Brazil made progress in reducing deforestation in the Amazon, but is planning major investments in oil and gas that would worsen the climate crisis.
The Lula administration should commit to phasing out fossil fuels.
New @hrw.org World Report: www.hrw.org/world-report...
Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
🤔 This should be the main new of the day... and of the year. According to data released by EU's Copernicus, 2024 was the hottest year in record and also the first one breaching the 1.5º degrees ceiling of the Paris Agreement. Good insights and graphics in this article 👇
www.ft.com/content/fd91...
Climate change is creating warmer, drier conditions that cause fire seasons in some regions like western North America to last longer and be more active. Read more:
The US will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry that match the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of Agriculture said, in a sign of the widespread and devastating nature of the outbreak reut.rs/4fOuora
Firefighters are battling wildfires in the Los Angeles area as a devastating wind storm has created extremely dangerous fire conditions.
The largest fire quickly grew to more than 1,200 acres near Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood. cnn.it/3WbslpU
#ACTUALNEWS The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats.
Rebels appear to have entered the Syrian capital of Damascus, a resident says, as the Assad regime's defenses collapse.
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The dynamics between predator and prey are laid bare in a striking image of fish being attacked by sharks in the shallow waters of the Maldives, which has claimed the top prize in this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.
See more photos from the competition: cnn.it/4ihWduk
Black Friday / Silver Light in NYC.
Wild nature. #CalileguaNP Jujuy, Argentina
The United States has formally recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as the country’s president-elect following the disputed July 28 presidential election, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on X.
Rafael Nadal’s remarkable 23-year career came to an end after Spain was eliminated by the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday.
This is the original, from my article from two years ago: ourworldindata.org/the-future-i...
Our Data Insight today: Global mean sea levels have increased by around 25 centimeters since 1880
