An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: The sea ice around Antarctica likely had a record low surface area when it was at its maximum size this winter, a preliminary US analysis of satellite data showed Monday. As the southern hemisphere tra…

First the Washington Post summarizes what scientists believed in the 1970s. Chlorofluorocarbons, or (CFCs, “could float up into the stratosphere and break down a protective layer of ozone, allowing more ultraviolet light to enter the atmosphere and har…

A startup named OceanWell has partnered with southern California’s Las Virgenes Municipal Water District “to study the feasibility of harvesting drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor,” reports the Los Angeles Times:

The compa…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: On the outskirts of the small town of Folschviller in eastern France stand three nondescript sheds. One of these temporary structures has recently become a hive of activity due to a continuous stream …

Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis,” with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation by the Guardian has found. From the report: Analysis of data gathered using cutting-edg…

The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming. BBC: “It’s so far outside anything we’ve seen, it’s almost mi…

Oil companies have been granted licences by the UK government that it hopes will enable them to store up to 10% of the UK’s carbon emissions in old oil and gasfields beneath the seabed. From a report: The government awarded more than 20 North Sea licen…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Human actions have pushed the world into the danger zone on several key indicators of planetary health, threatening to trigger dramatic changes in conditions on Earth, according to a new analysis from 29 sc…

Late Friday a Burning Man press release claimed that “zero stuck or abandoned vehicles remain on site or on the exit road, as people have returned with friends and tow trucks to retrieve them.”
But the Reno Gazette-Journal reports that as of 5 p.m. Fr…

Governments are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to stave off climate disaster, a major report by the UN has found. From a report: Meeting the goals will require “phasing out all unabated …