Gums, gingkos and a golden wych elm: voting for Victoria’s tree of the year
World news | The Guardianby Jack Larkin·24d ago
A decades-old shady eucalyptus, an elm beloved by thousands of commuters, and a type of gingko once thought to be extinct in the wild are among the finalists for Victoria’s tree of the year.
Noble Carbon will show how it’s making EV charger installs painless at TechCrunch Disrupt | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·24d ago
Plenty of people want to buy electric vehicles, but not everyone is prepared to shell out for an upgrade to their home’s electrical service just to add an EV charger. The worry is reasonable.
Climate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared response
The Conversation Africaby Gracsious Maviza, Gender and Migration Scientist; Regional Lead for Southern Africa in the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Team, CGIAR·24d ago
Climate change is making life tougher. Across Africa, failed harvests, shrinking water supplies and more extreme weather are leaving millions of people hungry and forcing many from their homes.
Analysis: Nepal’s $20m ‘loss-and-damage’ claim only covers 0.7% of flood costs - Carbon Brief
Carbon Briefby Carbon Brief Staff·24d ago
The Nepali government has requested $20m from the UN fund for “loss and damage”, following the devastating floods that hit the country in late August.
Water and food shortages are directly linked to climate change- expert
Euronewsby Foteini Doulgkeri·24d ago
Emmanuella Doussis is the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy and Professor of International Institutions at the University of Athens. Climate change is no longer purely an environmental issue.
House crows aid efforts to enhance green cover across arid Rayalaseema, finds study
The Hinduby K Umashanker·24d ago
At 6 a.m., along the dusty railway station road in Vasudevapuram locality of Penukonda town in Sri Sathya Sai district, 72-year-old Papamma sweeps her courtyard and scatters leftover rice.
Climbers leave Ben Nevis summit strewn with beer cans and rotten food
The Independentby Harriette Boucher·24d ago
Visitors to Ben Nevis have been urged to clean up after themselves after an emergency shelter at the summit was found strewn with beer cans, cigarette packets, and mouldy food.
Copper boom fueling energy transition puts Earth’s wildlands at risk
Mongabay Globalby Glenn Scherer·24d ago
- A vast multi-nation mining project, named Vicuña, is being developed in the Andes to help satisfy the world’s rocketing demand for copper, largely stemming from society’s demand for renewables...
A.P.’s half-empty reservoirs offer flood cushion; low levels in Rayalaseema raise concerns
The Hinduby G V R Subba Rao·24d ago
The collective water storage across Andhra Pradesh’s major reservoir network stands at 49.5% of its total capacity, holding 547.56 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) out of a combined capacity of...
Could you be an ‘autumn spotter’? Public asked to track changing colours of trees in England
Environment | The Guardianby Matthew Pearce·24d ago
The reds and golds of autumn leaves may be beginning to appear, but exactly when the season arrives is not always as predictable as the calendar might suggest.
Planetary crises deepen global health inequality, paper warns
Phys.orgby Katrina Jordan·24d ago
Planetary crises deepen global health inequality, paper warns The global inequality in health opportunities is being further heightened by the triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity...
Cyclone ‘Arnab’ threat: Which states will be affected as Bay of Bengal weather system nears coast
Hindustan Timesby HT News Desk·24d ago
Cyclone ‘Arnab’ threat: Which states will be affected as Bay of Bengal weather system nears coast Cyclone ‘Arnab’ updates: A deep depression will cross the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts...
View: No relief for power prices
Semaforby Tim McDonnell·24d ago
Tim’s view Clean energy executives are an increasingly nervous bunch. I moderated a lunch discussion under Chatham House rules at New York Climate Week yesterday made up of leaders from large-scale...
Brussels seeks power to order electricity demand cuts in energy crisis
Euronewsby Marta Pacheco·24d ago
The European Commission is seeking more hands-on control to head off power failures during future energy crise, according to plans seen by Euronews.
In Brazil, giant data centre plan sets off worry in town once abundant with water
Scroll.inby Naira Hofmeister·24d ago
As the president of Paracatu’s city council, Manoel Alves is used to being courted by companies and executives that want his blessing for new business.
Mapped: Where temperatures could hit 27C in final blast of summer sun
The Independentby Nicole Wootton-Cane and Alex Croft·24d ago
Parts of the UK could see temperatures soar as high as 27C over the next week as a final hit of summer sun shines on the country.
What Could the ‘Super’ El Niño Bring to Russia? - The Moscow Times
The Moscow Timesby Mack Tubridy·24d ago
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned earlier this summer that “El Niño is being supersized before our eyes” and called on countries to end their dependency on planet-heating fossil fuels.
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
The Guardianby Zoe Wood·24d ago
Motorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study.
LA residents are feeling the heat as urban oil fields take a toll on health and air quality
DW Englishby Amanda Coulson-Drasner·24d ago
For most, Los Angeles conjures images of a city of beaches, palm trees, and movie stars. Few realize LA County is also one of the largest oil-producing regions in the United States. But it is.
Experts call for promotion of premium teas
The Hinduby M Soundariya Preetha·24d ago
China’s production and consumption of tea is thrice the quantity of India and most of it are premium teas, said Hariram Govind of Hindustan Unilever at the UPASI Tea Research Foundation’s centenary...
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