President Biden marks Earth Day with $7bn in grants for key component of Inflation Reduction Act
President Joe Biden to announce $7 billion in awards through EPA’s Solar for All program and unveil major steps to advance the American Climate Corps.
Weather-related insurance claims from UK homes and businesses reaches all time high
Property insurers paid out the equivalent of £13 million every day last year to help homeowners and businesses cope with unexpected and unwanted events like flooding and theft, according to figures published today by the Association of British Insurers.
European court rules climate inaction by governments is a violation of human rights
The European Court of Human Rights has issued its landmark judgment that climate inaction by governments is a violation of human rights.
IETA issues new guidelines on how corporate buyers should consider their use of carbon credits
IETA issues new guidelines on how corporate buyers should consider their use of carbon credits to progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Research show extremes in Antarctica may be the tip of the iceberg as world warms
Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss will become more common and more severe, finds new research.
Research finds Antarctic penguin colonies declining due to climate change
Research carried out by Greenpeace has found that chinstrap penguin colonies in the Antarctic have declined by as much as 77% in the last 50 years.
‘Breeding failure’ for thousands of emperor penguin chicks over last three years
New research has found that emperor penguin chicks in Antarctica have been wiped out.
Iceberg twice the size of NYC set to break off from Antarctic ice shelf
Cracks growing across Antarctica’s Brunt ice shelf are set to release an iceberg twice the size of New York City.
Antarctica is losing six times more ice mass annually now than 40 years ago
A new report by NASA and the University of California, Irvine has found that ice mass in Antarctica has been declining rapidly over the last 40 years.
Solar Voyager made from recycled plastic set for Antarctic expedition
A new vehicle, powered by the sun and made out of plastic waste, is set to explore Antarctica.
Obama Introduces Off-Limits Ocean Drilling Areas
President Obama has indefinitely blocked offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean.
Aruba targets 100% renewables by 2020
South Caribbean island, Aruba, has pledged to transition to 100 per cent renewable electricity within the next four years.
World’s largest marine park created in Antarctica
A landmark agreement has been signed by 24 countries and the EU to protect the Ross Sea in Antarctica.
Antarctic ice melting rate has trebled in 21 years
The Antarctic ice shelf is under increasing threat from warming ocean currents and the rate of melting of glaciers has trebled in the last two decades, according to new research
35,000 walruses forced onto beach in Alaska with ice sheets melting
Gathering was noticed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at Point Lay and US is rerouting flights to avoid causing a stampede
Could global warming be creating more ice?
One common depiction of global warming is the melting of the ice caps. As the temperature rises, the ice caps melt - it's as simple as that, isn't it?
Antarctica losing 160bn tonnes of ice every year
European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite mission shows Antarctica is losing nearly 60 billion tonnes more than previously measured based on data from 2005 to 2010
Giant Antarctic rift fuelling ice loss
Researchers from the UK have discovered a mile deep rift in Antarctica that is speeding melting in the region.
Scientists better understand climate of the past and its relationship to carbon dioxide
Climate change from a historical context was more closely linked to carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to research by the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen
Huge ice island breaks off Greenland glacier
A giant iceberg has been formed off the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. The Manhattan size piece of ice is 46 square miles across and is about half the size of the berg formed in 2010 from the same glacier.