By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump wasn’t exaggerating when he said during his election campaign that the U.S. could “cancel” the Paris Accord on climate change. A decision due from the president this week on whether to pull the U.S. out of the deal involving almost 200 nations could have a domino effect on the participation of other … [Read more...]
Quickening Arctic Thaw Could Cost Trillions, International Study Says
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, April 25 (Reuters) - The Arctic's quickening thaw is melting the permafrost under buildings and roads from Siberia to Alaska, raising world sea levels and disrupting temperature patterns further south, an international study said on Tuesday. The frigid region's shift to warmer and wetter conditions, resulting in melting … [Read more...]
Maersk ‘Disappointed’ in Shipping’s Exclusion from Paris Climate Deal
Maersk Group, owner of the world's largest fleet containerships, says it is "disappointed' that the landmark Paris agreement on climate change agreed to over the weekend does not include new regulations on international shipping, The final text of the Paris Agreement was adopted on Saturday following more than two weeks of intense negotiations involving delegates from … [Read more...]
This Amazing Cloud Proves Climate Change
by Brian K Sullivan (Bloomberg) In a few weeks, you may get to see evidence the atmosphere is changing -- if you’re lucky.This when noctilucent clouds, the world’s highest, peak in number and show up in the night sky just after sunset as electric-blue swirls in the mesosphere, the coldest place on the planet. Usually visible only in the polar … [Read more...]
Oil Companies, Nations Commit to End Flaring by 2030
A group of 25 major oil companies, oil-producing nations and development institutions have for the first time committed to ending the practice of routine gas flaring at oil production sites by 2030. The new initiative, Zero Routine Flaring by 2030, was announced Friday by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at an event in … [Read more...]
Humans Need to Achieve Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2100 – REPORT
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent COPENHAGEN, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit fast-worsening risks, a U.N. report showed on Sunday. The 40-page synthesis, summing up 5,000 pages of work by 800 scientists already published since September … [Read more...]
Antarctica’s Thaw Has Passed the Point of No Return
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, May 12 (Reuters) - Vast glaciers in West Antarctica seem to be locked in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming that may push up sea levels for centuries, scientists said on Monday. Six glaciers, eaten away from below by a warming of sea waters around the frozen continent, were flowing fast into the Amundsen Sea, … [Read more...]