Australia has set a target to increase its clean energy generation by 2030, aiming for 82% of it to come from renewable sources, a significant rise from the current 27%. The International Energy Agency’s report indicates Australia is making progress in renewable energy, thanks to successful rooftop solar installations, ambitious goals, and increased
Contemporary life would hardly be possible without satellites. Much of what people do on Earth today relies heavily on what’s happening high above their heads – from monitoring wildfires, deforestation and sea-surface temperatures to enabling connections to new mobile technologies like 5G in hard-to-reach areas. A recent wave of cheaper, miniature satellites being
by Naseem S. Mi ller, The Journalist’s Resource American voters who have low or moderate levels of trust in university researchers are less likely to believe that climate change is an important problem and that it’s driven by human activities, according to a study published this month in PLOS Climate. The study, which
Prelude Climatic transformations rank amongst this era’s paramount challenges. Augmented global temperatures, the dissolution of polar ice, and ascendant oceanic tides aren’t mere academic notations but palpable truths for multitudes globally. Particularly susceptible are the often-overlooked vulnerable populations, bearing the severe repercussions of these metamorphosing climes. This discourse delves profoundly into the ramifications
Mike Rogerson, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Belkasem Alkaryani, University of Tobruk, and Mahjoor Lone, Northumbria University, Newcastle Storm Daniel landed on the Libyan coastal town of Toukrah in the early hours of September 10 and started moving east. Soon the wind was rising and heavy rain falling, forcing people to stay indoors. By afternoon
A Delhi-based social enterprise is selling solar-powered looms to women artisans across India, aiming to promote self-reliance and sustainable practices Budhari Goyari is busy reeling cocoons of ‘eri’ silk in the courtyard of her two-room house in Bhaoragwaja village, in the Kokrajhar district of Assam, north-eastern India. Beside her container of silk cocoons,
Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s administration recently announced that Indonesia’s carbon market is open for international investors. Last year, projects that issued new carbon credits were stopped on the grounds that verification processes didn’t follow Indonesian law. But now, new carbon market projects will be permitted, provided they adhere to national regulations, which are
Erratic regional rainfall and temperature fluctuations pose risks for the hugely popular but climatically sensitive plant Farmers across India are reporting that climate change is adversely affecting the quality of the betel leaf. The hugely popular plant, consumed by millions of people in South Asia, is struggling amid erratic rainfall and unusual temperature
In July 2023, when southern Europe endured an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures soaring to around 45 °C, a particular place in Spain got much hotter without becoming headline news. The place was a test site in Almería province and the temperatures reached 1 400 °C. High hopes The eye-popping heat levels were created at
In the expansive tapestry of human chronicles, the onset of this present era represents an epoch unlike any other. As humanity treads forth into this nascent chapter, the tales we craft, and the stories we share, seem overwhelmingly overshadowed by the omnipresent and ominous spectre of climatic metamorphosis. Dialogues, debates, and discourses continually