Hacker News with Generative AI: Environment

Planet-warming gas levels rose more than ever in 2024 (bbc.com)
Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.

Climate Change, Science, Environment, Global Warming

5 points by silverquiet 14 hours ago | 0 comments

Planet-warming gas levels rose more than ever in 2024 (bbc.co.uk)
Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.

Climate Change, Environment, Science, Global Warming

5 points by GeoAtreides 19 hours ago | 0 comments

Fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures (mercurynews.com)
Flames continued to spew early Friday morning in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County after a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations.

Fire Safety, Evacuations, Battery Storage, California, Environment

9 points by Animats 22 hours ago | 1 comments

Municipal tap water higher in microplastic particles than most bottled water (plos.org)
The EU Directive 2020/2184 on consumable water quality recently proposed methodological approaches to the detection of MPs in potable water in the size range of 20–5000 μm.

Environment, Science, Health, Water Quality, Plastic Pollution

4 points by ck2 1 day ago | 2 comments

Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination (theguardian.com)
Residents of Jersey have been recommended bloodletting to reduce high concentrations of “forever chemicals” in their blood after tests showed some islanders have levels that can lead to health problems.

Health, Environment, New Jersey, PFAS, Contamination

7 points by samizdis 2 days ago | 5 comments

Svalbard's radioactive 'Bear Island' surrounded by cloud swirls and algal bloom (livescience.com)

Environment, Science, Climate Change, Biology

4 points by wglb 2 days ago | 0 comments

Maintaining and sustaining soil health (worldsensorium.com)
"OK. There are more living organisms in one tablespoon of soil than there are people living on the earth."

Soil Health, Agriculture, Sustainability, Environment

50 points by dnetesn 3 days ago | 26 comments

Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean? (nature.com)
It’s official: Earth’s average temperature climbed to more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels for the first time in 2024.

Climate Change, Environment, Science, Global Warming

81 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 174 comments

Global Climate Highlights 2024 (copernicus.eu)
2024 saw unprecedented global temperatures, following on from the remarkable warmth of 2023. It also became the first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level – a threshold set by the Paris Agreement to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, including floods, heatwaves and wildfires.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Environment, Science, Weather

3 points by bryanrasmussen 7 days ago | 0 comments

Global Climate Highlights 2024: The 2024 Annual Climate Summary (copernicus.eu)
2024 saw unprecedented global temperatures, following on from the remarkable warmth of 2023. It also became the first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level – a threshold set by the Paris Agreement to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, including floods, heatwaves and wildfires.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Environment, Science, Climate Science

7 points by Gedxx 8 days ago | 0 comments

Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024 (theguardian.com)
Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Environment, Weather, Science

10 points by shadow28 8 days ago | 1 comments

2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit (bbc.com)
The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Science, Environment

106 points by defrost 8 days ago | 65 comments

Hermit guardian of Budelli dies after three decades on paradise island (theguardian.com)
Mauro Morandi, an Italian man nicknamed “Robinson Crusoe” by the media after living alone on a paradise island for more than three decades, has died at the age of 85.

Italy, Environment, Nature, Obituary, Human Interest

20 points by akbarnama 10 days ago | 3 comments

Jimmy Carter Remembered Fondly by Bill Gates, Environmentalists (gatesnotes.com)

Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, Environment

5 points by m463 12 days ago | 0 comments

UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources (theguardian.com)
The UK’s electricity was the cleanest it has ever been in 2024, with wind and solar generation hitting all-time highs, according to a report.

Renewable Energy, Environment, United Kingdom, Climate Change, Energy

10 points by ksec 13 days ago | 4 comments

Plastic crystals could replace greenhouse gases used in refrigerators (techxplore.com)
A team of chemical engineers at Deakin University, working with colleagues from the University of Western Australia, the University of Sydney and Monash University, all in Australia, has found that a type of plastic crystal can be used as a refrigerant, possibly replacing the greenhouse gas currently used in most refrigerators.

