The eco-friendly house built in Larvik, Norway, was designed and realised by the architect studio Snøhetta in collaboration with the Research centre on zero emission buildings of Trondheim. With the Zero emission buildings (ZEB) pilot house project, the Norwegian studio demonstrated that it is possible to build zero impact buildings. The house project, motivated by the need
Chatham House’s new report confirms the significant environmental impact of the livestock industry. Yet governments are doing nothing.
The US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 39, has been named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, with the aim to raise global awareness on climate change. The decision has been announced on Tuesday by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The first official appointment as messenger is the 23rd of September, when DiCaprio will speak during the
Data, graphs, figures, statistics. When scientists are asked to tell what they think about the ongoing climate change, their answers can’t exclude overviews of researches and diagrams showing percentages. Nick Bowers, Australian photographer, wanted to leave aside “cold” data, in order to catch scientists’ emotions, thoughts and concerns through a black-and-white photography series.
Polar bears need sea ice to survive. To find it, they can swim hundreds of kilometres. However, over the last few years, this research has become harder and harder due to melting ice, one of the effects of climate change due to global warming. In the video called Polar bears – The quest for sea ice a
According to a new study the colour of butterflies and dragonflies depends on climate. Global warming is changing the way they are distributed in favour of lighter-coloured ones.
According to a report published by the Union of Concerned Scientists, more than two dozen historical sites in the U.S. are likely to disappear due to severe natural disasters including floods, drought and fires caused by climate change. From the Statue of Liberty to Jamestown, the first English settlement in Virginia, from Boston’s historic districts to
Scientists say it over and over again. In order to combat climate change and keep the average temperature increase below 2°C, CO2 emissions have to significantly be reduced. We have to do it right now, because the more we wait the more drastic and expensive the emissions reduction will be, therefore difficult to be realised.
For the civilizations developed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, olive trees have played a central role through history. All along, the beauty and richness of its fruits have been inspiring a number of legends that celebrate its divine origin. Zeus’ sacred wood was a grove of olive trees with whose twigs were created
Who doesn’t remember the disaster film by Roland Emmerich, The day after tomorrow (2004), in which New York is submerged by water and ice because of crazy weather? The fantastic images of the big screen may be replaced in a few decades by real pictures. Actually, according to a joint study of the University of Innsbruck
