Top news of the week: 14.04.2021.
Climate
Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest, study warns
Plants and animals that only live in one region – known as “endemic” species – are expected to be “consistently more adversely impacted” by climate change than their less specialised ...
Looking towards the future with NOAA Research Deputy Assistant Administrator Ko Barrett
Ko Barrett is NOAA Research’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Programs and Administration. In this leadership position, Ko supervises daily operations and administration of several major ...
Lobbying for good? New campaign asks Big Tech to push for bold climate action
There’s no doubt that Big Tech has been talking a big climate game lately. In the last two years, Microsoft committed to running its operations entirely on renewable energy by 2025; Apple ...
CO2, methane emissions surged 2020 despite pandemic: NOAA
Carbon dioxide and methane emissions surged in 2020 even amid coronavirus shutdowns, according to
Global Warming Is Bringing Spring Earlier To The U.S.
Yet another addition to the ever-expanding list of things that climate change is messing up: spring. According to new research, due to rising temperatures
Loose-fit infrastructure can better account for climate change
Like buying a slightly bigger coat for a rapidly growing teenager, we need something that works now and also continues to perform over time.
Climate change, rich-poor gap, conflict likely to grow -U.S. intelligence report
Climate change, disease, financial crises and technological disruption "are likely to manifest more frequently and intensely in almost every region and country," the report said
COVID-19 hasn't slowed global warming: Earth's carbon dioxide levels highest in over 3 million years, NOAA says
The level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is now higher than it has been in at least 3.6 million years, federal scientists said Wednesday.