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Climate Change
Climate Change Increases Earthquake Activity
Melting glaciers can destabilize active faults in mountain ranges, amplifying seismic activity by up to five times
Editorial Team•20 December 2024
Climate Change
The Other Side of Overtourism: The…
The carbon intensity of every euro spent on tourism is four times…
Editorial Team•18 December 2024
Climate Change
Insurance costs rise as climate-related damages…
Climate change is having an increasing economic impact, but insurance companies continue…
Editorial Team•13 December 2024
Climate Change
Vital parameters of the Earth, 25 out of 35 reach extreme records
The “2024 State of the Climate” report highlights a deterioration, with 20 red-alert indicators in 2023.…
Editorial Team•9 October 2024
Climate Change
The LNG imported from the United States pollutes 30% more than coal
A study by Cornell University calculates the carbon footprint of liquefied natural gas by including all…
Editorial Team•8 October 2024
Climate Change
What would life be like in cities if global warming exceeded 3…
A report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows what would happen in cities if global…
Editorial Team•28 September 2024
Climate Change
We have almost exceeded another Planetary boundaries
The global indicator for ocean acidification, the aragonite saturation state, has worsened and is very close…
Editorial Team•25 September 2024
Climate Change
The year 2024 will be the worst for fires in the Amazon…
Half of the fires have devastated areas of old-growth forest. Emissions are on track to surpass…
Editorial Team•23 September 2024
Climate Change
In 2024, nearly 1,900 extreme events in Italy
The data released by Anbi. More than half of the total are cloudbursts. A particular concentration…
Editorial Team•20 September 2024
Climate Change
Climate change: the degradation of the cryosphere generates tsunamis
The glacier retreat caused by rising temperatures led to a rockslide of 25 million cubic meters…
Editorial Team•18 September 2024
Climate Change
Antarctic Glaciers: Decisions Today Will Shape Their Fate in 300 Years
We are making decisions today that will determine the future of Antarctica's glaciers 300 years from…
Editorial Team•16 September 2024
Climate Change
Planetary Boundaries: How to Make the Future Fair as Well as Safe
Integrating equity into the historical concept of Planetary Boundaries—this is the goal of a groundbreaking study…
Editorial Team•12 September 2024
Climate Change
Global Warming: Summer 2024 is the Hottest on Record
With August, we now have 13 months exceeding 1.5°C over the last 14 months. From January…
Editorial Team•6 September 2024
Climate Change
Cost of the climate change in Africa already nears 9% of GDP
Extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent and intense, along with the need to adapt…
Editorial Team•3 September 2024
Climate Change
Realistic Global Capacity for CO2 Capture and Storage: New Study Reveals Limits
A study published in Nature Communications provides an estimate of the global maximum capacity for CO2…