Antarctica, the Earth’s coldest and most inhospitable continent, has long been considered one of the last pristine wildernesses on our planet. A land of ice and snow, where temperatures can plummet to bone-chilling extremes, it has been considered an unlikely candidate for hosting life, let alone lush vegetation. However, recent scientific research has unveiled a surprising and...
There was always the possibility that Al Gore, after making the hideously painful decision to concede the contested 2000 Presidential election to George W. Bush, would have to live out the remainder of his life as both a tragic loser and a tragic hero—someone who stood down in the name of the orderly transition of...
Suella Braverman is right when she says there is a “hurricane” of migration coming, but the UK home secretary has no plan to weather the storm and her actions leave us all exposed. Braverman’s populist speech, a thinly disguised leadership campaign, at the Tory party conference last week, contained all the predictable tropes and dog whistles aimed at...
ADNOC made the final investment decision ( FID ) on the project for the development of two gas fields on the UAE shelf – Hail and Ghasha. Deposits are part of the Abu Dhabi Ghasha concession, in which more than 1.5 billion cubic meters are planned to be mined by the end of the decade....
Weather disasters fueled by climate change — from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires — sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children’s Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention paid to victims. In a sweeping report on the issue, the United Nations agency detailed the heart-wrenching stories of some of the...
Will marine heatwaves help these venomous sea creatures thrive in Europe? Beachgoers have been warned to stay vigilant after a Portuguese man o’ war washed up Anglesey, an island in north Wales. Closely related to jellyfish, the alien-like sea creatures are recognisable for their striking blue-violet balloon-like floats, thought to resemble a war ship’s sail....
Executives are talking up their net zero plans, but there’s a risk the gap between rhetoric and reality becomes too wide. The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, or Adipec, is the most oily event imaginable: acres of halls filled with people selling pipes, pumps and drill bits — everything you need to get fossil fuels out...
Statement at UN human rights council voices ‘disappointment’ after host country refuses to change restrictive laws. The UK has asked the United Arab Emirates, one of its closest Gulf allies, to explain how it will guarantee free speech around the UN Cop28 climate summit in Dubai after the country refused to change its restrictive laws. The...
Coffee is causing deforestation at an ‘alarming rate’ – could a beanless brew be the solution? A Seattle-based startup backed by some of the investors behind Beyond Meat is launching the world’s first beanless coffee this week. Its inventors hope to slash the environmental impact of the popular drink. The caffeinated brew uses superfoods and plant-based waste...
You know the story: Slowly turn up the heat on a frog in a pot of water, and the frog won’t hop out. Oblivious to the imperceptible increase in heat, it will stay put until — well, until it croaks. When it comes to the effect of rising global temperatures on amphibians, the proverbial frog-boiling...