End of a forest: Wood for sale in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Image: By CIF Action, via Climate Visuals This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford As climates change, forests may not absorb more carbon as expected. But a new carbon budget could appeal to the oceans. Two new studies could [...]
Hurricane Ike leaves its mark on Mandeville, Louisiana in 2008. Image: By Tobin, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford The poorer and more vulnerable you are, the greater your hurricane risk. Even a tiny heat rise can spell disaster. Any climate change at all will mean a [...]
Most oceanographic research vessels were recalled to their home ports in March. Image: By NOAA on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Alex Kirby Climate research is suffering permanent damage from some of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, a UN report says. Whatever else the coronavirus onslaught is doing to humankind, some of the pandemic’s impacts [...]
End of the road at Sellafield: Demolition overtakes part of the nuclear plant. Image: By Reading Tom, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.com By Paul Brown Plutonium used to be called the world’s most valuable substance. It’s now recognised as a highly dangerous liability. After 70 years of producing plutonium in [...]
Another British offshore wind farm: turbine size has continued to grow. Image: By David Dixon, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Paul Brown The costs of producing renewable electricity in the United Kingdom from wind and sun have dropped dramatically in the last four years and will continue to fall [...]
New life for old batteries: Orange peel holds the key. Image: By Bannon Morrissy on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork website By Tim Radford You could reclaim a lithium a lithium-ion battery with help from orange peel and juice – or make fuel directly from sunlight and air. Singapore scientists have found a way to recover [...]
Firefighting prisoners clear a fire line in California in 2017. Image: By USAF Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Kieran Cooke Californian hopes of cooler future rise as the world’s biggest battery storage system comes on stream. Recent reports of record-breaking heat in the [...]
Northern fulmars are known to swallow plastic regularly, with unknown effects. Image: By Peter Pearsall/US Fish and Wildlife Service (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford Artificial fibres now go everywhere. The oceans’ plastic tide may reach their whole depth, entering marine life and people. The world’s seas [...]
Edinburgh castle: the city could face evacuation if two Scottish reactors were to fail. Image: By Nacckers, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Paul Brown Local authorities demand the closure of all the UK’s ageing nuclear power plants to protect both safety and the economy. Four of the UK’s ageing [...]
The Hywind floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland. Image: By Øyvind_Gravås/© Equinor This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown The global offshore wind industry is booming, rapidly growing in size and earning vastly more across the globe. Despite Covid-19’s grim effects on many industries, the orders for the global offshore [...]