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New tipping point looms beneath Antarctic ice sheet

2 July 2024

For the first time, a “new and worrying” way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterised by scientists. Projections of sea level rise may thus be “significant underestimates”.

Hurricane Beryl strengthens to Category 5, headed to Jamaica

2 July 2024

Hurricane Beryl intensified again into a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm on July 2 as it moved across the eastern Caribbean, headed for Jamaica after downing power lines and flooding streets in the western Caribbean islands.

Foreign policy ignites election showdown between Iranian candidates

2 July 2024

The first debate between Iran's runoff presidential candidates on July 1 turned fiery as the contenders clashed over the nation's stance on foreign affairs, with the 2015 nuclear accord and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Tropical storm Beryl intensifies to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane in an extreme weather first

1 July 2024

Tropical storm Beryl intensified into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane in less than 42 hours in a never-before-seen acceleration of destructive power for the time of year.

Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA

1 July 2024

Population growth means that for the first time in a decade access to global energy has begun to fall despite the massive investment going into clean energy to fight the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency said in a new report.

Protests begin in Serbia against Rio Tinto lithium mining project

1 July 2024

Nearly two thousand people gathered in the town of Loznica to protest against the controversial lithium mining project.

KSE: Assessing Russia`s shadow fleet

30 June 2024

Russia’s shadow fleet currently consists of 435 tankers and aims to circumvent sanctions on Russian oil, specifically the G7/EU price cap.

Russia’s coal sector battered by sanctions

30 June 2024

Russia's coal industry, one of the country's largest raw materials sectors, is on the brink of financial collapse as it grapples with the severe impact of international sanctions.

Kazakhstan courting international investment to curb methane emissions

28 June 2024

Astana to present methane emissions reduction plan at COP29.

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries have done little damage to Russia’s economy so far

27 June 2024

Ukraine continues to attack Russian refineries with drones but as drones only carry a 5-50kg explosive payload, rather than the 500kg carried by bombers, they can’t destroy a refinery, only damage it.

Extreme wildfires have doubled in two decades, due to climate crisis

27 June 2024

A new study, in "Nature Ecology & Evolution", reveals that the frequency and intensity of severe wildfires worldwide have doubled over the last two decades due to climate change.