November 19, 2024

A bomb cyclone and atmospheric river are developing in the Pacific. What does that mean for the West Coast?

By Nikki Nolan – CBS News
November 18, 2024

The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think

From The Economist People who want to do more to fight climate change and […]
November 15, 2024

Retailers Are The Surprising Leader Among U.S. Industries For Green Investments

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista The retail sector is the surprising leader in U.S. […]
November 14, 2024

What’s Next for U.S. Investment in Green Tech?

By Anna Fleck – Statista With former U.S. President Donald Trump set to […]
November 12, 2024

‘Levels are dropping’: drought saps Zambia and Zimbabwe of hydropower

By The Guardian All is not well with the waters of Lake Kariba, […]
November 11, 2024

Microplastics may be entering the clouds and affecting the weather, scientists say

By Miriam Freedman and Heidi Busse – Live Science Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate […]
November 7, 2024

Why GM sees U.S. supply chain as key to EV leadership

By Joann Muller – Axios General Motors is betting heavily on electric vehicles […]
November 7, 2024

Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age, new study suggests

By Virginia Tech – Phy Org At the end of the last global ice […]
October 31, 2024

‘Atmospheric rivers’ expected to grow in size and frequency as planet continues to warm – Richard Mills

2024.10.25 Between droughts, wildfires, flooding, landslides, and freak winter storms, British Columbians are […]
October 31, 2024

Extreme drought areas treble in size since 80s – study

By Stephanie Hegarty and Talha Burki – BBC The area of land surface […]
October 29, 2024

Atmospheric Rivers Have Shifted Towards Earth’s Poles, Bringing Big Changes To Weather

By Tom Hale – IFL Science In recent decades, atmospheric rivers that transport […]
October 28, 2024

Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn

By Justine Calma – The Verge Tech companies think they can reverse climate change with fancy […]
October 25, 2024

Above Stikine River, Canadian government boosts huge mining project you’ve probably never heard of

By Max Graham – Northern Journal  A major copper-and-gold mining project in the rugged […]
October 25, 2024

The World’s Oceans Are at a Breaking Point

From Newsweek This week, countries will gather in Colombia for the 16th meeting […]
October 23, 2024

‘The waters become corrupt, the air infected’: Here’s how Ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with environmental damage

By Konstantine Panegyres – Phy Org Today the perilous state of the environment […]
October 22, 2024

Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current

By Reuters COPENHAGEN, Oct 21 (Reuters) – More than 40 climate scientists are urging […]
October 20, 2024

Over a year of astonishing ocean heat has given way to the largest coral bleaching on record

From  Reuters The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is […]
October 19, 2024

Global temperature analysis reveals deep ocean marine heat waves are underreported

By CSIRO – Phy Org While marine heat waves (MHWs) have been studied at […]
October 17, 2024

The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history

By Laura Paddison – CNN Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance […]
October 14, 2024

The world’s largest man-made lake is being parched by drought, depriving Zambia of its electricity

From CBS News
October 14, 2024

Dark oxygen, discovered for the first time in history: It’s under the sea, and it’s not good at all

By D. García – ECO News In a revolutionary study, researchers have found that […]
October 13, 2024

Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns

From Yahoo!news Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the […]
October 13, 2024

The Creepy Sounds the Earth Made When Its Magnetic Field Flipped Will Haunt Your Dreams

From The Byte Tens of thousands of years ago, the Earth’s magnetic field […]
October 11, 2024

Global warming catastrophe is just getting started – Richard Mills

2024.10.09 Florida was bracing for the second of two back-to-back hurricanes Monday, with […]
October 11, 2024

Scientists Studying Earth’s Trees Issue a Bleak Warning to Humanity

ByTessa Koumoundouros – Science alert From soaring coastal redwoods to dinosaur-era Wollemi pines and firs that make […]
October 10, 2024

Which States Are Most Vulnerable to Climate Change?

By Anna Fleck – Statista Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama are the states with […]
October 9, 2024

Scientists looked at images from space to see how fast Antarctica is turning green. Here’s what they found

By Laura Paddison – CNN Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant […]
October 8, 2024

Evanesce to produce drinking straws from Biodolomer

From Packaging Gateway Evanesce, an American sustainable serviceware producer, is set to initiate […]
October 6, 2024

Early Winter Ice Halts Arctic Shipping Traffic Weeks Ahead of Schedule

By Malte Humpert – gCaptain The summer shipping window on Russia’s Northern Sea […]
October 6, 2024

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an ‘astounding’ rate

By James Woodford – NewScientist Satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands […]
October 5, 2024

Unusually weak Polar Vortex is developing in the Stratosphere, linked with the Weather patterns over the United States and Canada

By Andrej Flis – Severe Weather Euroe With strong pressure anomalies around the Northern […]
October 4, 2024

Mining giant Fortescue says it’s time to walk away from the ‘proven fantasy’ of net zero

By Sam Meredith – CNBC Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest, founder and executive […]
October 4, 2024

Arctic sea ice is headed toward a historic low

By Andrei Ionescu – earth.com This summer, Arctic sea ice has retreated to […]
October 2, 2024

Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common

By James Dinneen – New Scientist Plankton that lived during the last glacial maximum […]
September 29, 2024

The risk of global water scarcity is greater when accounting for the origin of rain, study shows

From Phys.org Securing the world’s water supply is one of the greatest challenges […]
September 28, 2024

China is Winning the EV War

By MN Gordon – Economic Prism While U.S., German, and Japanese automakers were busy […]
September 22, 2024

We just got a wake-up call from the time before dinosaurs

By F D Flam Scientists have pieced together enough clues to Earth’s past […]
September 19, 2024

Ocean waves grow way beyond known limits, new research finds

By Jessica Marsh – Phys Org Scientists have discovered that ocean waves may […]
September 16, 2024

The Number of Earths Needed for Different Countries’ Lifestyles

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist How many Earths would we need if […]
September 15, 2024

Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift

By James Dinneen – New Scientist An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice […]
September 13, 2024

High-speed rail: Electric leap forward or multi-billion-dollar boondoggle? – Richard Mills

2024.09.11 For North Americans, one of the highlights of overseas travel is often […]
September 13, 2024

A continent ablaze: South America surpasses record for fires

By Jake Spring and Stefanie Eschenbacher – Reuters South America is being ravaged by fire from […]
September 13, 2024

‘Risk to human society’: Earth has exceeded critical planetary boundaries, says a study

From Business Today A new study warns that human activity is endangerng eight […]
September 9, 2024

South America’s rivers hit record lows as Brazil drought impact spreads

By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott – Reuters ASUNCION, Sept 9 (Reuters) – South America’s Paraguay […]
September 8, 2024

The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change

By James Dinneen – NewScientist Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east […]
September 7, 2024

The Brutal Economics of Reaching Net Zero

By J.B. MacKinnon – Bloomberg Last year, at the 28th annual United Nations Climate […]
August 31, 2024

‘Closer than people think’: Woolly mammoth ‘de-extinction’ is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next

By Sascha Pare – LiveScience For about seven minutes in 2003, scientists reversed extinction. […]
August 30, 2024
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From Business Today ‘Happening again’: Mass extinction happened when Earth’s rotation slowed dramatically, […]
August 27, 2024

Tropical Atlantic mixing rewrites climate pattern rules

From Phys Org The churning of the upper ocean in the tropics of […]
August 27, 2024

‘Powerful solar flares’ heading for Earth will make people ‘feel unwell’, says boffin

By Leigh Mcmanus – Star News Meteorologist Mikhail Leus said that the flares […]
August 18, 2024

The 9 Oldest, Tallest, and Biggest Trees in the World

By Meaghan Weeden – One Tree Planted Trees are some of the most […]
August 18, 2024

New research shows unprecedented atmospheric changes during May’s geomagnetic superstorm

From Virginia Tech On May 11, a gorgeous aurora surprised stargazers across the southern […]
August 9, 2024

B.C. landslide surge roars down Fraser River into Lower Mainland

By Dirk Meissner – CBC A landslide last week in Farwell Canyon, south […]
August 9, 2024

China auto market hits milestone as EVs, hybrids make up half of July sales

By Reuters Half of all vehicles sold in China in July were either new […]
August 7, 2024

Hurricanes Debby and Beryl Show How Hot Oceans Fuel a Deadly Storm Season

By Jack Wittels, Rachael Dottle and Brian K Sullivan – Bloomberg Weeks before the […]
August 4, 2024

Electric Cable Companies Are Making a Killing From Green Energy

By Will Mathis and Eamon Farhat – Bloomberg Advances in technology—including renewable power and electric ­vehicles—face […]
July 22, 2024

The Myth of Plastic Recycling

By George Rockall-Schmidt You consume on average a credit card’s worth of plastic […]
July 21, 2024

Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-outs of Gasoline Cars

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista As of 2024, 60 countries and territories around […]
July 20, 2024

Scientists achieve breakthrough with plastic that completely decomposes in 2 months: ‘A new type of bioplastic’

By Rick Kazmer -T he Cool Down A plastic alternative being developed in Denmark, made from barley starch […]
July 9, 2024

2024 Hurricane Season Predicted to be Particularly Active

By Anna Fleck – Statista The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has […]
July 3, 2024

AMOC collapse — a coming climate catastrophe – Richard Mills

2024.06.29 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of water […]
June 26, 2024

AMOC Collapse is Closer than Expected: The Consequences

By Simone Fant – From Renewable Matter The Atlantic Current circulation is getting closer […]
June 23, 2024

Early-summer heat dome bakes Eastern Canada and the US – Richard Mills

2024.06.21 Thursday marks the first day of summer, but depending on where you […]
June 23, 2024

The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

From The Economist To call solar power’s rise exponential is not hyperbole, but […]
June 21, 2024

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as […]
June 16, 2024

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

By Michael Copley – npr Just for a minute, think about how much of […]
June 3, 2024

Graphite One could benefit from tariff hike on Chinese EVs, battery parts – Richard Mills

2024.05.29 North American graphite producers got a boost earlier this month, with President […]
June 3, 2024

Graphite One CEO and President, Anthony Huston, Invited by President Biden to White House Investment and Job Creation Session; White House Sets 25% Tariff on Chinese Graphite

May 15, 2024 CEO to President Biden:  “Projects like Graphite One’s are important […]
June 2, 2024

Germany’s Scholz Lauds VW’s Move Into Cheap EVs As ‘Very Good’

By Petra Sorge – Bloomberg German Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised the move by Volkswagen […]
June 2, 2024

High-capacity iron-based cathodes for EV batteries are now a reality

From Mining.com Researchers at Canada’s McGill University published a couple of studies that […]
June 2, 2024

Gravity between Mars and Earth drives climate and currents

By Dave Adalian – Earth Sky
June 1, 2024

Cold, rainy weather likely won’t prevent droughts in Western Canada – Richard Mills

2024.05.30 Cooler temperatures and rain over the past two weeks are a welcome […]
May 28, 2024

The Slowdown in US Electric Vehicle Sales Looks More Like a Blip

By Tom Randall – Bloomberg For every sign of an EV slowdown, another suggests […]
May 28, 2024

China’s Cheap EVs Aren’t a Threat to Tesla, Ford, and GM. Here’s What Is.

By Al Root – Barron’s BYD’s Seagull doesn’t look all that threatening. It’s a […]
May 19, 2024

US runs out of copper – Richard Mills

2024-05-19 AOTH has been warning for 2 years this was going to happen […]
May 18, 2024

Electric Vehicle Subsidies as Complex and Costly as Ever

By David Williams – Real Clear Wire Electric vehicles (EVs) may be the most […]
May 16, 2024

Buying and selling water is a reality in Alberta

By Joel Dryden, Carla Turner – CBC During times of water scarcity, transfers of water […]
May 16, 2024

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study says

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters The intense northern hemisphere summer heat that drove wildfires […]
May 13, 2024

This is how climate change is impacting global copper mining

By Aparupa Devnath – India Times Rising demand for copper in clean-energy initiatives […]
May 12, 2024

Sun Fires ‘Solar Storm Train’ at Earth-Three Direct Hits for Weekend

By Jess Thomson – Newsweek A particularly volatile sunspot has sent a series of […]
May 8, 2024

For cities and towns trying to cut out plastic, here’s what’s worked and what hasn’t

By Emily Chung –  CBC News Global plastic consumption has quadrupled in the past […]
May 6, 2024

Worsening Weather Is Igniting a $25 Billion Market

By Sam Potter – Bloomberg As companies and investors come to grips with meteorological […]
April 30, 2024

Stagflation – Richard Mills

2024.04.27 Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities should be aware of the rate […]
April 27, 2024

What are microplastics doing to human health?

By Amina Zafar –  CBC News Plastic serves as a building block for our […]
April 25, 2024

Honda to invest $15B to build four new EV plants in Ontario

By Peter Zimonjic  – CBC News According to a government statement released to […]
April 25, 2024

Battery recycling shatters the myth of electric-vehicle waste

From Mining.com Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds […]
April 25, 2024

Don’t be gloomy about EV sales

Fen The Economist There are good reasons to expect demand to pick up. […]
April 23, 2024

As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever

By Valerie Volcovici – Reuters Countries are under pressure to make progress on a […]
April 23, 2024

Packaging Is the Biggest Driver of Global Plastics Use

By Felix Richter – Statista As our chart shows, global plastics use has increased […]
April 23, 2024

Solar panels are a thing of the past: home wind turbines for less than 200 dollars

By D. García – ECNews Traditional solar panels are being consigned to the past. In their […]
April 22, 2024

Which Countries Export & Import Plastic Waste?

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista This year’s Earth Day, held on April 22, has […]
April 16, 2024

How a US$10 billion mine became a cautionary tale for the energy transition

By Jacob Lorinc –  Bloomberg News When the group of mining executives arrived […]
April 2, 2024

The looming threat from Antarctica

From The Economist The arctic and Antarctic are, fittingly, polar opposites. The first […]
March 24, 2024

Where Water Stress Will Be Highest by 2050

By Martin Armstrong – Statista Water is not only the basis of life for […]
March 23, 2024

Graphite One to build graphite anode manufacturing plant in Ohio, on site previously used to stockpile critical minerals – Richard Mills

2024.03.22 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) plans to invest $435 million to build a […]
March 22, 2024

The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds

By Ali Rogin PBS News The world produces an average of 430 million […]
March 20, 2024

Why the Plastic Problem Needs a Legally Binding Global Treaty

By Akshat Rathi – Bloomberg If all goes right, there will be a legally […]
March 19, 2024

Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns

By Laura Millan – Bloomberg All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic […]
March 15, 2024

Plastic pollution: a scourge with far-reaching consequences – Richard Mills

2024.03.14 Every day most of us contribute, several times, to the global plastic […]
March 13, 2024

Our dystopian future is already here – Richard Mills

2024.03.09 Global heat records keep getting smashed, as a combination of global warming […]