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There are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or approved and funded in the world, so you can’t really say we’re taking global warming seriously yet.…

THERE are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or already approved and funded in the world, ...

There are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or already approved and funded in the world, so you can't really say that we are taking global warming seriously yet. But at least the scientists who wrote the report on the state of play that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published on Friday are starting to use the right language.

Contrary to the popular opinion that the bigger a volcanic eruption is, the worse it will be for society and humans, a team of experts

Klimawandel: Unfähig, gegen das Unbekannte zu kämpfen Marcel Fratzscher Pandemie und Klimakrise haben eine wesentliche Gemeinsamkeit: Sie müssen bekämpft werden, bevor die Auswirkung zu spüren sind. Doch diese Einsicht fehlt vielen Menschen. © Marius Becker/​dpa Überschwemmung am Rhein Stellen Sie sich das folgende Szenario vor: Die Corona-Pandemie endet nicht sehr bald, so wie wir es uns wünschen, sondern Mutationen machen das Coronavirus endemisch, also dauerhaft i...

By KAYODE KOMOLAFE From Lagos to Jalingo, flood news has been reported in parts of Nigeria in the last few days. Streets and neighbourhoods have been submerged after intense rainfalls. Homes have been destroyed with farmlands devasted in rural areas. The socio-economic cost of the destruction is huge. The implications for health, welfare and food security are immense. In Taraba State, at least 4,000 persons have been reportedly displaced in the last two days. About 300 houses have been damaged ...

Moscow Says US Waging Biological War Against Russia Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 108 People in line to get vaccinated against coronavirus in Moscow, Russia, July 2. (Source: AP News) Infections and deaths from COVID-19 are again reaching critically high levels in the Russian Federation even as such indicators are mostly declining elsewhere in Western countries, and especially in the United States. Faced with this troubling reality, various Russian commentators and even s...

If a similar asteroid or comet were to crash into Earth today, it would cause another mass-extinction event, wiping out most species and human civilisat...

The former governor of California warns of a need for "great seriousness on the great issues.”

Can lab-grown algae and exotic foods help tackle hunger? By AFP - May 25,2021 - Last updated at May 25,2021 Woman drinking green spirulina, superfood (Photo courtesy of prozeny.cz) By Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse PARIS — A sprinkle of mycoprotein in your burger? Cities dotted with photo-bioreactors growing algae? Mass farming of house fly maggots?  These are just some of the food innovations that researchers say will be crucial to combat malnutrition in the face of climate change an...