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Environment
Take a Look: Spectacular northern lights illuminate Lapland sky
LAPLAND, Finland (Reuters) — Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on Friday (September 8), the result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere. According to the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Centre there was a strong geomagnetic storm on September 6 and 7 connected to a coronal mass ejection observed on Monday (September 4). Travel magazine “All […]
Look: Capturing a volcano in Hawaii
KILAUEA, Hawaii (Reuters) — Liquid lava flowed at the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island on Thursday (September 7). The Kilauea volcano has erupted from its Pu’u O’o vent since 1983. Late this week, Kilauea, the world’s most active volcano sent streams of lava rolling down a thirty foot cone. The outbreak came from a break at the top of a huge tumulus just above the cliffs about four miles below the active Pu’u ‘O’o […]
Canada, EU, China to co-host September climate meeting
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Environmental ministers representing Canada, China and the European Union will co-host a meeting in Montreal later this month to move forward with the implementation of the Paris climate change agreement. The ministerial meeting will include representatives from some 30 countries, according to Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna. “This meeting brings together major economies and key climate actors to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and demonstrate […]
Smart garden makes urban farming easy
LONDON, England (Reuters) — The lack of space in towns and cities means growing your own vegetables and herbs is often limited to what can fit on your windowsill. But so-called ‘smart gardens’ are bringing the window box in to the 21st century. ‘Click and Grow,’ based in Estonia, is at the forefront of smart garden technology designed to make urban farming easy. At the IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin, the company previewed its […]
Chile’s Easter Island declares huge marine protection zone
LA SERENA, Chile (AFP) — Along with a marine park that already exists, the new area will cover 720,000 square kilometers (280,000 square miles) around the island, which sits 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) off the Chilean coast. The waters around the island are a spawning ground for tuna, shark, marlin and swordfish, and they also host shallow-water coral reefs that are home to unique marine species. The seas around the island are under threat from over-fishing, rising […]
Air pollution throws shade on India’s solar success
by Nick Perry Agence France Presse GANDHINAGAR, India (AFP) — Air pollution is diminishing India’s capacity to harness power from the sun, experts say, undermining billions being invested in renewables as the energy-hungry giant emerges as a solar superpower. New research has found the smog and dust that sickens millions across India every year is also sapping solar power generation by more than 25 percent, far beyond levels previously thought. In the first study of […]
Tamang pagtatapon ng basura, tinalakay sa Integrated Waste Management summit
Isinasagawa ngayon ang 3rd integrated waste management expo and environmental summit sa SMX Aura Taguig City sa pangunguna ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources- Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). Ibat-ibang produktong gawa sa mga eco materials at recycled materials ang makikita sa bawat booth mula sa local government units ng Metro Manila at karatig probinsya, government agencies. Kasama rin sa expo ang ilang private sectors at negosyante na kaisa sa pagsusulong ng adbokasiya sa tamang […]
Warming the Antarctic 1 C vastly changes seabed life
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Human-driven climate change may substantially alter the seabed ecosystem in the already fragile Antarctic, slashing the diversity of some species and allowing other populations to explode, researchers warned Thursday. The findings of a field study designed to mimic real-world conditions in a warming ocean were published in the journal Current Biology. The experiments, undertaken in marine shallows around the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, showed some species actually doubled when […]
Ancient whales were predators not gentle giants – scientists
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Ancient whales had extremely sharp predator teeth similar to lions, Australian scientists said Wednesday in a discovery they believe debunks theories the mammals used their teeth to filter feed like today’s gentle giants. There are two major groups of whales — toothed creatures such as killer whales, and baleen, which filter plankton and small fish from the ocean for food with special bristle-like structures in their mouths. Using 3D scanners, Museums […]
Giant alpine spider endangered by climate change, scientist warns
MONT BEGO, France (Reuters) — The survival of the giant alpine spider, scientifically known as Vesubia Jugorum, is threatened by global warming, archeologist and species specialist Marco Isaia warned. The spider lives in grassland with rocky outcrops at heights between 2,600 and 2,700 meters (8,500-8,900 feet) in the French and Italian Alps. The species, also referred to as the wolf spider, is endemic to the French national parc of Mercantour, home to the Mont Bego peak, […]
Power demand to peak in Europe summers, not winters: study
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — By century’s end, climate change will likely shift the peak demand for electricity in Europe from the winters to the summers, as more people use air conditioning to stay cool, researchers said Monday. Understanding how demand for power will change in the coming decades as the planet warms is crucial in the 35 countries of Europe, which makes up the world’s third largest electricity market. “We find significant increases in […]
