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13.02.202313.02.2023 Record low sea ice cover in the Antarctic Sea ice extent in the Southern Ocean now the lowest since the beginning of satellite observation [...]
11.02.202310.02.2023 ‘Blue marble’: how half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth In December 1972, Nasa’s final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic “Blue Marble” photo of [...]
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09.02.202308.02.2023 Glacial flooding threatens millions globally Fifteen million people around the world are at risk from flooding caused by glacial lakes, with [...]
07.02.202307.02.2023 Stainless steel recycling saves greenhouse gases Greenhouse gas balance for stainless steel production further improved Stainless steel recycling is considered to be [...]
04.02.202304.02.2023 Earth likely to cross critical climate thresholds even if emissions decline, Stanford study finds Artificial intelligence provides new evidence our planet will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees [...]
04.02.202304.02.2023 Water crises due to climate change: more severe than previously thought The interference of climate change with the planet’s water cycle is a well established fact. New [...]
03.02.202301.02.2023 Farming more seaweed for food, feed and fuel A University of Queensland-led study has shown that expanding global seaweed farming could go a long [...]
28.01.202327.01.2023 Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures: climate tipping elements connected half around the globe While the Amazon rainforest and the Tibetan Plateau sit on different sides of the globe, scientists [...]
15.01.202315.01.2023 Continued Record-breaking Ocean Temperatures Seen Again in 2022 A continued record-breaking ocean temperature with increasing in stratification and changes in water salinity pattern give [...]
11.01.202309.01.2023 From the road to the plate: lettuce takes up toxic additives from tyre wear Chemicals from tyre wear could get into our vegetables via sewage sludge and waste water Wind, [...]
05.01.202305.01.2023 Cyclone researchers: Warming climate means more and stronger Atlantic tropical storms A warming climate will increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North [...]
30.12.202230.12.2022 Skiing no longer guaranteed – even with snow guns For many people in Switzerland, holidays in the snow are as much a part of the [...]
30.12.202229.12.2022 Fishing in the wake of the Oder River disaster shows no sign of recovery Very few fish and still elevated salinity levels IGB has been fishing the Oder at least [...]
27.12.202227.12.2022 Humans and nature: The distance is growing Meta-analysis of scientific literature shows decline of interactions with nature due to growing urbanisation, but systematic [...]