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“#India rushes fire retardant to battle tanker blaze near Sri Lanka” The New Diamond, a supertanker carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude oil, has been ablaze for days off the coast of Sri Lanka India on Tuesday sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze on a stricken tanker loaded with a…
“#’Wrong-way’ migrations stop shellfish from escaping ocean warming” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ocean warming is paradoxically driving bottom-dwelling invertebrates—including sea scallops, blue mussels, surfclams and quahogs that are valuable to the shellfish industry—into warmer waters and threatening their survival, a Rutgers-led study shows. In a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers…
“#Changing what we eat could offset years of climate-warming emissions, new analysis finds” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Plant protein foods—like lentils, beans, and nuts—can provide vital nutrients using a small fraction of the land required to produce meat and dairy. By shifting to these foods, much of the remaining land could support ecosystems that absorb…
“#Multinationals’ supply chains account for a fifth of global emissions” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A fifth of carbon dioxide emissions come from multinational companies’ global supply chains, according to a new study led by UCL and Tianjin University that shows the scope of multinationals’ influence on climate change. The study, published in Nature Climate Change,…
“#Sri Lanka assessing environment damage from oil tanker fire” This Thursday, Sept.3, 2020 photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows smoke rising after a fire broke out on a Panama-registered oil tanker about 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers) east of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s government is sending scientists to determine whether a three-day fire…
“#Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis” The Zimovs take some permafrost depth readings. Credit: Charlotte Wrigley, Author provided On the banks of the River Kolyma, deep into the Arctic circle in north-east Siberia, lies a gently rusting Soviet-era tank. It doesn’t look out of place here. After…
“#Citizen science: knowing your food’s carbon footprint” Sustainable food consumption is considered critical for combatting climate change. Sustainable food choices are thought to be key to reducing the environmental impact of human food consumption, with the food lifecycle contributing 20–30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Increasing healthy diet choices are also key to improving consumer…
“#Extreme precipitation events have always occurred, but are they changing?” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Extreme weather and climate events causing extensive damage are a fact of the Canadian climate, and this year is no exception. On June 13, a mammoth hailstorm pounded Calgary with damage in excess of $1 billion dollars, the most expensive hailstorm…
“#Cadmium levels in waste pickers ‘four times higher’” A typical e-waste recycling operation. Workers are exposed to heavy metals, with research showing waste pickers have high levels of cadmium in their blood. Credit: Baselactionnetwork. (CC BY-ND 2.0) Waste pickers exposed to discarded electronics, aluminum and metal cans have up to four times higher levels of…
“#Typhoon hits South Korea after triggering landslides in Japan” A landslide hit this apartment building in Geoje, South Korea after slamming southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left four people missing in a…