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‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-22 15:00

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.

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The flooded buildings of Porto Alegre, Brazil – in pictures

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-22 15:00

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

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US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon

BBC - Wed, 2024-05-22 14:22
The Russian satellite launched last week may be capable of attacking other satellites, the Pentagon says.
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Australian Repair Market to launch in January with a single method, official says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 13:04
Australia will release the first Nature Repair Market methodology in January, a government official said Wednesday, officially kicking off the world's first government-regulated voluntary biodiversity credit market.
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’Shocking' and 'stupid': New Zealand man fined after attempting to 'body slam' an orca – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-22 11:47

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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Research finds only 35% of analysed ARR projects restore native ecosystem

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 09:15
Only 35% of afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) initiatives within the voluntary carbon market (VCM) reviewed by a US-based carbon management firm was found to revert ecosystem degradation, the company said Tuesday.
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California gasoline sales continue to decline, diesel gains again in February

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 09:04
California gasoline consumption continued its year-on-year (YoY) decline in February, as diesel sales increased for the second straight month, state data published Tuesday showed.
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Large-scale nuclear power station planned for Anglesey in Wales

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-22 09:01

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.

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Pollinator biodiversity around solar farms to be assessed by AI and acoustic monitoring

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 09:01
An upcoming study will look at the impact of solar farms on nature by deploying artificial intelligence (AI) technology alongside acoustic monitoring to assess pollinator levels.
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PREVIEW: Outlook firms ahead of rescheduled WCI Q2 auction

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 09:00
The California-Quebec current vintage carbon auction scheduled for May 22 is expected to clear in line with or at a slight discount to front-month California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices, above predictions made before the postponement of the Q2 sale.
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AI visualisation tool strives to increase trust in carbon markets

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 08:01
A new tool using remote sensing data and artificial intelligence (AI) to bring carbon projects to life hopes to rebuild trust in credits by making projects more accessible.
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Timber province in Argentina poised to issue carbon credits under world’s “most advanced” subnational J-REDD+ programme

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 07:32
An Argentine province that saw timber-driven growth over the past decade expects to issue large volumes of credits from jurisdictional nested REDD+ (JNR), making it the locale with the most progress under Verra's JNR framework to date, according to the voluntary carbon standard.
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Looming social acceptance issues ‘might kill EU ETS’, academic warns

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-22 07:27
A stocktake of international carbon markets presented on Tuesday highlighted the success of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, but researchers pointed to looming social acceptability issues that could derail carbon pricing policies going forward.
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Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-22 04:18

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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