One of the key components of the Earth’s system is the cryosphere. It includes frozen soils in Alaska, the snow on top of the Himalayas, and all the ice in the polar regions. The role of the cryosphere can be observed at high latitudes, on the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica that cover most…
A team of international researchers, including NASA scientists, has created a new method to assess the impact of changes in forests over the past two decades on atmospheric carbon concentrations. They used ground, air, and satellite data for the assessment. In addition to better understanding the overall role of forests in the global carbon cycle,…
On 24 February 2021, the European Commission adopted a new European Union strategy for adaptation to climate change. Building on the 2013 Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, the new proposals seek to identify and implement concrete solutions to these problems. The new Strategy should promote building a climate resilient society by increasing knowledge about the effects…
The European Commission adopted its new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change on February 24, 2021. The Strategy has four principle objectives: to make adaptation smarter, swifter and more systemic, and to step up international action on adaptation to climate change. On behalf of the European Commission, DG CLIMA, the Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Centre on…
In an effort to ensure effective fulfillment of the Biden Administration’s climate science objectives for NASA, the agency has established a new position of senior climate advisor and selected Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, to serve in the role in an acting capacity until a permanent appointment…
Google unveiled a tool today that could help cities keep their residents cool by mapping out where trees are needed most. Cities tend to be warmer than surrounding areas because buildings and asphalt trap heat. An easy way to cool metropolitan areas down is to plant more trees in neighborhoods where they’re sparse. Google’s new Tree…
The new satellite will monitor sea level rise caused by climate change, in a collaboration involving NASA and the European Space Agency. A satellite called Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will measure sea level, wave height and wind speed using radar altimetry. These data will provide information on the height of the ocean surface relative to mean…
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Earth continued to suffer a period of significant warming during 2020. A provisional estimate suggests this year will be one of the three warmest, right behind 2016 and 2019.
In January, the Commission presented the Sustainable Europe Investment , a strategy to fund the Green Deal by attracting at least a trillion euros in public and private investment over the next decade.
On Wednesday, December 2, the independent global organization Greenpeace held an action against the mass production and distribution of plastic bags in Croatia. Representatives of Greenpeace in front of the building of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Assistant Minister Ćorić, Anamarija Matak, symbolically submitted a petition to ban light plastic bags.
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