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“#Climate economics Nobel may do more harm than good” How much are we willing to pay today to avoid climate impacts 50, 100 or 200 years from now? There are many reasons humanity has failed to rein in climate change despite decades of dire warnings. The inertia of an energy system overwhelmingly powered by oil,…
“#Extreme heat and rain: Thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer” Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock A major global update based on data from more than 36,000 weather stations around the world confirms that, as the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall are now more frequent,…
“#The story behind a uniquely dark wetland soil” Karen Vaughan holds a piece of soil that shows the greenish-blue, dark colors associated with the parent material. Credit: Karen Vaughan When it comes to soils, proper identification is key. Identification allows scientists to determine the story behind the soil: how it formed, how it behaves in…
“#Sulphur dioxide concentrations drop over India during COVID-19” Credit: Pixabay Concentrations of sulfur dioxide in polluted areas in India have decreased by around 40% between April 2019 and April 2020. Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, from the European Union Copernicus program, scientists have produced new maps which show the drop in concentrations across…
“#Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls” A combined sewer overflow outfall. Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even…
“#Rain hampers rescue efforts after deadly Japan floods” Dozens are feared dead in the floods and landslides that have hit parts of Japan Driving rain hampered the efforts of tens of thousands of rescue workers in southwestern Japan on Monday as they searched for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more torrential downpours forecast….
“#16 dead in Japan as heavy rain triggers floods, mudslides: media” Rescue workers were trying all night to reach people cut off by the flooding At least 16 people are dead after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, local media said Sunday, as rescue workers sift through debris in search of a…
“#Heatwave trends accelerate worldwide” Credit: Jason Blackeye (Unsplash) The first comprehensive worldwide assessment of heatwaves down to regional levels has revealed that in nearly every part of the world heatwaves have been increasing in frequency and duration since the 1950s. The research published in Nature Communications has also produced a new metric, cumulative heat, which…
“#The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 – but the worst is yet to come” Credit: Shutterstock The term “heatwave” is no stranger to Australians. Defined as when conditions are excessively hot for at least three days in a row, these extreme temperature events have always punctuated our climate. With many…
“#Let me flow: Bosnians wage war on mini hydro plants” The hydro sector is booming in Bosnia—but so are the protests against it Looking out over the clear cascades of the Neretvica river in the heart of Bosnia, Safet Sarajlic says he is ready to spill his blood to defend the waterway from a hydropower…