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2025
US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safety
Global risk management for human prosperity
2024
As the world’s largest gathering of Earth and space scientists swarmed a Washington venue last week, the packed halls have been permeated by an air of anxiety and even dread over a new Donald Trump presidency that might worsen what has been a bruising few years for science.
Warning after intensification of storm aided by unusually hot ocean waters in much of Beryl’s path. Hurricane Beryl, which slammed into Texas on Monday after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean, was supercharged by “absolutely crazy” ocean temperatures that are likely to fuel further violent storms in the coming months, scientists have warned.
The economic damage wrought by climate change is six times worse than previously thought, with global heating set to shrink wealth at a rate consistent with the level of financial losses of a continuing permanent war, research has found. A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product (GDP), the researchers found, a far higher estimate than that of previous analyses.
World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds
James Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s
2023
De claims die Colgate-Palmolive maakt over de recyclebaarheid van de plastic verpakking van allesreiniger Ajax Limoen zijn misleidend. Dat bepaalt de Reclame Code Commissie, nadat rechtenstudenten van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam een klacht indienden tegen de misleidende reclame. Zij toonden aan dat de claims ‘’100% recyclebaar’’ en ‘’fles en dop recyclebaar’’ misleidend zijn. Het is de eerste zaak in Nederland die met succes stelt dat claims over de recyclebaarheid van plastic misleidend zijn. De uitspraak kan verstrekkende juridische gevolgen hebben omdat talloze andere bedrijven gebruikmaken van soortgelijke marketingclaims.
La production d’huile d’olive est en chute libre. L’Union Européenne estime que cet effondrement serait de 39 % en 2022-2023 par rapport à 2021-2022. Le bourreau de la production d’olives n’est autre que le dérèglement climatique.
Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists
