Environment & Sustainability

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World almost certain to endure record hot year by 2030, UN warns

Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this year A record-breaking hot year is almost certain by 2030 as the climate crisis intensifies, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has warned. With an…

European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it

The clock is ticking in Brussels. By June 1, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, is set to receive feedback on its proposal to remove leather, hides and skins from the EU’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Officials, however, are trying…

NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

5 min read NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland Fires Technology Program Manager Teresa Kauffman how to drive a fire bulldozer during a stakeholder event April 23-24 in Andalusia,…