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Siberian Craters Explained: Thawing Permafrost and Methane Gas Trigger Explosive Craters
Researchers have revealed the cause behind the enormous craters found in Siberia's permafrost, linking them to thawing conditions and explosive methane gas releases. As the surface melts, water seeps into ancient cryopegs, pockets of salty water trapped beneath the permafrost. The resulting pressure build-up causes cracks to form, leading to explos...
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Nuclear Threat, AI: Why 'Doomsday Clock' Remains At 90 Seconds To Midnight
The symbolic "Doomsday Clock" was held at 90 seconds to midnight Tuesday, reflecting existential threats to humanity posed by potential nuclear escalation from the war in Ukraine and the multiplying impacts of the climate crisis.
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Doomsday Clock Remains 90 Seconds To Midnight As Climate Crisis, AI Pose Risk To Humanity
The scientists emphasised in their announcement that the clock could be turned back, but governments and people need to take urgent action.
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6 People Take 32 Countries To Court Over Climate Change
The case was filed in September 2020 against the 27 EU member states as well as Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey.
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"Gateway To Underworld": World's Biggest Frozen Crater In Russia Thaws
Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the Batagaika crater, a one kilometre long gash in Russia's Far East that forms the world's biggest permafrost crater.
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Russia Aims To Block EU From Hosting COP29 Climate Summit
Russia intends to block European Union countries from hosting next year's U.N. international climate negotiations, according to internal emails seen by Reuters.
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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Satellite Photographs Of Events That Defined The Year
The year 2022 soon draws to a close after being marked by extraordinary upheaval caused by war in Ukraine, the impacts of climate change and pressures of rising inflation.
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Ukraine War Drove Countries Towards Power Efficiency: Energy Body
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven countries across the world to boost energy efficiency, creating "huge potential" to tackle high prices, security and climate change, the IEA said on Friday.
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Climate Policy Impossible Without Peace: Ukraine's Zelensky
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has distracted world governments from efforts to combat climate change, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video message played at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt.
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"Russia Is Storm, China Is Climate Change": Germany Spy Chief
Germany's intelligence service chiefs warned on Monday that China could use stakes in critical infrastructure as leverage to pursue political aims amid a debate in Berlin over whether to let Chinese shipping company Cosco invest in Hamburg port.
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Joe Biden Calls Clean Energy "National Security" Matter; Targets Russia
US President Joe Biden told a climate conference for major economies Friday that Russia's war in Ukraine shows the shift to renewable energy is a matter of national security as well as key to preventing global warming.
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40 Million More Pushed Into Acute Hunger In 2021: UN
The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's livelihoods, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday.
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Nations Approve Major UN Report On Accelerating Impact Of Climate Change
Nearly 200 nations approved a major UN climate change report detailing the accelerating impacts of global warming on Sunday, at the end of a sometimes fraught two-week meeting overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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"Big Mistake": Joe Biden Slams China, Russia For Skipping Climate Summit
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused China and Russia of failing to show leadership on climate change in blistering criticism of their leaders for not attending the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
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Disappointed Russia, China "Didn't Show Up" At G20 Summit: Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed his disappointment that Russia and China "basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change" at the G20 summit.
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Siberian Craters Explained: Thawing Permafrost and Methane Gas Trigger Explosive Craters
Researchers have revealed the cause behind the enormous craters found in Siberia's permafrost, linking them to thawing conditions and explosive methane gas releases. As the surface melts, water seeps into ancient cryopegs, pockets of salty water trapped beneath the permafrost. The resulting pressure build-up causes cracks to form, leading to explos...
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Nuclear Threat, AI: Why 'Doomsday Clock' Remains At 90 Seconds To Midnight
The symbolic "Doomsday Clock" was held at 90 seconds to midnight Tuesday, reflecting existential threats to humanity posed by potential nuclear escalation from the war in Ukraine and the multiplying impacts of the climate crisis.
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Doomsday Clock Remains 90 Seconds To Midnight As Climate Crisis, AI Pose Risk To Humanity
The scientists emphasised in their announcement that the clock could be turned back, but governments and people need to take urgent action.
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6 People Take 32 Countries To Court Over Climate Change
The case was filed in September 2020 against the 27 EU member states as well as Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey.
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"Gateway To Underworld": World's Biggest Frozen Crater In Russia Thaws
Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the Batagaika crater, a one kilometre long gash in Russia's Far East that forms the world's biggest permafrost crater.
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Russia Aims To Block EU From Hosting COP29 Climate Summit
Russia intends to block European Union countries from hosting next year's U.N. international climate negotiations, according to internal emails seen by Reuters.
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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Satellite Photographs Of Events That Defined The Year
The year 2022 soon draws to a close after being marked by extraordinary upheaval caused by war in Ukraine, the impacts of climate change and pressures of rising inflation.
-
Ukraine War Drove Countries Towards Power Efficiency: Energy Body
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven countries across the world to boost energy efficiency, creating "huge potential" to tackle high prices, security and climate change, the IEA said on Friday.
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Climate Policy Impossible Without Peace: Ukraine's Zelensky
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has distracted world governments from efforts to combat climate change, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video message played at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt.
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"Russia Is Storm, China Is Climate Change": Germany Spy Chief
Germany's intelligence service chiefs warned on Monday that China could use stakes in critical infrastructure as leverage to pursue political aims amid a debate in Berlin over whether to let Chinese shipping company Cosco invest in Hamburg port.
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Joe Biden Calls Clean Energy "National Security" Matter; Targets Russia
US President Joe Biden told a climate conference for major economies Friday that Russia's war in Ukraine shows the shift to renewable energy is a matter of national security as well as key to preventing global warming.
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40 Million More Pushed Into Acute Hunger In 2021: UN
The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's livelihoods, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday.
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Nations Approve Major UN Report On Accelerating Impact Of Climate Change
Nearly 200 nations approved a major UN climate change report detailing the accelerating impacts of global warming on Sunday, at the end of a sometimes fraught two-week meeting overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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"Big Mistake": Joe Biden Slams China, Russia For Skipping Climate Summit
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused China and Russia of failing to show leadership on climate change in blistering criticism of their leaders for not attending the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
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Disappointed Russia, China "Didn't Show Up" At G20 Summit: Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed his disappointment that Russia and China "basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change" at the G20 summit.
