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1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows

Door michiel / 9 december 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor 1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows

Rising demand and climate crisis threaten entire mountain ecosystem, say scientists

Morning mail: climate crisis accelerates, children strip-searched, family massacred

Door michiel / 5 november 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Morning mail: climate crisis accelerates, children strip-searched, family massacred

Wednesday: More than 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’ due to global heating. Plus, revelations NSW police strip-searched girls as young as 12

Green party pledges to spend £100bn on tackling climate crisis

Door michiel / 5 november 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Green party pledges to spend £100bn on tackling climate crisis

Exclusive: plans for ‘the climate election’ also include tax system overhaul and ending airport expansion

Most countries’ climate plans ’totally inadequate’ – experts

Door michiel / 5 november 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Most countries’ climate plans ’totally inadequate’ – experts

US and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges – while Russia has not even made one

Mystic river: Canoeing a living entity in New Zealand

Door michiel / 30 oktober 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Mystic river: Canoeing a living entity in New Zealand

The Whanganui is so important in Maori culture it has the legal rights of a person. A canoe trip along its forested valley proves a great way of getting to know it

Lawyers argue Happy the elephant should have the same rights as humans

Door michiel / 30 oktober 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Lawyers argue Happy the elephant should have the same rights as humans

Lawyers representing an elephant say she is being detained by the Bronx Zoo ‘illegally’ due to her personhood

Rising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study

Door michiel / 29 oktober 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Rising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study

Figure based on new analysis of coastlines is more than three times previous estimate

Climate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers

Door michiel / 25 oktober 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Climate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers

Permafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to use

‘Tipping points’ could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear

Door michiel / 25 oktober 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor ‘Tipping points’ could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear

IPCC report ‘underestimates potential of these key dangers to send Earth into spiral of runaway climate change’

Climate change has turned Peru’s glacial lake into a deadly flood timebomb

Door michiel / 25 oktober 2019 / Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Climate change has turned Peru’s glacial lake into a deadly flood timebomb

Lake Palcacocha is swollen with water from melting ice caps in the Cordillera Blanca mountains. Below, 50,000 people live directly in the flood path