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Human-driven climate change has ‘slowed the Earth’s rotation’ and could affect how we measure time, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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The melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation – and it could affect how we measure time, according to a study. Although the disappearance of the ice has reduced the speed of the planet’s rotation, the Earth is still spinning a bit faster than it used to.…
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Lab-grown meat could be about to take a small step closer to our plates | Climate News
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Ivy Farm, on the outskirts of Oxford, is not a farm as you know it. There is grass but it’s artificial, there are pigs and sheep but they are upholstered foot-stools with sewn-on faces. There are offices and labs where meat is grown. This could be the future of farming. That future could be about…
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More than 1km under the North Sea is a climate-friendly mineral that could help feed the world | Climate News
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What lies 1,000 metres beneath the North Sea could help the climate of the atmosphere above. And I’m on my way down to see it. The rattly lift drops at 10 metres per second, the speed of a sprinter, ruffling the air and flapping my shorts as it plunges down. Yes shorts. I wear a…
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Bottled water contains quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics on average, scientists find | Climate News
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The average litre of bottled water contains nearly a quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics, according to new research. While scientists had long assumed there were large quantities of tiny plastic pieces in bottles of water, they never knew how many or what kind. Researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities in the US…
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How the whisky industry could help provide sustainable fuel for the future | Climate News
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Scientists at a university in Scotland believe they have discovered a way to turn waste water from the whisky industry into sustainable fuel. A team from Heriot-Watt University has developed materials that can use waste water from distilleries to produce green hydrogen which, unlike fossil fuels, does not produce carbon when it is burned. Green…
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Pakistan uses artificial rain to battle smog for first time | Climate News
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Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan to battle hazardous levels of smog. Planes equipped with cloud-seeding equipment – which helps clouds form and increases precipitation – flew over areas of Lahore on Saturday. The megacity in Pakistan’s east is often ranked as one of the worst places in the world…
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Don’t call me vegan: People more likely to go meatless if food labelled ‘sustainable’ instead | Climate News
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People are more likely to pick a meat-free option if it’s not labelled vegan, a study suggests. Foods described as “healthy”, “sustainable” or “plant-based” are all more appealing, according to the University of Southern California. Its research saw more than 7,000 people asked to choose between a vegan food basket and one with meat and…
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UK’s first air capture plant is turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel | Climate News
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The UK’s first-ever direct air capture plant has been turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel. The machine, developed by Mission Zero Technologies in partnership with the University of Sheffield, will run on solar power to recover 50 tonnes of CO2 from the air per year and turn…
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Vast scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfill sites exposed | Climate News
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The vast scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfill sites has been exposed by analysis carried out exclusively for Sky News. Around 1,300 “super-emitters” of the potent greenhouse gas have been identified so far in 2023 by the monitoring company Kayrros, which uses satellites to detect plumes of the gas. It looks…
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Previous decade ‘hottest on record’ with polar ice melting faster than in the last century | Climate News
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The previous decade was the hottest on record, with polar and mountain ice melting faster than in the 20th century, according to the UN’s weather agency. Between 2011 and 2020, the average global temperature was 1.1C above pre-industrial levels, according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Scientists have warned that permanent global…