Capital City Introduces New System for Water Conservation Orders
(VOCM News) The city of St. John’s has a new tiered system for water conservation orders. It…
Older than Stonehenge and bigger than Luxembourg, this ancient underwater realm is home to creatures thought extinct for millions of years
Glass sponges may be one of the most peculiar creatures on the planet. These animals were one of…
A New Way to Fight Climate Change Emerges From Erupting Volcano
When the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apa submarine volcano erupted in 2022, it spewed roughly 2.9 billion tons of ash…
Is caring about the climate unmanly?
Mike Smith had been a US fighter pilot for more than a decade when he took what he…
Byron says bye-bye to Canada Day fireworks. How rising costs impact London celebrations
When Byron resident Linsday Clark was growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, she always attended Canada Day…
The Chilean town living with the world’s most polluting dump
From afar, Chile’s Tiltil landfill almost resembles just another mountain, but the growing rubbish pile has created a…
Birds avoid wind turbines painted like venomous snakes
Wind turbines are a net positive for a sustainable society, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an…
Enhanced response of extreme compound events to cumulative CO2 emissions
Zscheischler, J. et al. A typology of compound weather and climate events. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. 1, 333–347…
Recycled plastics for food use require stronger safeguards, warn UN food security experts
The UN food security agency warns that recycled plastics and alternative packaging materials can help reduce waste, but…
Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years | Brazil
Brazil’s Atlantic forest, the country’s most threatened biome, last year recorded its lowest level of deforestation since monitoring…
Viridor proposes shutdown of Quantafuel chemical recycling activities
Viridor has proposed shutting down its chemical recycling operations in Northern Europe. The British waste management company argues…
Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules
Across New Zealand and Australia, the impacts of a warming climate have been slowly changing how investors weigh…