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Microplastics in clouds may be contributing to climate change, research suggests | Science & Tech News
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Researchers have found tiny particles of plastic in clouds, where they may be contributing to climate change. Scientists collected water from the clouds surrounding Japan’s Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama at altitudes between 1,300-3,776m and then applied advanced imaging techniques to determine whether microplastics were present. Nine different types of polymers and one type of…
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Extreme global warming could eventually wipe out humans, first-ever supercomputer climate models warn | Science & Tech News
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Extreme global warming will likely wipe all mammals – including humans – off the face of the Earth in 250 million years, according to a new scientific study. Temperatures could spiral to 70C (158F) and transform the planet into a “hostile environment devoid of food and water”, the research warns. The planet would heat up…
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PM’s U-turns weren’t really about net zero – but playing politics with climate change is a big risk | Politics News
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The prime minister denied that today’s net zero intervention was about politics. He insisted it was in no way an attempt to turn net zero into a wedge issue to win votes from those struggling to afford heating and transport costs. But looking at the details of what Rishi Sunak actually announced, it’s difficult to…
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Red fire ants: They have a painful sting and could be heading to the UK thanks to global warming | Climate News
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Red fire ants, a destructive invasive species, whose sting is painful and causes irritation and allergic reactions, could be heading to the UK thanks to global warming, scientists have warned. The insect has reached Europe for the first time, researchers from Current Biology have said, after they found nearly 90 nests in Italy. Their report said:…
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Climate change: Longer, warmer summers could increase risk of mosquitoes carrying ‘fatal diseases’ in the UK, experts say | Science & Tech News
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Increasingly long and hot summers are raising the risk of disease-carrying mosquitoes becoming established in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned. The tiger mosquito, which transmits several fatal “tropical” diseases, has already spread to 13 countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) since first becoming established in Italy in 1990. Paris last…
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Plans for deep sea mining gains momentum despite no permission from international authority | Climate News
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A company has said it intends to start mining minerals from the deep sea bed despite an international meeting failing to grant permission. Parts of the ocean floor are rich in so called “poly-metallic nodules” containing elements like nickel and copper, which are essential to green tech and renewable energy. Canadian firm The Metals Company…
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Could a truck that’s powered by hydrogen and only emits water help in the climate change fight? | Climate News
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British trials have started of a heavyweight truck powered by a gas that’s lighter than air – and emits nothing but water. Sky News was given exclusive access to the first British designed and built heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to be fuelled by hydrogen as it was driven around the Horiba Mira test track in…
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UK universities and tech companies win £4.3m funding to develop space-based solar power | Climate News
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British tech companies and universities are to receive millions of pounds of investment to develop new technology that generates solar power from space. The rapidly emerging technology collects energy from the sun using solar panels attached to satellites, which then beam it back to Earth using wireless technology. Generating power from space has huge potential…
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The ‘black gold’ that could help fight climate change for centuries to come | Climate News
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A high-grade version of BBQ charcoal is being tested as a way of removing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere for centuries to come. The charred wood, called biochar, has been spread over farmland in one of the first large-scale trials of its kind, in the hope carbon captured by trees from the air during their…
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Good news on fall in sewage spills only highlights the scale of the challenge facing water companies | Climate News
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Well, first the good news: untreated sewage was pumped into our rivers and seas less frequently last year than the year before. Overall, storm overflow spills – when sewage gets released into the environment due to treatment works being overwhelmed – were down 19% in 2022, according to the latest data. But the raw figures…