Campaigners on Tuesday urged the COP27 summit to fight disinformation that undermines efforts to limit deadly global warming, as a survey showed millions of people believe climate change falsehoods.. In the United States, 23 percent of people think climate change is a hoax made up by "elite" organisations, the survey showed.
Climate activists poured black liquid over a glass screen protecting Gustav Klimt's masterpiece "Death and Life" in Vienna on Tuesday, in the latest protest at inaction over global heating.. It shared images on social media of two men pouring a black, oily liquid on the glass protecting the work before being seized by a museum employee.
Writhing and grunting, a bull with burning balls of tar attached to its horns charged in the darkness in a small town in northern Spain.. They then tied the bull to a wooden post and attached balls of highly flammable tar to its horns as hundreds of people watched behind barriers.
The EU vowed to step up its emissions cuts at UN climate talks on Tuesday as developing nations admonished rich polluters for falling short on efforts to help them cope with global warming.. The 27-nation bloc will now be able to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 57 percent from 1990 levels, he said.
Rich nations pledged Tuesday to raise at least $20 billion to help wean Indonesia off coal and reach carbon neutrality by 2050, a decade earlier than planned, the White House said.. Under the deal, Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest rainforest, pledges to be carbon-neutral by 2050, 10 years earlier than previously planned, and to almost double its renewable energy generation by 2030.
A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.. That could potentially fall further to around 0.5 percent by 2050 due to a continued decline in fertility rates, the United Nations projects.
Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga.. For rats, the "bopping" effect was most pronounced for music in the range of 120-140 beats per minute -- the same as humans.
Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga.. For rats, the "bopping" effect was most pronounced for music in the range of 120-140 beats per minute -- the same as humans.
Third time's the charm?
The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday formally launched a climate partnership to work together on conservation.. The DRC, which is home to 60 percent of the vast Congo Basin rainforest, has faced criticism for launching an auction in July for oil and gas blocks, some of which are in sensitive areas.
