At COP27 in Egypt last year, around 315 private jet journeys took place. Rishi Sunak, David Cameron and King Charles are just three of the more than 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries at the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28. But they are among hundreds who will have travelled there by private jet. … Read more
Watch out tech stocks. Real estate finished November as the second best performing group in the S&P 500 Index. The sector added 12%, nipping at the heels of tech’s 13% gain. The momentum was fueled by—as with most everything right now—bets the US Federal Reserve is not only done raising rates, but will begin cutting … Read more
By Susanta Kumar Ghosh Our venerable planet, Earth, commenced its existence approximately 4.6 billion years ago, constituting one-third of the age of the cosmos. Throughout its temporal journey, Earth has weathered various adversities, emerging each time with a renewed visage. Amidst this evolutionary narrative, numerous species have succumbed to the inexorable fate of extinction. The advent … Read more
Here’s one fix for the food system: actually acknowledge how much everything costs. Currently, food is both too expensive and too cheap, and it’s hard to put a comprehensive price tag on just how much the food industry shunts down the line to, for example, the health insurance, pharmaceutical and medical industries as a result … Read more
First, the good news. Extreme poverty has dropped sharply around the world in the past 30 years: Almost 40% of the global population lived in extreme poverty in 1990; now it’s less than 10%. That translates to hundreds of millions of people freed from hunger and severe deprivation. Yet, the future merits a higher bar. … Read more
Tents provide brief respite at the hottest time of day Graham Lawton TRUDGING through hot, red sand is hard work, especially in temperatures above 40°C (104°F). After about 40 minutes, I am drenched, dehydrated and drained. I can’t imagine doing this for 40 days, dragging all my gear behind me – including 40 litres of … Read more
Currently, the total wildfire carbon emissions from Canada are around 290 megatons. (File) Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous whole-year record, the EU’s climate monitor said Thursday, with the blazes expected to continue to scorch their way through forests for weeks or even months. The devastating … Read more
How did the fossil-fuel era begin? With Europeans heating their houses in winter. The Industrial Revolution would likely never have started if medieval Britain hadn’t turned to coal swept from the beaches of Northumbria to replace firewood from its dwindling forests. One of the world’s first air pollution laws was a 1306 proclamation prohibiting the … Read more
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Is the ketogenic diet the only way to lose weight? Of course not! Keep track of calories in vs calories out and almost anyone can lose weight. The problem is keeping it off. To understand that, we need to look at metabolic adaptation and the biology of obesity. Our bodies have a “set point” that … Read more