Global Climate Media

The future of sea level rise is being written underneath Antarctica and Greenland. By Umair Irfan | Feb 21, 2022, 3:00pm EST | Original Article: https://www.vox.com/22939545/antarctica-greenland-ice-sheet-shelf-glacier-melt-climate-sea-level-rise The largest ice masses on the planet contain so much water that they’re increasing sea levels around the globe as temperatures rise. Satellites can see these drastic changes from […]

The future of sea level rise is being written underneath Antarctica and Greenland. By Umair Irfan | Feb 21, 2022, 3:00pm EST | Original Article: https://www.vox.com/22939545/antarctica-greenland-ice-sheet-shelf-glacier-melt-climate-sea-level-rise The largest ice masses on the planet contain so much water that they’re increasing sea levels around the globe as temperatures rise. Satellites can see these drastic changes from

Beijing 2022 is using 49 million gallons of water to create fake snow – despite being the most water-scarce city in the world Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022| Isabella Boneham | Original article: https://www.nationalworld.com/news/environment/winter-olympics-the-damaging-impact-of-fake-snow-on-the-environment-3569222 Beijing has made history this year as the first host of the Winter Olympics to rely almost entirely on artificial snow –

Roland LLOYD PARRY, AFP USA  | 31 Jan 2022 | Roland LLOYD PARRY | Original Article https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9XA2KJ Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. Social media posts and online articles claim polar bears are growing in number, citing it as evidence that the threat of climate change is exaggerated. This is misleading; scientists say there is

Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends 18 Jan 2022 | Damian Carrington | Original Article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/chemical-pollution-has-passed-safe-limit-for-humanity-say-scientists The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet now threatens the stability of global ecosystems upon which humanity depends, scientists have said. Plastics are of particularly high

10th April, 2021ㅣBy Iman GhoshㅣResource : https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-earths-global-ice-loss-between-1994-2017/ The Briefing Due to global warming, 28 trillion tonnes of ice have melted in just over two decades Over half (58%) of this global ice loss occurred in the Northern Hemisphere Visualizing Earth’s Global Ice Loss Between 1994-2017 Nearly 70% of the Earth’s freshwater is locked up in glaciers and ice caps, ground ice,

30 Jul 2021 | Faustine Delasalle, Anthony Robert Hobley | Original Article: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/the-real-economy-is-not-a-sideshow-in-the-global-decarbonisation-effort/ The real economy needs to be at the centre of climate action, with the harder-to-abate sectors key to avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. That means creating net-zero initiatives at the industry sector-level which bring together the most climate-ambitious companies to

13 December 2021 | Jonathan Amos | Original Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59644494 Scientists are warning of dramatic changes at one of the biggest glaciers in Antarctica, potentially within the next five to 10 years. They say a floating section at the front of Thwaites Glacier that until now has been relatively stable could “shatter like a car

16 Dec 2021 | Linnea Harris | Original Article: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/12/5-planet-environment-2021-nature-plants/ Many good things happened for the planet in 2021, from an environmental rights amendment being passed to butterfly populations increasing. Support for environmental protection has improved significantly this year, with plant-based diets and a culture of restoration of nature being emphasized. New York State enshrined

11 Nov 2021 | Andrea Willige | Original Article: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/offshore-wind-farms-boost-ocean-biodiversity/ Wind turbines off the US coast have become artificial reefs, offering a new habitat for ocean life. But wind farms can have a negative effect on other wildlife, such as fish stocks and ocean birds. Collaborative, biodiversity-aware planning of projects will be key as offshore

Damian Carrington Environment editor@dpcarrington | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/revealed-the-places-humanity-must-not-destroy-to-avoid-climate-chaos Tiny proportion of the world’s land surface hosts carbon-rich forests and peatlands that would not recover before 2050 if lost Detailed new mapping has pinpointed the carbon-rich forests and peatlands that humanity cannot afford to destroy if climate catastrophe is to be avoided. The vast forests and peatlands of Russia,