ClimateChange
For most people, deciphering the impact of rising temperatures on their everyday lives isn’t easy. Global warming of 1.5C or 2C on average is hard to imagine. To try and solve this problem, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with an innovative new way to measure this real-life change and predict its long-term effects. Using data from 50 different climate models, they charted how the number of ‘outdoor days’ in various destinations around the world will go up or down by 2100. These ‘outdoor days’ refer to periods of 24 hours when temperatures are pleasan...
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President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion (€6.6 billion) in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also criticised Republicans who want to gut his policies to address climate change. Seeking re-election in November, Biden said, "Despite the overwhelming devastation in red and blue states, there are still those who deny the climate is in crisis." He took specific aim at supporters of former President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. "My MAGA Republican friends don't seem to th...
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Tesla has endured a harsh selloff in the first quarter, with shares plummeting by nearly 30% as the EV maker grappled with growth bottlenecks amid fierce competition from Chinese rivals and diminished consumer demand. Price cuts implemented in the second half of 2023 have notably compressed its profit margin, coupled with a marked deceleration in revenue growth due to weakened consumer demand. Below is a glimpse into Tesla's forthcoming fiscal 2024 first-quarter earnings, exploring its prospective growth trajectory and potential share price movements in light of the outcome. Tesla's Q1 EV deli...
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More than 2.4 billion people around the world are exposed to climate change-related health hazards. A new report from the UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) has found that climate change is already having a serious impact on the health and safety of a “staggering” number of workers in all parts of the world. It estimates that more than 70 per cent of the world’s 3.4 billion workers are likely to be exposed to excessive heat at some point during their work. The figures from 2020, the last year for which data is available, are up from two decades ago when it was 65.5 per cent. Climate ...
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With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn't really pour or flood - at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralysed Dubai this week, meteorologists have said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove that it does very much. No one reports the type of flooding that on Tuesday doused the UAE, which often deploys the technology in an attempt to squeeze every drop of moisture from a sky that usually gives less than 10 to 13 centimetres of rain a year. "It's most certainly not cloud s...
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) struggled to recover from intense storms on Thursday, which saw the heaviest-ever rainfall lash the desert nation. The UAE's main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads. Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, allowed global carriers on Thursday morning to again fly into Terminal 1 at the airfield. “Flights continue to be delayed and disrupted, so we urge you to only come to Terminal 1 if you have a confirmed booking,” the airport said on the social platf...
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Climate change could be causing a concerning uptick in the number of cockroach infestations in Spain - as well as alterations to their genetic makeup. So far this year, Spanish authorities have reported a significant rise in infestations - up by 33 per cent compared to the rate in 2023. Experts say record hot temperatures are to blame for these ‘mutant’ cockroaches. Increased heat means the pests’ metabolic cycles accelerate - and it’s particularly evident in the Germanic cockroach. That’s a worry as that variety is prevalent in homes and food-related businesses. Hotter-than-average temperatur...
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By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — South Korean automobile giant Hyundai has ended an agreement with Adaro Minerals, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s second-largest coal miner, PT Adaro Energy, to procure aluminum for its electric vehicle (EV) production. Hyundai and Adaro Minerals signed the agreement in November 2022, and at the end of 2023, both agreed not to renew the agreement and “to explore other opportunities independently,” Hyundai said in a statement. The decision came on the heels of campaigns by K-pop fans who urged Hyundai to back out of the agreement and to avoid sourcing aluminum from A...
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Europe’s biggest pork producer has admitted that a claim its meat is “more climate-friendly than you think” violated marketing law. Danish Crown was ruled to have misled consumers by Denmark’s high court last month, in a case brought by two NGOs that marked the country’s first climate lawsuit. Campaigners from the Vegetarian Society of Denmark and the Climate Movement Association enjoyed partial success on 1 March. The Western High Court agreed the company should not have put stickers on its packaging declaring its pigs were “climate controlled”. But the court rejected the NGOs’ second claim t...
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US private equity giant Blackstone has recently announced that it has bought some property in Cambois, Northumberland, which investors had once expected would be used to build Britain’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery gigafactory. Britishvolt, a UK lithium-ion battery manufacturing start-up, backed by mining heavyweight Glencore, was supposed to take over this particular piece of land, in order to build a £3.8 billion (€4.45 billion) gigafactory. However, in January 2023, before the company could fulfil these ambitious plans, it went into administration. This led to over 200 employees bein...
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