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Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-02-22 13:21
The best strategy to protecting Earth’s coral reefs is to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions. But in the meantime, we must urgently make corals more resilient. Kate Marie Quigley, DECRA Research Fellow (James Cook University), Principal Research Scientist (Minderoo Foundation), James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Whale song mystery solved by scientists

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 12:29
Scientists deduce how whales sing under the sea, and why they can be drowned out by noisy ships.
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Whale song mystery solved by scientists

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 12:29
Scientists deduce how whales sing under the sea, and why they can be drowned out by noisy ships.
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Moment giant Antarctica drone takes off

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 11:40
Scientists want to use the robot plane to reach inaccessible areas to understand climate change.
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Maryland congressman introduces legislation for state cap-and-invest programme

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 10:09
A Democratic delegate in Maryland's lower house introduced legislation earlier this month that would establish a cap-and-invest programme in the RGGI-participating state.
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California bill addressing “junk” voluntary carbon credits resurfaces

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 10:04
A Senate bill that looks to tighten regulations on the issuance and sale of carbon offsets, which was vetoed last year, has resurfaced in the California legislature.
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UK quits Energy Charter Treaty following failed attempts at modernisation

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 10:01
The UK is quitting the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), following a growing number of EU countries that have left the agreement after years of protracted negotiations failed to reform it to support the transition to net zero emissions, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) announced Thursday.
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Growth in CO2 emissions leaves China likely to miss climate targets

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-02-22 10:01

Carbon intensity of the country’s economy remains high, despite rapid improvements in clean energy output

China is off track on all of its core 2025 climate targets, despite the fact that clean energy is now the biggest driver of the country’s economic growth, analysis has found.

After years of extraordinarily rapid growth, China is now grappling with a slowdown that is causing ripples internally and internationally. The government has supercharged the growth of the renewable energy industry but it has imultaneously poured stimulus funds into construction and manufacturing, and continues to approve coal power.

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Rising emissions leaves China way off track against 2025 climate targets -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 10:01
China needs to cut emissions by at least 4% to meet its carbon intensity targets, given an increase in last year's CO2 output due to continued demand for coal-fired power, a report has found.
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How AI is helping the search for extraterrestrial life

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 10:01
Artificial intelligence software is being used to look for signs of alien lifeforms.
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NZ Market: NZU price falls 4% amid mass selling

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 09:50
The NZU price dropped NZ$2.65 on Wednesday, amid mass selling that market participants blamed on an overall weakness in the market.
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‘Safe’ air-quality levels in US, UK and EU still harmful for health, study says

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-02-22 09:30

Even small amount of exposure to minute soot particles – known as PM2.5 – raises the risk of cardiovascular disease

The sooty air pollution spewed out by cars, trucks and factories is causing widespread harm to people’s hearts and lungs even with the smallest amounts of exposure, with government regulations still routinely allowing for dangerous risks to public health, two major new studies have found.

There is no safe amount of a microscopic form of airborne pollution known as PM2.5, consisting of tiny particles of soot measuring less than the width of a human hair, for heart and lung health, US researchers found, with even small amounts raising the risk of potentially serious problems.

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Asian forest fund makes first investment in Thai peatland restoration project

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 09:16
Forestry asset manager New Forests on Thursday announced it had made its first investment from its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) by establishing a peatland conservation and restoration project in Thailand that could generate around 500,000 carbon credits per year.
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Air pollution could be significant cause of dementia – even for those not predisposed

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-02-22 07:13

People in areas of high PM2.5 concentrations had higher amounts of amyloid plaques in brain

Air pollution from traffic is linked to some of the more severe forms of dementia, and could be a significant cause of the condition among those who are not already genetically predisposed to it, research suggests.

Research carried out in Atlanta, Georgia, found that people with higher exposure to traffic-related fine particulate matter air pollution were more likely to have high amounts of the amyloid plaques in their brains that are associated with Alzheimer’s.

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Mid-term evaluation of EU’s post-Covid finance facility finds obstacles to ‘green recovery’

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 06:32
Numerous obstacles persist on the way to a green recovery across the EU, according to the European Commission’s mid-term evaluation of the financial tools put in place after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Pioneering European satellite burns up over Pacific

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 06:18
The veteran ERS-2 Earth observation spacecraft dives to destruction 2,000km west of California.
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US market watchdog challenged regarding extent of regulation over voluntary carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 05:47
Dozens of green groups, think tanks, and industry associations submitted feedback in response to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s guidelines on voluntary carbon credit trading, of which commentators varied in degrees to which the CFTC can establish standards regarding underlying carbon credits in derivatives contracts.
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Clean steam: US-based startup raises $21 mln towards industrial decarbonisation

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 05:28
A US-based startup that decarbonises industrial steam production has raised $21 million in Series A financing.
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