Composted Reads The good news Reefs made from human ashes could revive British seabeds, says startup There are increasing concerns about the environmental cost of traditional funerals: a single burial generates 833kg of CO2, while a typical cremation has a footprint of about 400kg of CO2. In the US alone, 1.6m tonnes of concrete andContinue reading “Reefs made from human ashes a.o. good and bad news”
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Composted reads for March 2025
The good news Mystery donor’s £17.5m gift could turn Scottish estate into rewilding showcase The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT), best known for its small nature reserves, has bought Inverbroom estate near Ullapool in north-west Scotland, complete with an 11-bedroom lodge that boasts an indoor swimming pool. It was given the funds needed to buyContinue reading “Composted reads for March 2025”
Places the USA wants to take
These days, Donald Trump has been shooting a lot of brats. According to him, Ukraine started the war against Russia and will therefore now have to cede the territories conquered by Russia. It is not the only country Trump wants to decide what to do with. Even seas have to go. For instance, everyone mustContinue reading “Places the USA wants to take”
Down to earth Essential reads for January 2025
Essential reads The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded | Eric Holthaus Conditions for a January LA firestorm have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist An exceptional mix of environmental conditions has created an ongoing firestorm without known historical precedent across southern California this week. The ingredients forContinue reading “Down to earth Essential reads for January 2025”
2024 October 06 – A selection of Composted Reads: Good and bad news
Good news Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study ‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast Sugar Children’s daily sugar consumption halved just a year after tax, study finds How a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train ProfitsContinue reading “2024 October 06 – A selection of Composted Reads: Good and bad news”
Heat-related deaths
On the anniversary of devastating wildfires, Hawaii and its people are still healing Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil It’s been one year since the Maui wildfires. The largest US wildfire in more than a century, the blaze ripped through the historic town of Lahaina, killing 102 people and displacing thousands more. Over the past year, the GuardianContinue reading “Heat-related deaths”
Global health matters for the first half of August 2024
A record number of solar panels were installed across Africa last year CREDIT: WIKUS DE WET/AFP via Getty Images In remote regions of Kenya, hunger can strike with devastating suddenness. Droughts and flooding, pests and disease are all ever-present threats to rural communities here and elsewhere in Africa. Making perishable harvests last is the keyContinue reading “Global health matters for the first half of August 2024”
European Youth Event 2023: The effects of climate change
Climate change will cost billions of euros and damage all our economic sectors. Even if we manage to slash emissions, the world is still likely to reach 1.5°C of warming within the next 20 years. This means that the impacts of climate change will become increasingly severe, with more frequent and intense extreme weather events.
A new Cold War is heating up the Arctic
The emergence of a trans-Arctic shipping route is key to that strategy and would create an alternative to its maritime route through the South China Sea, Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal.
Dire global warming impacts distract from even more dire warnings
By Eric Roston Extreme weather continues to swell like US coastlines during high tide. And with it comes the realization that the climate changes we were warned about are already here. For decades the core question in the public debate over global warming was: Will all these scientific projections come true? Now, Britain has hadContinue reading “Dire global warming impacts distract from even more dire warnings”
Some View on the World 