The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
AFTER Rachel Carson's passionate polemic Silent Spring was published in 1962, environmentalism in the West assumed urgency and a sense of purpose. The pervasive popularity of this particular philosophy has transformed Western society through legislation, popular pressure, and individual initiatives. Although transparent and virtually inflexible procedures for safeguarding the environment …
toxic wastes are leaching into the North Sea from piles of debris heaped up beneath oil rigs, reports a new survey. Levels of heavy metals dissolved in water immediately above the dumps exceed environmental safety limits, say scientists at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory near Oban, Scotland. Their effects on marine …
