Global food production at risk of simultaneous heat waves across breadbasket regions
Certain patterns in the jet stream encircling the Earth can bring simultaneous heatwaves to breadbasket regions [...]
Year: 2019
Study shows lake methane emissions should prompt rethink on climate change
A new study from Swansea University has given new insights into how the greenhouse gas methane [...]
China’s solar modules market grows despite the slowdown in its domestic solar industry, says GlobalData
The decline in annual installations of solar photovoltaics (PV) in China does not seem to have [...]
Drone images show Greenland Ice Sheet becoming more unstable as it fractures
The world’s second-largest ice sheet, and the single largest contributor to global sea level rise, is [...]
Can Arctic ‘ice management’ combat climate change?
A new AWI study shows that a radical geo-engineering concept could potentially slow sea-ice retreat, but [...]
Outlook for the polar regions in a 2 degrees warmer world
With 2019 on pace as one of the warmest years on record, a new international study [...]
Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study shows
People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its nutrient [...]
Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up With Market Average At $156/kWh In 2019
Battery prices, which were above $1,100 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 87% in real terms [...]
Europeans want environmental protection, but are concerned about their wallets
What do Europeans expect from Europe? The latest edition of “eupinions” shows that protecting the environment [...]
Climate Risks increasing worldwide – even for High-Income-Countries
Global Climate Risk Index: Japan and Germany hit hardest by heat waves and drought in 2018 [...]
Europe’s state of the environment 2020
Change of direction urgently needed to face climate change challenges, reverse degradation and ensure future prosperity [...]
2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather
The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels [...]
The climate crisis forces 20 million people to flee each year
Climate fuelled disasters number one driver of internal displacement globally forcing more than 20 million people [...]
Better policy monitoring required to underpin decarbonisation
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) will start in Madrid on Monday, 2 December [...]
Europe’s rivers are damned by dams: Plans for more than 8,700 new hydropower plants
New study reveals extent of hydropower frenzy all over Europe – Devastating impacts on biodiversity and [...]
Landmine Monitor 2019 report: a fourth consecutive year of exceptionally high casualties
Published on Thursday 21st November, the Landmine Monitor 2019 reports a fourth consecutive year of exceptionally [...]