EcoWatch - According to a new report by the International Chamber of Commerce and
consultancy firm Oxera, extreme weather events over the past 10 years
have cost a total of $2 trillion globally. The countries that have faced
the biggest losses include the U.S., China and India.
EcoWatch - Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by eight percent last year — to 37 percent below 1990 levels — according to a new report, Trends and projections in Europe 2024, by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
SciTechDaily - On April 5th, 2024, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck northern New Jersey’s Tewksbury township, triggering widespread alarm. Although the region occasionally experiences small tremors, this was the largest since 1884, when an earthquake of approximately magnitude 5 struck under the seabed off Brooklyn. According to existing models, the earthquake should have caused substantial damage at its epicenter, yet it remained largely unscathed. In contrast, relatively distant New York City shook much harder than expected, resulting in minor damages. Outsize shaking extended all the way to Virginia and Maine. A recent study suggests why this happened, challenging existing assumptions about regional earthquake hazards.
While 4.8 is not a major quake in global terms, people in the highly
populous U.S. Northeast are not used to anything that big. The U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) estimates it was felt by some 42 million
people; a USGS online portal
that crowd-sources first-person reports of shaking received nearly
184,000 entries―the most ever from any U.S. quake, according to a companion paper about the event. Both papers were recently published in the journal The Seismic Record.
Democratic Conservation Alliance - Meet Lee Zeldin, the man Trump picked to destroy the Environmental Protection Agency.
- He is a staunch climate change denier
- He wants to double-down on fracking, build new gas pipelines, and make it easier to drill off American shores
- He promised to roll back hundreds of environmental regulations on day one
Axios - Global carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas grew yet again in 2024, according to a new assessment. A peak in global emissions is necessary in the near-term, followed by steep reductions to net zero by 2050, to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences from human-caused global warming. Global fossil-related CO2 emissions are expected to increase by 0.8% this year to 37.4 billion metric tons, the report found. This is higher than the average annual growth rate seen during the last decade....
"The scene is set for peak global fossil CO2 emissions, but the world continually finds ways to burn ever more fossil fuels," said report co-author Glen Peters, a senior researcher at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Norway....
Global CO2 emissions from coal use are slated to grow this year by 0.2%, the report finds, reaching a record high despite its declining use in many countries.
- IAccording to a recent UN report, global greenhouse gas emissions must now be cut by about 7.5% per year through 2035 to meet the Paris Agreement's most aggressive target.
- A total of 22 countries saw CO2 emissions tied to burning fossil fuels come down while they grew their economies. Read more
No comments:
Post a Comment