January 2024 – Page 2 – Climate Desk

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Guardian

US climate scientist’s defamation case over online attacks finally comes to trial

Michael Mann alleges, in lawsuit first brought in 2012, that attacks on his work by climate denialists amount to defamation

Dharna Noor · January 20, 2024
YaleEnvironment360

How the UN climate plan fails to follow the science

Researchers are warning that these pledges are not grounded in sound science and will fail to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.

Fred Pearce · January 17, 2024
Grist

Puerto Rico is using residents’ home batteries to back up its grid

The yearlong pilot could be the first step in creating a residential-storage virtual power plant larger than any in North America.

Gabriela Aoun Angueira · January 17, 2024
Grist

How YouTube’s climate deniers turned into climate doomers

A new report documents a sharp rise in arguments that clean energy and climate policies won't work.

Kate Yoder · January 16, 2024
Wired

Why humans are putting a bunch of ‘coal’ and ‘oil’ back in the ground

Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.

Matt Simon · January 16, 2024
Inside Climate News

New research explores a restorative climate path for the Earth

Existing green growth policies are leading nowhere fast, so scientists say it’s worth exploring alternatives like degrowth.

Bob Berwyn · January 10, 2024
Grist

Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought

New research shows that every liter of bottled water contains 240,000 microscopic pieces of plastic.

Joseph Winters · January 10, 2024
Canada's National Observer

What happens when a country says ‘no’ to mining?

The battle between a Canadian mining company and Panama over one of the richest copper-gold mines in the Americas is headed to international arbitration.

Christopher Pollon · January 9, 2024
Guardian

2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin

Rapid reduction in fossil fuel burning urgently needed to preserve liveable conditions, say scientists, as climate damage deepens

Damian Carrington · January 9, 2024
Grist

Will Arizona close a loophole that lets developers build without water?

Despite water woes in “wildcat” neighborhoods, lawmakers may not act.

Jake Bittle · January 8, 2024
Guardian

Seagrass resurgence offers ray of hope for Florida’s hard-hit manatees

A remarkable turnaround in sea cows’ favorite food at Mosquito Lagoon means emergency feeding program can end

Richard Luscombe · January 5, 2024
Wired

Spying on beavers from space could help save California

A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back.

Ben Goldfarb · January 4, 2024