Illuminating communities with SALt Lamp, Philippines
The concept of SALt (Sustainable Alternative Lighting), uses saline solution to power LED lamps and a USB port that can charge smartphones.
Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM For First Time in 4 Million Years
We’re officially living in a new world. Carbon dioxide has been steadily rising since the start of the Industrial Revolution, setting a new high year after year. There’s a notable new entry to the record books. The last station on Earth without a 400 parts per million (ppm) reading has reached it.
Climate scientists urge Obama to rule out more Arctic oil and gas exploration
In a letter being delivered to the White House on Thursday, nearly 400 international scientists called on President Obama to rule out further expansion of oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters under US control.
May goes down as Earth’s hottest on record: NASA
May’s temperatures broke global records yet again, as the northern hemisphere finishes its hottest spring on record, statistics released Tuesday by NASA showed.
Climate change and the value of daring
The climate system is a unifying ethical field that extends from the physical to the metaphysical and connects your actions to my well-being, and vice-versa, no matter how remote your life is from mine. The collective actions of billions of human beings are threatening the most basic systems which provide life to us all on our little blue planet. We must dare to imagine, explore, and remake the limits of our experience, together.
From floods to forest fires: a warming planet – in pictures
From the Australia to Greenland, Ashley Cooper’s work spans 13 years and over 30 countries. This selection, taken from his new book, shows a changing landscape, scarred by pollution and natural disasters – but there is hope too, with the steady rise of renewable energy.
Antarctic coastline images reveal four decades of ice loss to ocean
A study of images along 2000km of West Antarctica’s coastline has shown the loss of about 1000km2 of ice – an area equivalent to the city of Berlin – over the past 40 years. Researchers were surprised to find that the region has been losing ice for such a length of time. Their findings will help improve estimates of global sea level rise caused by ice melt.
Louvre, Orsay museums close as Seine overflows in Paris
The rising waters of the Seine overflowed riverbanks, roads and rail tracks across Paris on Thursday, forcing authorities at the Louvre to do something they have not done in generations: hurriedly move precious artworks to higher ground.
World Heritage and Tourism report shows sites at risk from climate change
Climate change is fast becoming one of the most significant risks for World Heritage sites, according to the report “World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate” released May 27,2016, by UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).