Russian Company Behind Arctic Fuel Spill Reports Pipeline Leak
A Russian mining giant, which is already in a dispute with authorities over a fuel spill in the Arctic earlier this year, has suffered a leak in a pipeline. MMC Continue Reading
CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts
Although large emissions cuts are urgently needed to achieve global climate goals, it may take decades before we can measure the effect of the reductions on global temperature evolution, according Continue Reading
Global GDP Could Fall 20% as Climate Change Heats up
Hotter temperatures by 2100 could slash global GDP by more than 20%, according to new research, and the way the economic impact will be distributed threatens to turn climate change Continue Reading
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
Here at 12,000 feet on the Continental Divide, only vestiges of the winter snowpack remain, scattered white patches that have yet to melt and feed the upper Colorado River, 50 Continue Reading
Russian Company Refuses $2 Billion Government Bill for Arctic Fuel Spill
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a national state of emergency over 20,000 tons of spilled diesel fuel in Siberia, an action that the government hasn’t taken during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
Intense Arctic Wildfires Set a Pollution Record
Intense wildfires in the Arctic in June released more polluting gases into the Earth’s atmosphere than in any other month in 18 years of data collection, European scientists said in Continue Reading
Alpine Glaciers Shrank Nearly 20% Over the Past Two Decades
The amount of ice in the Alps has shrunk 17% since the turn of the century, highlighting the severity of climate change as countries grapple with how to slow global Continue Reading
Planet posts hottest June on record, tied with last year
June 2020 tied for the planet’s warmest on record, closely matching the anomalously toasty temperatures observed globally during June last year. But one region, in particular, saw heat virtually off Continue Reading
Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Gets Update
Colorado State University has raised its annual forecast to call for 20 named storms, up from its outlook issued in June calling for 19. (Bloomberg) — After a frenzied start, Continue Reading
Russia’s Nornickel asked to pay $2.1 billion for May diesel spill in Arctic
Russia’s environmental regulator has asked Nornickel to pay Rb148 billion ($2.1 billion) compensation for the damage caused by the May 29 diesel spill at an Arctic power plant. Receive daily Continue Reading