Underwater sculptures emerge from the Thames to warn about climate change
The sculptures, by the British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, denounce the current alarming climate situation and the impact fossil fuel have on our planet.
President Obama goes to Alaska to shine a spotlight on climate change
After having restored the name Denali, coined by the Koyukon Athabascan ethnic group, to Mount McKinley, the US’ tallest mountain (20,237ft, i.e. 6,168m), Alaska, the US President Barack Obama is on a mission “into the wild” (quoting the famous book by Jon Krakauer) to discover, experience and tell the life of the Alaskans who are
Sea levels rise faster than expected, NASA warns
8 centimetres since 1992. This is how much sea levels have risen due to ice melting and warming oceans. “It’s very likely to get worse”.
CO2, government pledges are not enough. And too different from country to country
In vista della Cop 21 di dicembre decine di Stati hanno svelato i propri obiettivi di riduzione della CO2: secondo i climatologi non basteranno.
All you need to know about the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change
Drawn up by the representatives of the Islamic world, the Declaration invites people to protect “the earth’s fine equilibrium”.
Islamic leaders call for action against climate change
Il simposio riunito lo scorso martedì a Istanbul chiede ai 1,6 miliardi di musulmani di ridurre le proprie emissioni climalteranti per proteggere il fragile equilibrio del pianeta.
Glaciers melt three times faster than last century
A rivelarlo è uno studio dell’università di Zurigo, che ha analizzato alcune centinaia di ghiacciai sparsi sul globo terrestre.
The Galapagos penguin population has doubled
Thanks to shifting winds and ocean currents, maybe caused by climated change, Galapagos penguins rebound.
Yes, Coca-Cola is among those who fight climate change
None of them is directly involved in coal, oil, or natural gas, but the multinationals embracing the call of the US President Barack Obama to actively commit against climate change are the world’s most influential, with a total turnover of 1,300 billion dollars in 2014 alone. 13 companies, including Apple, Google, General Motors, and Bank
Canadian scientists are building a system to turn CO2 into fuel
The scientists of the Carbon Engineering are working to perfect a new technology able to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into fuel.