As wildfires become more frequent and intense, they’re creating raging thunderstorms that fuel them even further, making them much more difficult to fight. These pyrocumulonimbus clouds (pyroCbs) are caused when a wildfire’s intense heat and smoke create strong updrafts, where they condense and form clouds. Those clouds can then develop into fierce thunderstorms that ignite […]
Current climate policies are putting the world at a high risk of critical Earth system components reaching tipping points, even if global temperatures return to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average following a period of overshoot. However, a new study has found that, if global heating is quickly reversed, these risks could […]
A new report by Fashion Revolution — What Fuels Fashion? 2024 Edition — has found that nearly a quarter of the biggest fashion brands in the world — like DKNY, Tom Ford and Reebok — have no public decarbonization plan. The report also revealed the brands lacked transparency in several important areas. “Nearly a quarter […]
“Coal is the heart and soul of modernity.” Orville Schell is talking about the long history of coal mining, as represented in a major section of the exhibit “COAL + ICE” on view in New York City through August 11. Schell is vice president of the Asia Society, where the exhibit is mounted, and coal was […]
Since Monday night, northeast Vermont has been inundated with heavy rain and flash flooding that washed out roads, damaged buildings and left residents stranded, reported Reuters. Nearly eight inches of rain fell in only six hours in St. Johnsbury — considered a one in a thousand year event, CNN reported. “This is devastating and was […]
The death toll in India’s Kerala state has risen to 167, with nearly 200 people still missing, after two consecutive landslides swept away hundreds of homes in the Wayanad district. Hundreds of rescue workers sifted through mud and rocks in search of survivors as hopes began to dwindle, reported Reuters. The rescue effort was impeded […]
Following record-low reports of butterflies in the UK, British charity Butterfly Conservation is sounding the alarm. The charity, which crowdsources data from UK participants through their Big Butterfly Count, put out a blog post explaining that participants are reporting “just over half” the amount of butterflies compared to this time last year. This year’s Big […]
According to a new study, global methane emissions are “rising rapidly” — at the fastest pace in decades — with immediate action needed to help curtail a dangerous intensification of the climate crisis. The study outlines three “imperatives” for reducing methane emissions, as well as a new tool to assist nations with optimizing cost-effective methods […]
In an address in Belém, Brazil, United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen said the world needs $3 trillion in financing annually to reach its 2050 climate and biodiversity goals. Yellen said transitioning to a low-carbon economy would require far more than the current amount of yearly financing, but that filling that gap is […]
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