» Weatherwatch: bees need cosy homes, too
07/12/23 06:00 from Weatherwatch | The Guardian
Study shows bees huddle for survival in traditional thin-walled hives made by humans When the weather becomes colder, bees huddle. For more than a century, humans have been designing our beehives with thin walls, in the belief that the h...

» Help stop the queensland-hunter gas pipeline
07/12/23 03:54 from Climate Council
The Queensland-Hunter Gas Pipeline is a proposed underground pipeline route intended to pipe dangerous, polluting fossil gas between Queensland and the proposed Narrabri Gas Project.  15 years ago, the Federal Government determined ...

» Sweden and the US sign historic defence deal
06/12/23 20:37 from Eye on the Arctic
Sweden and the United States have signed a historic defence cooperation agreement. Under the deal, the US military gain access

» Prey driven away by wildfire, YKDFN says wolves are turning to the city for food
06/12/23 20:20 from Eye on the Arctic
Wolf sightings have been “persistent” around Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah recently — and a chief with the Yellowknives Dene First

» Dredging up New York City’s Glacial Memory
06/12/23 19:11 from State of the Planet
Glaciologist Elizabeth Case spoke to New Yorkers about the role glaciers have played in designing the city’s landscape.

» Record number of golden eagle chicks on Gotland: ”The island is full”
06/12/23 17:33 from Eye on the Arctic
Record numbers of golden eagle chicks have hatched on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea this year. The

» Frozen plans: building of far northern coal mine halted by sanctions and Arctic ice
06/12/23 16:54 from Eye on the Arctic
As soon as in 2023, the Syradasayskoye coal mine was to produce several million tons of high-quality coal, but developer

» Climate shocks: Estimates of people exposed, vulnerable, and at high risk
06/12/23 16:46 from PreventionWeb
More than half the global population – around 4.5 billion people – are at high risk of experiencing an extreme weather event, such as a flood, drought, cyclone, or heatwave.

» Counting people exposed to, vulnerable to, or at high risk from climate shocks — a methodology
06/12/23 16:44 from PreventionWeb
This paper presents a methodology to estimate the number of people who are at high risk from extreme weather events, defined as the people who are exposed to these events and highly vulnerable to them.

» Three decades of data in Bangladesh show elevated risk of infant mortality in flood-prone areas
06/12/23 16:30 from PreventionWeb
The findings reveal the long term public health burden of environmental hazards that are predicted to worsen under climate change.

» Study: Western wildfires reversed decades of gains from air pollution-fighting measures
06/12/23 16:27 from PreventionWeb
The increasing number and intensity of wildfires in the Western U.S. are overshadowing other achievements at reducing emissions, aggravating air pollution and increasing disease and mortality.

» American Geophysical Union 2023: Key Research From the Columbia Climate School
06/12/23 16:25 from State of the Planet
A guide to notable research to be presented at the world's largest gathering of earth and space scientists.

» FAO strengthening countries’ capacities in desert locust risk reduction in East Africa and the Middle East
06/12/23 16:21 from PreventionWeb
FAO is conducting a 5-day training workshop for technical officers in charge of desert locust control from East Africa and the Middle East, aimed to enhance preparedness of their countries to effectively respond to desert locust outbreak...

» expert reaction to study on understanding and preventing unintended immune responses in mRNA therapeutics
06/12/23 16:10 from Science Media Centre » Briefings
A study published in Nature looks at unintended immune responses in mRNA therapeutics.   Prof Stephen Griffin, Professor of Cancer Virology, University … read more

» Understanding and preventing off-target effects of therapeutic mRNAs
06/12/23 16:10 from Science Media Centre » Briefings
  Since the successful development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, this technology is now considered game changing for the future … read more

» Arctic research conference is held in the Arctic for 1st time
06/12/23 15:44 from Eye on the Arctic
A national Arctic research conference is taking place in Iqaluit this week, marking the first time in the academic conference’s

» Chiefs seek unity as a fractured Assembly of First Nations elects new leader
06/12/23 15:18 from Eye on the Arctic
First Nations leaders gathering in Ottawa this week to elect a new national chief say the top issue facing the

» Antarctic photo nominated in competition
06/12/23 14:30 from News Archive - British Antarctic Survey
The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition celebrates the power of photography in capturing scientific phenomena happening all around us, and the role great images play in making science accessible to … The post Antarctic...

» Press Release | COP28: Civil Society Groups Convene at COP28 to Demand Urgent Release of Vietnam’s Climate Defenders
06/12/23 13:31 from International River's General RSS feed
For Immediate Release: 6 December 2023 Dubai, UAE – Following last week’s release of Vietnam’s Resource Mobilization Plan – an implementation plan detailing how the country intends to operationalize its energy transition package – ...

