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December 2, 2024

Land degradation expanding by 1m sq km a year, study shows. Report calls for course correction to avoid land abuse ‘compromising Earth’s capacity to support human and environmental wellbeing’
 
Land degradation is expanding worldwide at the rate of 1m sq km every year, undermining efforts to stabilise the climate, protect nature and ensure sustainable food supplies, a study has highlighted.

November 27, 2024

The water level in the Caspian Sea has dropped to a minimum level and may not recover. Scientists predicted further shallowing of the reservoir, which is important for Russia.

November 20, 2024

In 2024, global consumption of natural gas could grow by 2.3%. This was predicted according to the results of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries (GECF), the Izvestia newspaper reports.
 

November 20, 2024

Experts warn of political risks in Antarctic curtain geoengineering proposal. The scientific debate around the installation of a massive underwater curtain to protect Antarctic ice sheets from melting lacks a vital political perspective. A Kobe University research team argues that the serious questions around authority, sovereignty and security should be addressed proactively by the scientific community to avoid the protected seventh continent becoming the scene or object of international discord.
 

November 19, 2024

In a quarter of a century the investments in oil production in Russia will grow 1.8 times to the levels of 2023, reaching 4.5 trillion Rubles. The Vedomosti newspaper writes about this with reference to the data from the Ministry of Energy for the energy strategy draft until 2050.

October 29, 2024

Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn. Forty-four of the world's leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and "devastating" collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents.

October 24, 2024

Millions in the US may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies. Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states—more than 20% of the country's population—may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, for their drinking water supplies. These findings are according to a U.S Geological Survey study published in the journal Science.

October 8, 2024

Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal, study finds. Liquified natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study. "Natural gas and shale gas are all bad for the climate. Liquified natural gas (LNG) is worse," said Robert Howarth, author of the study and the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

October 2, 2024

Scientists find plausible geological setting that may have sparked life on Earth. Researchers have discovered a plausible evolutionary setting in which nucleic acids—the fundamental genetic building blocks of life—could enable their own replication, possibly leading to life on Earth.

September 23, 2024

The European “green deal” will dramatically increase CO2 emissions in other countries. Climatologists concluded that the implementation of the European "Green Deal", a plan to completely decarbonize the EU economy by 2050, will lead to an increase in annual CO2 emissions in other countries of the world by 758 million tons, which is more than double the planned emissions reductions in Europe. This was reported by the press service of the Dutch University of Groningen.

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