Rainforest pays high price for gold mining
10 March, 2017 – Destruction of the Guiana Shield’s tropical rainforest in South America is linked to increased gold mining as the precious metal’s price rises.
Economics
Inequalities fuel human impacts on climate
28 February, 2017 – Scientists seek precision research tools to measure how human impacts and inequalities will feed back into future climate change.
Europe’s tough line on shipping emissions
25 February, 2017 − Shipping industry is ordered to reduce its climate-damaging CO2 emissions in European waters or face trading charges.
China trumps US on climate change
23 February, 2017 – UK environmental campaigner Bryony Worthington says China’s positive action on climate change is much more significant than Donald Trump’s threat to exit the Paris agreement.
Climate impact means uneven UK wind power costs
12 February, 2017 – London and south-east Britain will be the losers as climate change exerts a regional impact on UK wind power costs, researchers say.
Air conditioning drains US power supply
10 February, 2017 – As the world heats up so too will the need for air conditioning, but America’s electricity grid could struggle to meet demand, say US scientists.
Seawater dents delta rice production
4 February, 2017 – Saltwater intrusion exacerbated by climate change is hitting rice production in vulnerable delta regions and threatens to cause food shortages.
US faces ‘abrupt and substantial’ crop losses
19 January, 2017 – Rising temperatures will lead to massive crop losses in the US, which will increase prices and cause problems for developing countries, says international study.
Global warming will hit US northeast hard
18 January, 2017 – US scientists provide new reality check for Donald Trump on the combined stresses of global warming and the rising costs of water.
Time and money run out for nuclear revival
11 January, 2017 – Nuclear industry faces uncertain future as the building boom instigated by the need for low-carbon electricity is hit by unexpected costs and delays.
Barack Obama: clean energy is here to stay
10 January, 2017 – Days before his presidential term ends, Obama expresses his belief in the ‘irreversible shift’ to clean energy and urges Donald Trump to confront climate change.
