Climate breakdown made UK heatwave 10 times more likely, study finds

Recent extreme temperatures were higher than those simulated by climate models, analysis reveals

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California's Oak Fire is displaying 'unprecedented' behavior as it scorches more than 16,000 acres near Yosemite National Park

A ferocious wildfire outside California's Yosemite Park is displaying "unprecedented" behavior, "moving extremely fast" and limiting the amount of time authorities have to warn area residents to evacuate, a state fire official said.

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Dogs might be able to 'see' with their noses, a new study suggests

Dogs might be using their highly-sensitive noses to 'see' as well as to smell, a new study suggests. A team of vets, including Dr Philippa Johnson from Cornell University in New York, discovered that vision and smell are actually connected in the brains of dogs - something not yet found in any other species.

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The World Burns and the Richest Profit. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way

The last time prices rose this fast was 41 years ago. The last time the UK got through prime ministers this fast was the mid-1970s. The last time there was open war between major European powers was in 1945. The last time the Northern Hemisphere was this hot was probably 125,000 years ago.

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Climate disinformation continues to leave a mark as world gets hotter

Wildfires, floods and soaring temperatures have made climate change real to many Americans. Yet a sizeable number continue to dismiss the scientific consensus that human activity is to blame.

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Manchin, in a Reversal, Agrees to Climate and Tax Package

The West Virginia Democrat, a holdout on his party’s domestic agenda, said the package would reduce inflation, a concern he had cited in rejecting it just weeks ago.

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Researchers discover way to predict earthquakes with 80% accuracy

According to a peer-reviewed study published in the scholarly journal Remote Sensing in May, Israeli researchers have developed a mechanism to forecast earthquakes 48 hours in advance with 80% accuracy.

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The Complete History of the Earth

Paleo Analysis

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Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan erupts for 2nd day in row

Japan's weather agency maintained the highest alert level Monday after an explosive eruption the previous day at Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, although there were no reports of injuries. The Japan Meteorological Agency said late Sunday that it was not currently expecting a large eruption similar to one at the same volcano in 1914 that caused many deaths.

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US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests

The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the U.S. West

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Antarctica’s 'Doomsday Glacier' Melting at Fastest Rate in 5,500 Years

Researchers used penguin bones and shells to track ice loss in the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers

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No water, burnt grass: Farmers forced to sell their cows as drought conditions worsen across the US

Extreme drought and inflationary pressures are forcing US farmers in Western states to sell off their cattle herds in greater numbers, at levels not seen in over a decade.

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Impossible Foods’ future may rest on the fate of this tiny molecule

In the small and fierce meatless-meat ecosystem, Impossible Foods has held one bloody advantage: its discovery that the molecule responsible for pinkish, juicy, coppery muscle can be grown in a lab. Tiny concentrations of that substance, known as heme, have made Impossible’s burger the reigning realistic meat substitute among chefs and food bloggers.

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Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticides

The iconic monarch butterfly has been added to the Red List of endangered species, but hasn’t received protection in the US yet. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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Zoo Staff Refuses To Save Drowning Chimp, Suddenly Man Jumps Into Enclosure

One day, like any other day, the Detroit Zoo chimpanzee exhibit was surrounded with spectators on all sides, when suddenly, a playful chase between two chimps took an accidental turn, and one of the chimps slipped into the muddy moat surrounding the exhibit.

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Barcelona school and residents create solar energy community

A secondary school and a residents’ association have teamed up with Barcelona city council to create a solar energy community with the capacity to grow – rooftop by rooftop – across large areas of the city. The solar panels on the roof of Quatre Cantons secondary school in the former industrial district of Poblenou supply power to the school and 30 households in the surrounding area.

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Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life

For decades, coho salmon returning from the Pacific Ocean to the creeks and streams of Puget Sound in Washington state to spawn were dying in large numbers. No one knew why. Scientists working to solve the mystery of the mass deaths noticed they occurred after heavy rains. Toxicologists suspected pesticides, as the main creek they studied ran through a golf course. But no evidence of pesticides was found. They ruled out disease, lack of oxygen and chemicals such as metals and hydrocarbons.

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California wildfires continue to rip across state near Yosemite

Despite the efforts of more than 2,000 firefighters to contain the blaze, the fire, which began in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, was 0 percent contained Sunday, fire officials conceded.

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Primate Disappearing at ‘Alarming Rate,’ as Medical Research Fuels Demand

"People are battling each other to get to the monkeys and to have these monkeys for research,” one expert told VICE World News.

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Past the Salt

In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.

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Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us

Air conditioning is making the world more difficult to air condition.

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Governor declares emergency over wildfire near Yosemite

The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon southwest of the park near the town of Midpines. By Saturday, it had rapidly grown to 10.2 square miles.

