Planet Earth plagued by extreme weather events in 2022 30-01-2023 Although 2022 has not been the warmest year ever due to the presence of La NiƱa, it will not reverse the trend of the last 8 years of having been the warmest ever recorded, nor the record levels of greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere
The melting of the Antarctic ice sheet can still be stopped 28-01-2023 According to a recent study published in Nature Communications, it would still be possible to stop the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet
Antarctica, the new iceberg that has broken off is the size of London 28-01-2023 Iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf on January 22. The huge chunk of ice broke free after the fracture known as Chasm-1 extended fully northward: the fracture had been under control since early 2012
Doomsday clock at just 90 seconds to midnight 27-01-2023 With the war in Ukraine and fears of a nuclear tragedy heightened, the hands of the Doomsday Clock were moved forward this year from 100 seconds in 2022, signaling the approaching day of the apocalypse
Climate crisis could blur our telescopes' view of the universe 25-01-2023 "Climate change is already affecting astronomy and my work," said planetary scientist from the University of Alicante in Spain Santana-Ros
The oceans have never been so warmer: "Like 5 Hiroshima bombs per second" 22-01-2023 The analysis explains that the temperature of the seas around the world, between the surface and two thousand meters deep, has never been so high
Brazil: 2022 record year of deforestation in the Amazon 21-01-2023 In the last year, the forest has lost more than 10.5 million square kilometres
Greenland near collapse: the last decade the warmest in 1,000 years 21-01-2023 According to the data acquired from the study of ice cores, a drama has been going on since 1995: this is what emerges from a study by the German Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research
Microplastic pollution also in the Arctic fjord water 15-01-2023 In the context of global warming, from satellite observations and other studies, over the last 40 years, a marked decrease in both the surface and volume of Arctic ice has been recorded
Microplastic effects in Antarctic marine ecosystems 14-01-2023 A research tries to go in depth on the effect of microplastics even in frontier environments such as Antarctica
Antarctic coastal exposure has changed dramatically over the past 30 years 14-01-2023 Change and variability in Antarctic coastal exposure, 1979-2020, study published on the Nature communications, makes a profound retrospective on the topic
Europe just experienced the warmest winter ever 10-01-2023 Indeed, the second month of the meteorological winter has already shattered hundreds of records between Saturday 31 December 2022 and Monday 2 January 2023
By 2100, 2 out of 3 glaciers will become extinct due to the climate crisis 10-01-2023 The study published in the journal Science and led by the US Carnegie Mellon University leaves no way out, and this is the worst case scenario
COP 15 reaches a historic milestone: the protection of 30% of biodiversity by 2030 20-12-2022 The agreement provides for the protection of 30% of the planet by 2030, the restoration of 30% of degraded marine and terrestrial areas by 2030 and the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples
Norway: the climate crisis is impacting drinking water 16-12-2022 Many countries are dealing with the impact of the climate crisis, one of them is Norway
Climate change and plant pathogens 12-12-2022 Plant pathology, or phytopathology, is the branch of botany that studies the diseases caused to plants by harmful organisms and the alterations of plants due to pollutants and physiopathologies caused by climatic or meteorological factors
UK: plants flower a month earlier under recent warming 08-12-2022 From the UK comes disconcerting news about climate change
Sea-level changes from global to local scales 07-12-2022 The scientific community is in fact now unanimous in attributing the cause of the warming and therefore also of the recent rise in sea level to human activities
Urban hydrological responses to climate change 06-12-2022 Urban hydrological responses to climate change and urbanization in cold climates, is a study published on the The Science of the total environment
Pollution of the world's rivers 25-11-2022 Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers, a study published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, makes an interesting retrospective
CoP27 reaches agreement on relief for the damage caused by climate change 23-11-2022 At the COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, the richest countries in the north of the planet, led by the US and the EU, and the emerging and developing countries led by China, agreed to set up a fund to restore the losses and damage caused by global warming
Climate warming side effect with plants and pollinators 22-11-2022 Global warming is characterized by the increase in the global average temperature and by atmospheric phenomena associated with it, of which the predominant causes are to be found in human activity
Environmental microplastic effect on the cardiovascular system 19-11-2022 Environmental microplastic and nanoplastic: Exposure routes and effects on coagulation and the cardiovascular system, study published on the Environmental pollution, made a review on the issue
Sophia Kianni, the new Greta Thunberg, spoke to CoP27 18-11-2022 While Greta Thunberg refuses to speak in Sharm El Sheik calling Cop27 greenwashing, her heir, Sophia Kianni, is today among the young climate advisor to the UN secretary general