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‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says
Winter downpours also made 20% wetter and will occur every three years without urgent carbon cuts, experts warn
The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found.
More than a dozen storms battered the region in quick succession between October and March, which was the second-wettest such period in nearly two centuries of records. The downpour led to severe floods, at least 20 deaths, severe damage to homes and infrastructure, power blackouts, travel cancellations, and heavy losses of crops and livestock.
Continue reading...The flooded buildings of Porto Alegre, Brazil – in pictures
Photographer Gideon Mendel has filmed and photographed floods around the world extensively. He travelled by boat through the historic town centre of Port Alegre, documenting the reflections across a city that had become a liquid landscape
Continue reading...Heavy lifting complete, as final 38 tonne Tesla Megapack installed at battery project next to coal plant
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Coal and gas use must peak and decline, “starting today:” BNEF outlook warns world headed to 2.6°C
The post Coal and gas use must peak and decline, “starting today:” BNEF outlook warns world headed to 2.6°C appeared first on RenewEconomy.
US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon
Australian Repair Market to launch in January with a single method, official says
Capacity Investment Scheme: Why it must play the long duration storage game
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“Back to the future” for Australia’s carbon credit scheme
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Horizon Power goes renewables-first in latest remote standalone power tender
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’Shocking' and 'stupid': New Zealand man fined after attempting to 'body slam' an orca – video
The New Zealand Department of Conservation has released vision of a man appearing to attempt to 'body slam' an Orca, describing the behaviour as 'shocking and stupid'. The 50-year-old Auckland man has been fined $600. Hayden Loper, a principal investigator at the department, says the man showed reckless disregard for his own safety and that of the orca. “The video speaks for itself, it is shocking and absolutely idiotic behaviour."
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Continue reading...Amp locks in contracts for massive 10GW Cape Hardy green hydrogen and ammonia project
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Research finds only 35% of analysed ARR projects restore native ecosystem
California gasoline sales continue to decline, diesel gains again in February
Large-scale nuclear power station planned for Anglesey in Wales
Ministers are discussing who will build the plant, which will join Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C as major future suppliers to the grid
Ministers have earmarked north Wales as the site of a large-scale nuclear power plant, which is part of plans to resuscitate Britain’s nuclear power ambitions.
Wylfa on Anglesey (Ynys Môn) has been named as the preferred site for the UK’s third major nuclear power plant in a generation, coming after EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, which is under construction in Somerset, and its Sizewell C nuclear project planned for Suffolk.
Continue reading...Pollinator biodiversity around solar farms to be assessed by AI and acoustic monitoring
PREVIEW: Outlook firms ahead of rescheduled WCI Q2 auction
AI visualisation tool strives to increase trust in carbon markets
Timber province in Argentina poised to issue carbon credits under world’s “most advanced” subnational J-REDD+ programme
Looming social acceptance issues ‘might kill EU ETS’, academic warns
Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave
High temperatures in Mexico have been linked to dozens and perhaps hundreds of deaths of howler monkeys
It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees.
At least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. Others were rescued by residents, including five that were rushed to a local veterinarian who battled to save them.
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