Archive for 2021
China has a larger carbon footprint than the developed world
China’s greenhouse gas emissions passed the 14 gigaton threshold for the first time in 2019.
Long March rocket’s long fall makes case for space solutions
Space has a debris problem. Would an "orbital use fee" similar to a carbon tax curb the collisions while protecting the industry?
The future of Antarctica, and much of the planet, will hang in the balance in coming decades
"If the world warms up at the current rate we will see the Antarctic system start to get away from us around 2060.”
The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without political action it soon will be
The 1.5℃ limit wasn’t plucked from thin air – it was informed by the best available science.
A silver lining to the pandemic: a notorious Thai tiger zoo closes for good
"This is animal cruelty at its worst," one tourist from London, England, wrote after a visit to the establishment in 2019.
The world’s glaciers are melting faster, scientists say
Between 2000 and 2004 glaciers lost 227 gigatons of ice a year; between 2015 and 2019 they lost 298 gigatons a year.