Tag: greenhouse gas
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Environmental Groups Urge World Leaders to Reduce Animal Farming
In May 2022, UK-based animal rights organization Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) called on world leaders to reduce animal farming. They began their campaign by delivering a petition – which amassed over 53,000 signatures – to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In the petition, the group urged him to enact policies to reduce meat and dairy…
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World’s Largest Solar Farm Will Provide Singapore With Clean Energy
Green energy company Sun Cable plans to open the world’s largest solar farm and battery storage facility by 2027. The Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink), the $22 billion infrastructure project, will transmit energy to Singapore, Indonesia, and northern Australia. The clean energy will travel to Singapore along high-voltage deep-sea cables traversing 5,000 km (3100 miles) of the…
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NASA Reveals 2020 Tied for the Warmest Year Ever Recorded
According to recent research by NASA, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year in Earth’s recorded history. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York studied the global average surface temperature for last year. They found that the temperature had risen 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit above the baseline 1951-1980 mean. 2020…
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Arctic Sea Ice Coverage at Second Lowest on Record
On September 15, 2020, the Arctic Sea ice extent reached the second lowest on record, measuring 1.44 million square miles. Satellite data by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) helped make this discovery. This marks the second lowest sea ice cover since record-keeping began 42 years ago. Only 2012 had a…
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United Nations Urges Humankind to End the “War on Nature”
Recently, the United Nations held the first summit on the climate change crisis. Scientists warned that high temperatures, rising sea levels, and numerous chemicals in the air cause an imbalance in nature. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reminded world leaders that they promised to help save the environment a decade ago. But they have failed…