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Nuclear power plants are struggling to stay cool

Climate change is reducing output and raising safety concerns at nuclear facilities.

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Phoenix installs "cool pavements" to combat extreme heat

As high temperatures become more common, Phoenix is cooling down its streets by coating them in sealant that reflects the hot desert sun. Ben Tracy takes a look.

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More invested in nuclear fusion in last 12 months than past decade

More has been invested in nuclear fusion in the last 12 months than over the past decade, according to new industry figures. The clean energy solution has attracted about $2.8bn (£2.5bn) in investment globally over the past year, compared with $1.9bn (£1.6bn) in total over the past decade.The solution produces clean energy by fusing together atomic nuclei. It is the reaction which powers the Sun and in turn fuels life on Earth.

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False balance in news coverage of climate change makes it harder to address the crisis

Northwestern research finds ‘bothsidesism’ in journalism undermines science

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Joy for environmentalists as California blocks bid for $1.4bn desalination plant

A California coastal panel on Thursday rejected a longstanding proposal to build a $1.4bn seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with persistent drought that is expected to worsen in coming years with climate change.

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The U.S. Forest Service is taking emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it's taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the world's largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires.

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How Germany is kicking its meat habit

Oktoberfest — the annual two-week festival in Munich, Germany, that attracts some 6 million attendees a year — originally began in 1810 as the gaudy celebration of a royal marriage. Today, it’s primarily a good reason for visitors to drink about 2 million gallons of beer while eating nearly half a million roast chickens and over 400,000 sausages.

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Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years

The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity

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Wind farms could join oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico

The Biden administration is eyeing chunks of the Gulf of Mexico as new areas to expand its growing offshore wind ambitions. Today, President Joe Biden proposed opening up 700,000 acres off the coasts of Galveston, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana to future wind development. The administration is now looking for public input on developing those locations, after its proposal today to make them official “wind energy areas” where lease sales could be held in the future.

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Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years

The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed. The vast total captured by petrostates and fossil fuel companies since 1970 is $52tn, providing the power to “buy every politician, every system” and delay action on the climate crisis, says Prof Aviel Verbruggen, the author of the analysis. The huge profits were inflated by cartels of countries artificially restricting supply.

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U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says

The report says a combination of global starvation, war, disease, drought, and a fragile power grid could have cascading, devastating effects.

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Temperatures in 19 Chinese cities to surpass 40 °C

Millions of Chinese residents are prepared for even hotter weather this weekend, as more than a dozen cities have issued red alerts, the highest level of heat warning.

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6 Big Findings from the IPCC 2022 Report on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a troubling picture: Climate change is already impacting every corner of the world, and much more severe impacts are in store if we fail to halve greenhouse gas emissions this decade and immediately scale up adaptation.     

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While Canadians look at European heat wave in awe, we face our own climate challenges

Records are breaking across Europe, and Canadians may think they've gotten off lucky this summer, particularly in light of the record-breaking heat wave in British Columbia last June. But while we've had fewer heat waves this year compared to recent summers, it may just be a case of a late start.

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Scientists hack fly brains to make them remote controlled

Researchers at Rice University have shown how they can hack the brains of fruit flies to make them remote controlled. The flies performed a specific action within a second of a command being sent to certain neurons in their brain.

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We need four waves of climate action

Addressing climate change is going to be a race against time. Already we have delayed too long, and now we don’t have a moment to lose.

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Iceland is bringing back the forests razed by Vikings

Thanks to Iceland's reforestation efforts, its forest and scrub cover is six times larger than it was in 1990.

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Searing summer heat is driving food prices higher still

First came supply chain shortages and war. Now there's "heatflation."

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Australia's environment in 'shocking' decline, report finds

Australia's environment is in a shocking state and faces further decline from amplifying threats, according to an anticipated report. The survey of Australia's ecological systems - conducted every five years - found widespread abrupt changes. These can be blamed on climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and mining, it said.

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Behold! Your $20,000 Trash Cans Have Arrived In SF and Are Now At Your Disposal

Your designer-label “smart” trash bins finally hit the streets of SF this week after a year of mockery over their exorbitant cost.

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World's first giant 'sand battery' shows how energy solutions can be simple

The idea of storing heat in sand to warm homes through winter may, on the face of it, seem too simple to work. Drop a load of cheap builder's sand in an insulated silo, heat the sand with renewable electricity, and then tap the stored thermal energy for months on end.

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As the Planet Cooks, Climate Stalls as a Political Issue

Joe Manchin’s rejection of a compromise climate bill tells a familiar story: Voters and politicians put a higher premium on immediate issues, such as inflation and the economy, giving politicians a pass on global warming.

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