Refrigeration, Chemistry, Materials Science, Sustainability, Environment

10 points by geox 13 days ago | 2 comments

New Data Reveal Climate Change-Driven Insurance Crisis Is Spreading (senate.gov)
Washington, D.C.—Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released a first-of-its kind public dataset and accompanying staff report that expose the scale of the climate change-driven crisis in homeowners’ insurance.

Climate Change, Insurance, Data, Environment, United States

12 points by thatcherc 14 days ago | 1 comments

Ireland has lost almost all its native forests (worldsensorium.com)

Ireland, Deforestation, Environment, Conservation

66 points by dnetesn 15 days ago | 18 comments

North Carolina's coastal tourism could decline due to salty tap water (phys.org)
Sea level rise is an ever-pressing concern as climate change melts ice sheets.

Climate Change, Coastal Tourism, North Carolina, Environment, Water Quality

10 points by Stratoscope 15 days ago | 1 comments

The Battlefield Is Everywhere (doomsdaymachines.net)
The “Proximity Argument,” the revolution in our planetary spatial relations, is forceful enough intellectually to match the horrendous situation. “Are we in a biological crisis of existence?” Yes! “How can we prove that?” Because there are no longer any safe interiors in which our babies can survive the next war. The weapons are up. Reproduction will be impossible. The battlefield is everywhere. Therefore World War III is treason — treason to our species, to say nothing of our nations.

War, Philosophy, Environment, Reproduction

5 points by musha68k 15 days ago | 0 comments

Slides that convinced Boris Johnson about global warming (2022) (carbonbrief.org)
A scientific briefing that UK prime minister Boris Johnson says changed his mind about global warming has been made public for the first time, following a freedom-of-information (FOI) request by Carbon Brief.

Climate Change, Politics, Science, Environment

9 points by Tomte 15 days ago | 5 comments

'Forever chemical' found in mineral water from several European countries (theguardian.com)
Mineral water from several European nations has been found for the first time to be contaminated with TFA, a type of PFAS “forever chemical” that is a reproductive toxicant accumulating at alarming levels across the globe.

Environment, Chemistry, Europe, Health, Water

5 points by mtlebe 16 days ago | 0 comments

What we learned about wildfire smoke in 2024 (hcn.org)
The more researchers learn about wildfire smoke, the more worrisome the picture gets. Smoke contains microscopic particles known as PM 2.5 because the PM (particulate matter) measures 2.5 microns or less — small enough to easily wiggle its way into our lungs and then into our bloodstreams. Researchers have already connected the particulate matter in wildfire smoke to a higher risk of strokes, heart disease, respiratory disease, lung cancer and other serious conditions.

Wildfires, Health, Science, Environment

5 points by chmaynard 16 days ago | 0 comments

Sea level rise is gonna get a whole lot realer (greenash.net.au)
So, ok, perhaps sea level rise ain't gotten real yet for most people (although it sure has for some people). But I got news for y'all: it's gonna get a whole lot realer.

Climate Change, Environment

28 points by jaza 17 days ago | 15 comments

Microplastics found in multiple human organ tissues correlated with lesions (phys.org)
Research led by Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University in China has performed a metadata investigation into the presence of microplastics in humans. They report a concerning relationship between micro and nanoplastic (MNP) concentrations in damaged tissues and links with multiple health conditions.

Microplastics, Human Health, Science, Environment, Research

51 points by mikhael 18 days ago | 15 comments

Floridians have no right to bodies of water 'free of pollution,' court rules (floridaphoenix.com)
For the second time this year, a Florida appellate court has ruled against environmentalists fighting to enact a widely supported local clean water measure.

Environment, Law, Florida, Water Pollution, Court Decisions

101 points by latexr 18 days ago | 94 comments

Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes (npr.org)
Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Public Health, Environment, E-Cigarettes, Belgium, European Union

179 points by geox 19 days ago | 122 comments

Human composting is rising in popularity as an earth-friendly life after death (cnn.com)

Human Composting, Environment, Death, Sustainability

9 points by mooreds 19 days ago | 2 comments

EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force (france24.com)
EU rules requiring all new smartphones, tablets and cameras to use the same charger came into force on Saturday, in a change Brussels said will cut costs and waste.