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NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs
The National Weather Service is reducing the number of weather balloons it launches across the country, an early tangible decrease in services offered in the wake of cuts by the Trump administration. The NWS, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced last week that it was halting or reducing weather balloon operations at [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:
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New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections
Wetlands and ephemeral streams provide a wide variety of benefits to people and wildlife, from flood protection for local communities, to preventing pollutants from entering the water supply, to breeding grounds for endangered bird species. Wetlands can also act as carbon sinks, sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Since the 18th century, the United States [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Climate Change Is the Backdrop to Our Lives, But Itโs Missing in Movies
During the summer of 2023, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and a team of fellow researchers binge-watched 250 of the most-rated movies from the past decadeโpurely for research purposes. The group was primarily keeping an eye out for one thing: Is climate change mentioned? In most cases, the answer is no. Only 13 percent of the films had [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets
Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated The post Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Unique two-clawed dinosaur discovered
Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countriesย
The National Security Archive is calling for the release of a major US intelligence assessment on climate change and security The post Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:The European Politician Bringing Nature Into the Halls of Power
In 2019, Carola Rackete faced serious jail time. She had just rescued dozens of migrants in dire condition off the coast of Libya. Defying the Italian government, Rackete docked her ship in Lampedusa to save the lives of those on board. Today, Rackete, a 36-year-old German citizen, is one of the newest members of the [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:What 30 Years of Fighting for Environmental Justice Looks Like in One Community
How Chicagoโs Little Village became a hotspot for environmental racism and the fight for equal access to health The Trump administrationโs efforts to block funding and enforcement for environmental justice threaten hard-won progress to reduce toxic pollution in overburdened places. In many communities, residents have worked for decades to improve health through better air, water [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:In an Era of Environmental Deregulation, What Happens to Fetal and Reproductive Health Outcomes?
Amid funding cuts for environmental initiatives on a federal level and attacks on abortion access at the state level, experts are seeing the effects of a correlation between reproductive care and climate change impacts. Although scientists have studied the effects of extreme heat and pollution on fetal and maternal health for years, recent legislative action [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard
Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:EPA Decimates Grant Program Aimed at Measuring and Reducing Construction Material Emissions
The Trump administration has eviscerated a grant program designed to make U.S. industry cleaner and more competitive by improving measurement of emissions from building materials. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has canceled $116 million in grants to 21 recipients that include universities and trade groups, according to information obtained by the Sierra Club through [โฆ]
Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source:Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024
Cooling demand as a result of record temperatures was a significant driver of power generation last year, according to the International Energy Agency The post Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024 appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Itโs time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector
Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries The post Itโs time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Why earthquake predictions are usually wrong
On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Greenpeaceโs $660m damages ruling a โwake-up callโ to climate movement
The North Dakota court's ruling has brought a wave of solidarity against SLAPP lawsuits designed to silence campaigners The post Greenpeaceโs $660m damages ruling a โwake-up callโ to climate movement appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:2025 is the year to invest in forests โ and the people who depend on themย
With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action The post 2025 is the year to invest in forests โ and the people who depend on them appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 21 March 2025: Germanyโs climate win; Conservativesโ net-zero row-back; Key messages from major UK climate conference
Welcome to Carbon Briefโs DeBriefed.An essential guide to the weekโs key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 21 March 2025: Germanyโs climate win; Conservativesโ net-zero row-back; Key messages from major UK climate conference appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand
Analysts say governments are not doing enough to get companies to buy green hydrogen to clean up transport and heavy industry The post Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Schools and hospitals get ยฃ180m solar investment
The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns
Climate change and โunsustainable human activitiesโ are driving โunprecedented changesโ to mountains and glaciers, threatening... The post Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 20 March 2025: Miliband in China; โTwo newโ promoted; โTwo sessionsโ ended
Welcome to Carbon Briefโs China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 20 March 2025: Miliband in China; โTwo newโ promoted; โTwo sessionsโ ended appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Q&A: How Chinaโs โtwo newโ policy aims to help cut emissions
Chinaโs central government listed โboosting consumptionโฆand stimulating domestic demandโ as its first โmajor taskโ for... The post Q&A: How Chinaโs โtwo newโ policy aims to help cut emissions appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:โOne-thirdโ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change
Climate change was responsible for just over one-third of the simultaneous soya bean crop failures... The post โOne-thirdโ of 2012 soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Food systems are the missing ingredient from the COP30 menuย
Despite making the Amazon the stage for this year's UN climate summit, Brazil has stayed silent on the food system crisis, the top driver of its deforestation The post Food systems are the missing ingredient from the COP30 menu appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Carbon colonialism? Malaysia and Indonesia plan storage hubs for Asian emissionsย
Japan and South Korea have signed deals to export CO2 captured at their power and manufacturing plants to Southeast Asia The post Carbon colonialism? Malaysia and Indonesia plan storage hubs for Asian emissions appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests
Greenpeace has warned it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case brought by Energy Transfer.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:Dark Energy experiment challenges Einstein's theory of Universe
New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:Canadaโs new leader culls carbon tax seen as burden on votersย
Mark Carney - who has a track record on climate action as a central banker and UN envoy - ends levy and plans green incentives for the public, with industrial emitters expected to do the heavy lifting The post Canadaโs new leader culls carbon tax seen as burden on voters appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:โNot silver bulletsโ: COP30 CEO downplays impact of yearly climate summits
Ana Toni stressed the importance of year-round action by business, subnational government and finance, energy, transport and agriculture ministries The post โNot silver bulletsโ: COP30 CEO downplays impact of yearly climate summits appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:What in the World
And did they have enough underwear?
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:This Australian coal community is co-designing its own green future
The mining town of Collie offers a promising example of how to survive - and even thrive - amid the global transition to net-zero emissions The post This Australian coal community is co-designing its own green future appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:Guest post: Why action on extreme heat in Indian cities is falling short
Local governments face the difficult task of preparing communities and infrastructure for a warmer world... The post Guest post: Why action on extreme heat in Indian cities is falling short appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth
Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.
Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source:Net zero by 2050 'impossible' for UK, says Badenoch
The Tory leader says the target is impossible "without a serious drop in our living standards".
Published on: March 18, 2025 | Source:Factcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UKโs net-zero goal
The leader of the opposition Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch, has shattered the political consensus on... The post Factcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UKโs net-zero goal appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: March 18, 2025 | Source: