New Project Aims to Relocate Oyamel Fir Trees to Protect Monarch Butterflies

New Project Aims to Relocate Oyamel Fir Trees to Protect Monarch Butterflies

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An innovative project aimed at cultivating new oyamel fir forests in central Mexico holds promise for the survival of monarch butterflies, which rely on these trees for their winter hibernation. The ongoing threat of climate change has raised concerns that these crucial habitats could vanish by the end of the…

Can Diamond Dust Help Cool Earth? Exploring Costs and Geoengineering Risks

Can Diamond Dust Help Cool Earth? Exploring Costs and Geoengineering Risks

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Injecting diamond dust into the atmosphere could potentially cool the planet by 1.6ºC, according to a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters. Led by Sandro Vattioni, a climate scientist at ETH Zürich, the research explores whether diamonds, as opposed to commonly used materials like sulfur, could offer a safer…

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Provides Insights into Mars’ Uninhabitable Climate

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Provides Insights into Mars’ Uninhabitable Climate

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NASA‘s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale Crater on Mars, has revealed critical insights into the planet’s ancient climate. The research uncovers how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable environment, abundant in liquid water, to the cold, arid landscape we see today. An artist’s concept illustrates early Mars, where liquid water…

Advanced Alien Civilisations Could Self-Destruct Through Climate Change, Claims New Study

Advanced Alien Civilisations Could Self-Destruct Through Climate Change, Claims New Study

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A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that advanced alien civilisations might only have a thousand years before their planets become uninhabitable due to climate change. This alarming finding stems from simulations exploring the trajectory of technological growth and energy consumption of these hypothetical societies. Even those relying on renewable energy…

Largest US asset managers cut support for climate change proposals
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Largest US asset managers cut support for climate change proposals

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The three largest US asset managers cut their support for so-called ESG proposals by shareholders during the last voting season amid Republican pushback against the controversial investing policy, according to a report. State Street, BlackRock and Vanguard — which collectively own about 20% of the shares of all companies in…

Greenhouse Gas is Rising Rapidly in Atmosphere Due to Human Activities, Highlights New Report

Greenhouse Gas is Rising Rapidly in Atmosphere Due to Human Activities, Highlights New Report

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Recent research highlights a troubling rise in atmospheric methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat in the short term. Despite the 2021 Global Methane Pledge, which aims to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, current levels are increasing faster than…

El Nino and Massive Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Mass Extinction of Life 250 Million Years Ago

El Nino and Massive Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Mass Extinction of Life 250 Million Years Ago

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New research suggests that a powerful El Niño cycle, fuelled by a massive release of carbon dioxide, may have contributed to Earth’s largest mass extinction around 250 million years ago, during the end of the Permian period. Volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia caused enormous amounts of carbon dioxide…

Antarctica Was Last Ice-Free 34 Million Years Ago: What Triggered This Climate Shift?

Antarctica Was Last Ice-Free 34 Million Years Ago: What Triggered This Climate Shift?

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Antarctica, now a vast frozen continent, was not always covered in ice. Around 34 million years ago, during the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, the continent was ice-free. According to Eric Wolff, a paleoclimatologist from the University of Cambridge, Antarctica resembled northern Canada with tundra and coniferous forests before it froze. The shift…

Kathy Hochul may be waking to NY energy woes—yet won’t fix the problem
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Kathy Hochul may be waking to NY energy woes—yet won’t fix the problem

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Gov. Hochul may have finally awoken to the state’s looming energy nightmare. Too bad she’s befuddled about how to prevent it. Her energy summit last week was meant to reckon with an inconvenient truth: All the pixie dust in the world won’t help New York meet its goals to abandon…