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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 489

Marlowe HOOD

The full moon apears from behind the clouds in Tulum, Mexico, February 4, 2023. (David Gannon/AFP)
February 11, 2023, 3:21 am
Could a space barrier made of moon dust keep the Earth cool?
Scientists say hypothetical solar shield in orbit could temper climate change; skeptics call proposal a distraction
By Marlowe HOOD
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 20, 2022. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
November 20, 2022, 7:21 pm
No way to run a COP: Climate summit host Egypt gets bad marks
Observers allege that Cairo failed to act as a neutral broker in talks, protected petro-states; European official disappointed at weak push for commitments to limit global warming
By Marlowe HOOD
A mother pushes a stroller in front of the Scholven coal-fired power station, owned by Uniper, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
November 11, 2022, 1:07 pm
Scientists predict CO2 fossil fuel emissions to reach record high in 2022
Pollution from oil will likely rise more than 2% compared to last year, while emissions from coal to hit a new peak, amid pandemic recovery and energy crisis caused by Ukraine war
By Marlowe HOOD
Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
February 23, 2022, 9:52 am
World must brace for more extreme and devastating wildfires, UN warns
International body’s environment program says the most ambitious efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions won’t prevent a dramatic surge in the frequency of extreme fire conditions
By Marlowe HOOD
In this file photo taken on July 23, 2021, dead almond trees lie in an open field after they were removed by a farmer because of a lack of water to irrigate them, in Huron, California, a town in the drought-stricken Central Valley. (Robyn Beck / AFP)
February 15, 2022, 10:29 am
Western US climate-fueled drought is the worst in 1,200 years, researchers say
Last decade saw several states experience severe water shortages, triggering periodic restrictions on usage and even forcing some communities to import bottled water for drinking
By Marlowe HOOD
In this Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, a floating dock sits on the lakebed of the Suesca lagoon, in Suesca, Colombia (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
August 9, 2021, 12:46 pm
Humanity almost entirely to blame for hotter Earth: The key UN report findings
With dire warning over the state of the planet, intergovernmental panel says global warming is unfolding more quickly than feared
By Marlowe HOOD and Patrick Galey
Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 7, 2021, 7:54 am
As deadly weather disasters sweep globe, is a 1.5°C warming target impossible?
Questions over whether Paris Agreement’s aspirational target can be met, as UN’s first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014 to be released Monday
By Marlowe HOOD
The sun rises amid smog during the dry season in Mexico City, February 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
July 26, 2021, 8:27 pm
‘Climate on steroids’: Pace of warming behind record-smashing heatwaves – study
Scientists find temperature records being broken by rapid tempo of warming rather than amount of greenhouse gasses in atmosphere, warn conditions to worsen in coming decades
By Marlowe HOOD
A nurse fills a syringe with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a health care centre in Seoul on February 26, 2021, as South Korea starts coronavirus vaccination campaign. (JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)
February 26, 2021, 3:02 pm
Coronavirus vaccines block disease, but do they hinder infection?
Herd immunity usually achieved when 60%-80% percent of a population inoculated or recovered, but ‘escape variants’ carry greater risk of virus continuing to circulate
By Marlowe HOOD
Dr. Christian Chidiac gets a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in La Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, central France, Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021 (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
January 6, 2021, 8:49 pm
Q&A: How is the COVID vaccine rollout unfolding around the world?
Top immunologists on how the mass inoculation drive has taken on fresh urgency as new strains spread globally
By Marlowe HOOD
A polar bear sits on the Hudson Bay fresh ice next to a hole in the ice and close to the shore waiting for a seal meal outside Churchill, Mantioba, Canada, November 15, 2007. (Paul J. Richards/AFP)
July 20, 2020, 8:27 pm
Polar bears could be extinct by 2100 due to climate change, study warns
Scientists say rising temperatures are reducing the amount of time that polar bears can hunt for food: ‘Their habitat is literally melting’
By Marlowe HOOD
Smoke and vapor rising from the cooling towers and chimneys of the lignite-fired Jaenschwalde Power Station near Peitz, eastern Germany, on November 30, 2019. (John MACDOUGALL /AFP)
December 1, 2019, 8:26 pm
UN chief says humanity’s ‘war against nature’ must stop
Climate crisis has reached ‘point of no return’ as the planet ‘fights back,’ Guterres warns, ahead of upcoming report confirming last five years are the warmest on record
By Marlowe HOOD
In this illustrative photo from July 16, 2014, file photo, what was once a marina sits high and dry due to Lake Mead receding in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
November 28, 2019, 4:07 pm
Scientists say it is too late to stop climate change
Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to heat the planet’s surface by another three or four degrees by 2100
By Marlowe HOOD
The sun rises near power lines in Frankfurt, Germany, as a heat wave scorches Europe, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
August 5, 2019, 8:49 pm
July was the hottest month ever measured across the world
Record-breaking temperatures have ‘rewritten climate history’; 2019 is on track to be one of the warmest years
By Marlowe HOOD
A North Atlantic right whale swims in the waters of Cape Cod Bay April 14, 2019 near Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Don Emmert / AFP)
April 23, 2019, 8:11 pm
One million species risk extinction due to humans, blistering UN report finds
1,800-page assessment shows accelerating loss of clean air, drinkable water, CO2-absorbing forests, pollinating insects, protein-rich fish and storm-blocking mangroves
By Marlowe HOOD
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