Tech companies think they can reverse climate change with fancy new tools to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But the new research throws cold water on the idea that cooling the planet after it has already warmed past a key tipping point could avoid serious damage. Much of the toll climate change takes – … Read more
Svalbard Global Seed Vault receives seed shipment on October 23, 2024. Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Svalbard Global Seed Vault – the world’s largest reserve seed storage facility – this week received over 31,000 new seed samples from 23 countries, including Palestine and Sudan, marking the largest contributions since the vault was established in 2008. … Read more
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – SEPTEMBER 23: A woman walks past the COP 29 flag on September 23, 2024 in … [+] Baku, Azerbaijan. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) will convene in November 2024 in Baku. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images) Getty Images World leaders gather for COP29 in Baku next month, and … Read more
Forty-four of the world’s leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to tackle the potentially imminent and “disastrous” collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s main currents. In one open letter published online Monday (Oct. 21), University of Pennsylvania climatologist Michael Mann and other prominent scientists say that the dangers of weakening of the ocean circulation … Read more