The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth’s glacier ice (about 52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming than the West Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass over recent decades, prompting the need to re-evaluate its sensitivity to climate change.

Here we review the response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past warm periods, synthesize current observations of change and evaluate future projections.

Response of The East Antarctic Ice Sheet to Past and Future Climate Change | Devamı>>>

Cop26 may involve dozens of world leaders, cost billions of pounds, generate reams of technical jargon and be billed as the last chance to prevent calamitous global heating, but at its simplest the climate conference in Glasgow is a debate about dialling up or dialling down risk.

The primary objective of Cop26 is to nudge the world as low as possible within this target band, which was established under the Paris agreement.

Possible Hazards from COP26 and Global Warming | Devamı>>>

A gap in global hydropower capacity could put the global fight against global warming at risk.

That’s one of the findings of a new report by the International Hydropower Association (IHA), which estimates there is a gap of more than 300 GW needed to limit global warming.

Both the International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency have previously said that around 850 GW of new hydropower capacity will be required by 2050 to keep temperatures below 2°C.

Mind the Hydropower Gap! | Devamı>>>

New research published by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Climate Analytics reveals the crucial impact of G20 countries on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

In the published report, G20 countries, which cause 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, will cause a temperature increase of 2.4°C in the world by the end of the century with their current climate targets. However, if these countries set ambitious emissions reduction targets for 2030 in line with the 1.5°C target and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, global temperature rise by the end of the century could be limited to 1.7°C.

G20 Countries Have a Impact on Limiting the Temperature Inc. to 1.5°C | Devamı>>>

As problems such as pollution, climate change and aridness develop into more prevalent issues, the role that technology could play in preserving natural resources and providing humanity with a more sustainable way of living becomes more curious.

Currently, there numerous projects underway to combat these concerns. In the beginnings of 2021, one of the more intriguing tidings of late came from Cerebrum Tech, founded by Dr. R. Erdem Erkul. The company, which is active in Turkey, the U.S., England, and South Korea, with the motto of “A company that gives inspiration for youth and the future” has announced a collaboration with Wi.Plat from South Korea, in order to work on technologies that enables the efficient use of water resources, savings in water consumption and sustainability.

Cooperation for Water Resources Efficiency from Turkey and South Korea | Devamı>>>

Some of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel producers are calling on taxpayers to help them kick their pollution habit.

The world’s biggest oil, natural gas and mining companies are stepping up their campaign to deploy carbon capture and storage, or CCS, as way to slow global warming. But with a potential $90-billion-a-year price tag, it’s too rich for them to do it on their own.

The technology siphons pollution away from the chimneys of industrial plants and injects it permanently underground.

Big Coal Wants You to Pay to Fix Its Problem | Devamı>>>

Since 2000, the world has doubled its coal-fired power capacity to 2,000 gigawatts (GW) after explosive growth in China and India. Another 200GW is being built and 450GW is planned. More recently, 200GW has closed due to a wave of retirements across the EU and US. Another 170GW is set to retire by 2030 and 13 of the world’s 77 coal-powered countries plan a total phaseout.

Meanwhile, electricity generated from coal peaked in 2014, so the expanding fleet is running fewer hours than ever.

Mapped: The World’s Coal Power Plants | Devamı>>>

Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet.

But, while cement – the key ingredient in concrete – has shaped much of our built environment, it also has a massive carbon footprint.

Cement is the source of about 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to think tank Chatham House.

If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter in the world – behind China and the US.

Climate Change: The Massive CO2 Emitter You May Not Know About | Devamı>>>

In addressing the threat of global warming, capturing and storing the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel power plants is widely seen as a necessity. Back in 2009, John Ashton, then the UK foreign secretary’s special representative for climate change, argued: “There is no credible climate strategy that doesn’t include a strategy to get very quickly to the point where carbon capture and storage becomes the universal standard for all new coal and indeed all new gas-fired power generation.”

Nine years on, the plunging costs of renewable energy and battery storage have changed the debate somewhat.

Carbon Capture and Storage | Devamı>>>