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Oct 12, 2021

Twenty-four more Countries join Global Methane Pledge

Twenty-four more countries have joined a US and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030, giving the emerging global partnership momentum ahead of its launch at the UN climate summit in Glasgow later this month.
Nigeria, Japan and Pakistan are among the 24 new signatories to the Global Methane Pledge, which was first announced by the United States and EU in September with the aim to galvanise rapid climate action before the start of the Scotland summit on October 31. It could have a significant impact on the energy, agriculture and waste sectors responsible for the bulk of methane emissions.
The nine original partners include Britain, Indonesia and Mexico, which signed on to the pledge when it was announced at the Major Economies Forum last month. The partnership will now cover 60 per cent of the global GDP and 30 per cent of global methane emissions.

Oct 07, 2021

Climate Change Killing World's Coral Reefs

According to a report, the world's coral reefs are under attack by climate change and more will disappear if oceans keep warming.
The study by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), a U.N.-supported global data network, showed that 14% of the world's coral on reefs was already lost between 2009 and 2018, equal to about 11,700 square kilometres, an area 2.5 times the size of Grand Canyon National Park.
Corals face an existential crisis, as sea surface temperatures rise. The report spanned data for 40 years, 73 countries and 12,000 sites. Sharp spikes in warming are particularly damaging, a phenomenon is linked to human-caused climate change.
The study looked at 10 coral reef-bearing regions around the world and found that loss was mainly attributed to coral bleaching, which happens when corals, under stress from warmer water, expel the colorful algae living in their tissues, making them turn white.

Oct 06, 2021

Himachal Pradesh Becomes 1st State to Begin Organised Cultivation of Dalchini

The CSIR's Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) has introduced cinnamon cultivation in Himachal Pradesh on a pilot basis. True cinnamon or Cinnamomum verum is grown mainly in Sri Lanka, while minor producing countries include Seychelles, Madagascar, and India.
India imports 45,318 tonnes of cinnamon annually from China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia and Nepal. With the cultivation of cinnamomum verum, HP has become the first state of India to have organised cultivation of cinnamon.

South Pole Records Coldest Winter on Record

The South Pole just had its coldest winter on record.
Between April and September, a research station sitting on a high plateau in Antarctica, registered an average temperature of minus 78 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 61 degrees Celsius). That's the coldest temperature recorded since record keeping began in 1957, and about 4.5 F (2.5 C) lower than the most recent 30-year average.
The previous record for the coldest winter was minus 77 F (minus 60.6 C) in 1976.

Oct 05, 2021

August 2021 is the 6th-warmest in 142 Years

As per NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information analysis, August 2021 was the 6th hottest month on the Earth, despite the fact that, Central Texas went through a cooler than average month.
While analysing the August's heat, scientists found that the average global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.62 degrees F more than the average of 20th-century.
North America witnessed its top-10 warmest August.
Asia had its 2nd warmest August while Africa had 3rd warmest August.
Since 2009, 9 out of 10 warmest Augusts on Earth have happened.
Year 2021 was also the 2nd hottest summer on record in Northern Hemisphere. Year 2020 witnessed the hottest summer on record in the Northern Hemisphere.
NOAA is an American scientific and regulatory agency working under the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, charts the sea, monitors oceanic & atmospheric conditions, and conducts deep sea exploration, besides managing fishing & protecting marine mammals.

Oct 03, 2021

Phillips 66 to Cut 30% Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030

US Refiner Phillips 66 would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from its operations by 2030, amid mounting pressure on the industry to join the fight against climate change and cut carbon emissions by mid-century.
Since the 2015 Paris climate accord set a goal to keep global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, there has been pressure on refiners to announce ambitious targets and operate more cleanly.
The refiner expects to achieve the target through investments in lower-carbon business platforms including renewable fuels, lithium-ion batteries, carbon capture and hydrogen.

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