» Rising to the challenge: Professional women excelling in disaster resilience
06/12/23 12:54 from UNDRR
Take part in this fireside chat to learn from the WIN DRR Award winners about their career challenges and successes.

» Rising to the challenge: Professional women excelling in disaster resilience
06/12/23 12:54 from PreventionWeb
Take part in this fireside chat to learn from the WIN DRR Award winners about their career challenges and successes.

» Another Record-Hot Month Puts 2023 on Track to Be Hottest Year Ever
06/12/23 12:51 from Yale E360
November was the sixth month in a row of record-warm weather, according to a new analysis that finds 2023 will almost inevitably end as the hottest year ever recorded. Read more on E360 →

» COP28 is about action, not politics, ‘posturing or point scoring,’ says UN climate chief
06/12/23 12:00 from UN News
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the climate crisis.

» What did we learn from 2023’s destructive wildfires?
06/12/23 12:00 from Yale Climate Connections
Massive wildfires raged from northern Canada to Greece to Hawai’i this year. The post What did we learn from 2023’s destructive wildfires? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections .

» ‘It’s very, very concerning’: Antarctica meltdown left penguin chicks drowned, frozen
06/12/23 12:00 from Yale Climate Connections
Emperor penguins could be in trouble as sea ice declines. The post ‘It’s very, very concerning’: Antarctica meltdown left penguin chicks drowned, frozen appeared first on Yale Climate Connections .

» How can fossil Geothermal System enhance Present Exploration?
06/12/23 11:00 from Latest posts from EGU blogs
Geothermal resource development faces a major obstacle: the expensive exploration process. Unsuccessful drilled wells can discourage interest and disrupt economic plans. Understanding the relationship between geologic structures and geot...

» The Side Effect Roulette of Cancer Treatment
06/12/23 08:05 from Undark
Clinical trials typically are well designed to measure the effectiveness and safety of cancer drugs, but some researchers and patient advocates say they don’t similarly capture the drug’s tolerability — that is, how well a patient can de...

» In Massachusetts, the Never-Ending Fight over Herring Marches On
06/12/23 08:01 from Hakai Magazine
The cannon wasn’t built for herring—which might explain why it exploded. On a September day in 1805, Thomas Gifford lugged a cannon onto the village green in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The 27-year-old stuffed the barrel with herring and li...

» expert reaction to The Global Tipping Points Report 2023
06/12/23 00:10 from Science Media Centre » Briefings
Scientists react to the Global Tipping Points Report 2023.    Dr Louise Sime, climate scientist and tipping points expert at … read more

» The Global Tipping Points Report 2023
06/12/23 00:10 from Science Media Centre » Briefings
The Global Tipping Points Report is a peer-reviewed assessment of the threats and opportunities of negative and positive tipping points … read more

» Exploration of Deep Earthquakes and Planetary Interiors
06/12/23 00:00 from Latest posts from EGU blogs
Most earthquakes on Earth start in the shallow, brittle part of the planet. However, there are several regions where earthquakes happen deep in the mantle. Where are these regions? Why do these earthquakes get so deep? In this week’s blo...

» New report promotes equitable research in Northern Canada
05/12/23 22:18 from Eye on the Arctic
The Council of Canadian Academies published on Monday a new report on the best practices for conducting scientific research in

» Canada May Soon Give a $15.3B ‘Carbon Bomb’ Subsidy to Big Oil, Experts Say
05/12/23 21:20 from DeSmogBlog
As world leaders meet in Dubai for the COP28 climate negotiations, federal and provincial governments in Canada are preparing to give an estimated $15.3 billion in new subsidies to oil and gas companies, and other heavy emitters, for exp...

» Surviving a heatwave: how to stay cool this summer
05/12/23 19:34 from Climate Council
The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed that another El Niño event is underway, bringing hot and dry conditions to much of Australia.. Climate change, driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas, is already leading to hotter, longer and m...

» expert reaction to study suggesting many pregnant women may not be getting essential nutrients they need from modern diets
05/12/23 19:10 from Science Media Centre » Briefings
A study published in PLOS Medicine looks at nutrient status in pregnant women.    Dr Duane Mellor, Registered Dietitian and Senior Lecturer, … read more

» Los jóvenes del mundo tienen un mensaje para los gobiernos: ‘No confiamos en ustedes’
05/12/23 19:06 from Yale Climate Connections
Una psicóloga arroja una luz constructiva sobre su investigación sobre la ansiedad climática. The post Los jóvenes del mundo tienen un mensaje para los gobiernos: ‘No confiamos en ustedes’ appeared first on Yale Climate Conne...