Climate change: Global CO2 emissions must decrease tenfold, scientists warn

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions still need to decrease tenfold to avoid a climate emergency, scientists warn, despite a global fall in 2020 due to Covid-19. An international team of experts has performed a ‘global stocktake’ of humanity’s progress towards the Paris Agreement – which aims to keep the global average temperature rise to well below … Read more

Global CO2 emissions need to decrease tenfold, scientists warn

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions still need to decrease tenfold to avoid a climate emergency, scientists warn, despite a global fall in 2020 due to Covid-19. An international team of experts has performed a ‘global stocktake’ of humanity’s progress towards the Paris Agreement – which aims to keep the global average temperature rise to well below … Read more

Dip in atmospheric CO2 200million years ago helped dinosaurs migrate from South America to Greenland

Sauropod dinosaurs emerged in South America some 230 million years ago, but despite living during the supercontinent Pangea it took them 15 million years to reach Greenland – when it should have taken 20 years. A team from Colombia University suggests a ‘climatic phenomenon’ may have allowed the enormous creatures to finally make the journey. … Read more

Failed driving tests in the UK release two MILLION kg of CO2 a year

Failed driving tests in the UK produce almost two million kilograms of carbon dioxide in a normal year, according to new research.  The pass rate for driving tests in the UK is less than half and each trip spews out carbon dioxide and other emissions, just like every journey in a petrol or diesel powered … Read more

Keeping your camera on during a one hour Zoom meeting emits 1,000 grams of CO2, study reveals 

If you hate showing your face while videoconferencing, just claim you want to save the environment. A new study indicates turning off your camera during an hour-long Zoom session can save up to three gallons of water and an area of land about the size of an iPad Mini. Streaming Hulu or Netflix on standard … Read more

No more guilt trips? Revolutionary process converts CO2 into jet fuel

No more guilt trips? Revolutionary process converts carbon dioxide into jet fuel using cheap catalysts for emissions-free flights The process was invented by a team of scientists at Oxford University It uses cheap iron catalysts to capture CO2, adds hydrogen and creates fuel  As there is no need to extract oil from the ground, the process … Read more

Construction-related CO2 emissions hit record high, UN report reveals 

Construction and operation of buildings accounted for more than a third of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions last year, a new UN report reveals.  Emissions from keeping global residential and non-residential buildings running, as well as emissions during the construction of new buildings, made up 38 per cent of total global energy-related CO2 emissions.  But emissions … Read more

Electric cars shock: Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models 

Electric cars shock: Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models Electric cars would have to be driven for 50,000 miles before being as ‘green’ Report suggests the green transport revolution could increase emissions  The research threatens to undermine the PM’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by banning sales of new … Read more

Sending just ONE email less every day could cut CO2 emissions by 16,000 tonnes

Sending just ONE email less every day could cut CO2 emissions by 16,000 tonnes – the same as 80,000 flights Research from OVO Energy found half of Brits send unnecessary emails daily  Sending one less every day could cut CO2 emissions by 16,000 tonnes a year This is the equivalent of 81,152 flights from London to Madrid … Read more

Global warming: CO2 ‘reduces lifespan of trees’, study says

Trees with faster growth rates die younger across multiple countries and species, which reduces overall carbon storage capacity, a new study claims. Researchers analysed tree-ring data of more than 200,000 records of 82 species across Europe, Asia and the Americas.  They found tree faster growth is being offset by earlier mortality and release of the … Read more