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This Summer Was the Hottest on Record
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/summer-2024-hottest-on-record
Published: September 6, 2024 12:42
The summer of 2024 set new records, European scientists have found. The world has never seen temperatures reach so high between June and August. Read more on E360 →
With Hotter, Drier Weather, California’s Joshua Trees Are in Trouble
https://e360.yale.edu/features/joshua-trees-climate-change
Published: September 5, 2024 10:09
In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree and its desert ecosystem by establishing refuges and…
Climate Change Loaded Dice for Brutal Drought in Sicily
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-sicily-drought
Published: September 4, 2024 13:09
Global warming has fueled an exceptional drought on the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, a new analysis finds.Read more on E360 →
Brazilian Scientists Race to Recover Fossils Unearthed by Record Floods
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/brazil-flood-fossils
Published: September 3, 2024 11:46
Scientists in Brazil are racing to gather fossils uncovered by recent heavy floods before they are destroyed.Read more on E360 →
Indonesia's High Court Blocks Risky Mining Project
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/indonesia-supreme-court-zinc-mine-tailings-dam
Published: August 30, 2024 14:03
The Supreme Court of Indonesia has withdrawn approval for a zinc mine and dammed waste pond being built near a fault line in North Sumatra. The ruling comes as a relief to locals, who feared an earthquake would destroy the dam, flooding villages below with…
In California, a Solitary Herder Cares for His Goats and the Hills
https://e360.yale.edu/features/2024-film-contest-first-place-berkeley-shepherd
Published: August 29, 2024 09:43
In “Way of the Shepherd” — the First-Place Winner of the 2024 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — filmmaker Matthew Boyd follows a Peruvian shepherd, two tenacious border collies, and a herd of goats that are reducing overgrowth on the fire-prone Berkeley…
As Germany Cuts Red Tape, Renewable Installations Boom
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/germany-wind-solar-permitting-reform
Published: August 28, 2024 13:53
From 2022 to 2023, Germany saw installations of new wind and solar power nearly double, a shift driven in part by sweeping changes to simplify permitting for clean energy projects.Read more on E360 →
Hundreds of Ancient Viruses Discovered Deep Inside Tibetan Glacier
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/ancient-viruses-glacier-climate-change
Published: August 27, 2024 12:30
Scientists have unearthed the remnants of more than 1,700 viruses from deep inside a glacier in western China. Most of these viruses are new to science.Read more on E360 →
As 'Doomsday' Glacier Melts, Can an Artificial Barrier Save It?
https://e360.yale.edu/features/thwaites-glacier-pine-glacier-antarctica-geoengineering
Published: August 26, 2024 08:40
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to…
Conflicts Over Water Soared to New High Last Year
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/water-conflicts-2023
Published: August 23, 2024 12:36
The number of conflicts worldwide over access to water reached an all-time high in 2023, a new report finds.Read more on E360 →