Climate Change Series

Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how it's warming the climate

Aug 06, 2021 10:20 am UTC| Nature

You probably remember your grade school science teachers explaining that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Thats a fundamental property of the universe. Energy can be transformed, however. When the Suns rays...

UAE's plan to burn 2/3 of trash seen negating carbon neutrality goals

Jul 31, 2021 23:55 pm UTC| Nature Economy

The UAE is constructing a $1.1 billion waste-to-energy facility in Dubai that will help burn up to two-thirds of the countrys trash to deal with a growing refuse problem. The facility is part of a series of waste...

'Cyborg soil' reveals the secret microbial metropolis beneath our feet

Jul 24, 2021 05:58 am UTC| Nature Science

Dig a teaspoon into your nearest clump of soil, and what youll emerge with will contain more microorganisms than there are people on Earth. We know this from lab studies that analyse samples of earth scooped from the...

Why are water companies dumping raw sewage in Britain's rivers and coastal seas?

Jul 18, 2021 10:38 am UTC| Nature

There were more than 400,000 discharges of raw sewage in 2020, together lasting more than three million hours, from water companies into rivers in England and Wales. One company, Southern Water, was recently fined a record...

S. Korea, WTO members agree to expedite ban deal on fisheries subsidies

Jul 16, 2021 23:49 pm UTC| Economy Nature

South Korea and World Trade Organization (WTO) member states agreed to redouble efforts on banning subsidies for illegal fishing to clinch a deal this year. South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee and her counterparts...

Recycling efforts insufficient to solve the plastic crisis: CEO

Jul 16, 2021 23:43 pm UTC| Economy Nature

The world is unable to recycle its way out of the plastic crisis, with only about 9 percent of what is placed in recycling bins being recycled, said Grove Collaborative Co-Founder and CEO Stu Landesberg. Unrecycled...

SK Chemicals eyes 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

Jul 14, 2021 00:20 am UTC| Economy Nature

SK Chemicals Co. announced that it will focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management as part of efforts to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The South Korean chemical goods...