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Energy trilemma evolving to reflect new ambitions and threats

Smart Energy International

The World Energy Council’s World Energy Trilemma 2024 report reveals changing ambitions and new challenges facing global energy systems. Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats.

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Rainforest study: Scientists now know the temperature at which photosynthesis stops

Grist

The Amazon rainforest was once one of the world’s most powerful carbon sinks, largely a result of its uniquely dense tree cover. Still, the Amazon covers a land area roughly twice the size of India , and is among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, with over 3 million species of flora and fauna. degrees C (116 degrees F).

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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Around the world, 1.6

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Tipping Points In Tropical Forests: Carbon Fluxes In The Amazon And Africa

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Figure 2: Modeled past and future carbon dynamics of structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa and Amazonia. But why in the Amazon and not in Africa?

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How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now

The Verge: Energy

The effort exposed a huge amount of industrial activity that previously flew under the radar, from suspicious fishing operations to an explosion of offshore energy development. Up to 30 percent of transport and energy vessels also escape public tracking. “The A boom in offshore energy development was also visible in the data.

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Scientists unveil a plan to prevent the next pandemic (and save nature at the same time)

Grist

Governments could also start new programs of surveillance, monitoring particular “hotspots” like West Africa and Southeast Asia, where new diseases are most likely to emerge. According to the researchers, policymakers have to pass legislation that keeps high-risk species, like bats, pangolins, and rodents, out of markets.

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. Our usage has jumped 62 per cent over the course of a few decades — up from 61.6 And can any drop in oil usage happen quickly enough? (5)