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The EU pledges support for the wind energy sector

The EU pledges support for the wind energy sector

Offshore wind turbines of the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark. Photo credit: AP Photo / Heribert Proepper. By Anders Lorenzen Amidst the trouble faced by the wind sector in Europe, the EU has pledged a package of support measures. Inflation, supply chain issues and rising costs are just some of the problems that Europe’s wind sector is currently facing, which are […]

A Sign of Things to Come? After Last Ice Age, Europe Cooled as the Planet Warmed

More than 8,000 years ago, as the planet thawed following the end of the last ice age, Northern Europe abruptly cooled. New research reveals that Arctic ice melt weakened a critical ocean current, leaving Europe in the cold, a finding with important implications for future climate change. For a roughly 200-year stretch, scientists believe, temperatures in Europe and the North […]

Libya’s catastrophic floods

Libya’s catastrophic floods

Derna following the devastation. Photo credit: X, formerly Twitter. By Anders Lorenzen The North African country of Libya is counting the cost after they experienced a catastrophic and devastating flood which have so far killed thousands of people, with many people having been swept out to sea. On Sunday night the Mediterranean city of Dernan were obliterated by a torrent […]

Viewpoint: Why it’s helpful to charge EVs on the go

Viewpoint: Why it’s helpful to charge EVs on the go

By Jeremy Williams I’m aware of four different ways to charge electric vehicles without stopping to plug in. All of them have been trialled and some are being adopted more widely. I’ve written about all four at some point: Overhead cables – somewhat obvious, given that trams and trolleybuses operate on this system already. Not something that cars will use, […]

A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?

A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?

For millions of people around the globe, fireflies have been a big part of the magic of spring and early summer nights. They certainly were in our family. When my children were young, our field in central Massachusetts blazed with fireflies. Before our firefly expeditions in the 1980s I’d recite “All About Fireflies All About,” in which David McCord celebrates […]

Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last Decade

Between 2012 and 2022, at least 1,910 people advocating for environmental protection were killed worldwide, a new report finds. In 2022 alone, 177 environmental activists were murdered, or roughly one every other day, according to Global Witness, a U.K.-based watchdog group. “Violence, intimidation, and harassment are also being inflicted to silence defenders around the world,” Shruti Suresh, of Global Witness, […]

Climate Change Hurting Water Quality in Rivers Worldwide, Study Finds

Bouts of intense drought and rainfall are hurting water quality in rivers around the globe, according to a sprawling new analysis. For the study, scientists looked at 965 case studies, tracking how extreme weather impacted rivers on every habitable continent. They found that water quality dropped during 51 percent of floods and rainstorms, as fertilizer runoff poured into rivers and […]

Join In: World Cleanup Day Activities

Join In: World Cleanup Day Activities

Since 2017, volunteers have gathered worldwide to participate in World Cleanup Day, a popular global event still taking hold in the United States. World Cleanup Day falls on September 16th this year, and you can create a cleanup or join a local event at the National Cleanup website. Over the past five years, World Cleanup Day has mobilized 71 million […]

From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes

From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes

A family of muskox rumbles along craggy hilltops overlooking the small parade of humans crossing the West Greenland tundra. Ecologist Václava Hazuková, in the lead, sets a brisk pace as we bushwhack through knee-high willow and birch. Leaning forward under an equipment-filled pack nearly half her size, she high-steps over “pillows and mattresses” — hummocks of plants interspersed with troughs […]

Initiative launched to boost renewables in Africa

Initiative launched to boost renewables in Africa

The APRA launh event. Photo credit: IRENA. By Anders Lorenzen An initiative spearheaded by The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), together with Kenya, Denmark, Germany and the COP28 hosts, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), seeks to boost renewable energy production in the continent of Africa. The partnership; ‘Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA)’ was launched in Nairobi, the capital […]

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