Monday, July 14, 2025

Tag: earth

Huge pollution footprint flows from commercial communications satellites in orbit

Scientists are asking if the United States is prepared to handle the impacts.

New study says International Target of two degree Celsius is ‘dead’

The study determined that a combination of a reduction in shipping pollution and an increase in emissions with cause Earth to warm by two degree Celsius by 2045.

Earth’s land and trees absorbed almost no net carbon in 2023

The planet’s ability to absorb carbon weakening even moderately would make much steeper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions necessary to get to net zero.

Earth on the brink: 25 of 35 vital signs reach record...

These findings emphasize the severity of the climate crisis and outline a global emergency that requires immediate action to avert catastrophic consequences.

Sunday was Earth’s hottest day on record: A sign of uncharted...

On July 21, 2024, Earth’s average surface temperature reached a new high, signaling alarming trends and urgent calls for action in the fight against climate change.

Protecting 1.2% of Earth’s land would stop ‘sixth great extinction,’ scientists...

Expanding Earth’s protected areas by just 1.2 percent could halt the extinction of most threatened species, according to a groundbreaking new study.

Climate change and overuse degrade half of Earth’s pasture lands, endangering...

The UNCCD’s latest report reveals the alarming degradation of global rangelands, emphasizing the urgent need for sustainable management to secure food supplies and protect pastoral communities.

Turning the tide: How global conservation efforts are curbing biodiversity loss

A decade-long scientific study reveals significant success in conservation actions worldwide, offering hope amidst the biodiversity crisis.

Eco-collapse hasn’t happened yet, but you can see it coming

And no excuses, okay? We’ve been given fair warning.

Should harming mother Earth be a crime? The case for ecocide

The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court.

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What else but seething, punitive MAGA grievance explains its undying loyalty – absent real-world...

Whatever MAGA lives lack, brutalizing the even less powerful won’t resolve their miseries.

Seven children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza water site amid growing evidence of...

As Israel admits to a “technical error” in a drone strike that killed children waiting for water, new reports detail a systemic campaign of targeting Gaza’s basic survival infrastructure under U.S. and Western-backed military operations.

Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool

Heatwaves force European reactors offline while solar keeps the lights on.

‘Unforgivable’: FEMA failure during Texas floods tied to Noem’s contract purge and Trump-era sabotage

More than 80% of survivor calls went unanswered after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly cut FEMA’s contractor workforce—days after deadly flooding devastated Texas.

Common weedkiller ingredient diquat linked to organ damage and gut harm as EPA resists...

New research shows diquat, used in place of glyphosate, is more toxic and banned abroad but widely sprayed in US agriculture.