May 2022
IEA chief warns of summer fuel shortages and a triple energy crisis that will outstrip the oil shocks of the 1970s — businessinsider — 31 May 2022 (LINK)
50 years of UN environmental diplomacy: What's worked and the trends ahead: (a very partial view) — theconversation — 31 May 2022 (LINK)
Jack Welch's questionable legacy — axios — 31 May 2022 (LINK)
2022 could be the worst hurricane season since Katrina, marine scientist warns — inverse — 29 May 2022 (LINK)
Climate change: The world isn't spending enough to prevent disasters, UN says — bloomberg / scmp — 28 May 2022 (LINK)
— Of the US$133 billion disaster-related financing in 2010 to 2019, only 4 per cent went to reducing risks, rest was spent on more costly post-calamity responses
Pfizer to sell all its 23 patented drugs at nonprofit price in low-income countries — reuters / investing.com — 25 May 2022 (LINK)
Is There Such a Thing as Ethical Animal Tourism?" — afar — 25 May 2022 (LINK)
Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the 'Nobel Prize for naturalists' (commentary) — mongabay — 24 May 2022 (LINK)
Environmental lessons from Pacific Islanders — inhabitat — 24 May 2022 (LINK)
— The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated about a quarter million Pacific Islanders will die annually between 2030 and 2050 from climate change impacts ranging from malaria to heat stress. But residents in this ecologically fragile area aren't just waiting for this to happen. They're developing ways to improve the resilience of their ecosystems and communities.
WEF Davos 2022: Cultivating Investment Opportunities in Fragile Contexts: Catalysing Market-Driven Solutions to Strengthen Community and Economy Resilience — weforum — 24 May 2022 (LINK)
— The paper highlights the work of the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) Initiative, which harnesses private capital to strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable communities and economies.
Swiss Re, UBS among founding buyers in carbon removal scheme — reuters — 23 May 2022 (LINK)
IMF chief says global economy faces 'confluence of calamities' in biggest test since World War II — cnbc — 23 May 2022 (LINK)
University of Zurich: New technology makes cancerous tumors eliminate themselves — thebrighterside — 22 May 2022 (LINK)
How Long Will the Bear Market Last? Here's What History Shows — fool — 22 May 2022 (LINK)
— The longest bear market for the S&P 500 occurred during the Great Depression and lasted 2.8 years. Since the 1950s, the longest bear market was in the early 2000s when the dot.com bubble burst. It lastest 2.1 years.
BRICS countries renew pledge to strengthen environmental cooperation — xinhua / english.news.cn — 21 May 2022 (LINK)
International Day for Biological Diversity 2022: Investing in natural infrastructure for a shared future for all life — undp — 20 May 2022 (LINK)
Earth's oceans have reached the hottest and most acidic levels on record, UN says — cnbc — 19 May 2022 (LINK)
UN boss unveils new clean energy proposals — axios — 18 May 2022 (LINK)
Pollution caused 1 in 6 deaths globally for five years, study says — washington post /stars & stripes — 18 May 2022 (LINK)
Scientists answer the centuries old question of how life on Earth began — thebrighterside — 17 May 2022 (LINK)
Rapid Money Supply Growth Does Not Cause Inflation: Neither do rapid growth in government debt, declining interest rates, or rapid Increases in a central bank's balance sheet — evonomics — 17 May 2022 (LINK)
— "In our review of 47 countries, generally from 1960 forward, we found that more often than not high inflation does not follow rapid money supply growth, and in contrast to this, high inflation has occurred frequently when it has not been preceded by rapid money supply growth."
Reduce Crypto Energy Use with a Simple Code Change — Greenpeace campaign — cryptopolitan — 13 May 2022 (LINK)
WHO accuses tobacco industry of 'greenwashing' in new report — abcnews — 12 May 2022 (LINK)
Researchers in Australia say they've found why infants die from SIDS: a defect in the brain part controlling arousal from sleeping and breathing — kvue — 12 May 2022 (LINK)
Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes — noaa — 11 May 2022 (LINK)
Great Barrier Reef suffers sixth mass bleaching event with 91% of reefs surveyed affected — cnn — 11 May 2022 (LINK)
China is using AI and 3D printing to build a 590-foot-tall dam without the need for human workers, scientists say — businessinsider — 10 May 2022 (LINK)
A quirk of the brain prevents us from caring about climate change — salon — 8 May 2022 (LINK)
Seaweed Can be a Climate Change Solution: plus YouTube video — greentech-news — 7 May 2022 (LINK)
AI-Designed Enzyme Devours Plastic Trash in Days — realclearscience — 7 May 2022 (LINK)
Morgan Levine: 'Only 10-30% of our lifespan is estimated to be due to genetics' — theguardian — 7 May 2022 (LINK)
Global Bird Populations Steadily Declining — eurasiareview — 6 May 2022 (LINK)
David Suzuki: Suppressed science shows fish farms endanger wild salmon — straight — 5 May 2022 (LINK)
April 2022
The U.N. predicts 560 disasters a year by 2030 — deseret — 30 April 2022 (LINK)
World's oceans face mass marine life extinction if warming continues — study: Sea ecosystems worldwide set to go through a devastating die-off rivaling the most severe extinction event in the planet's history around 250 million years ago — afp / timesofisrael — 29 April 2022 (LINK)
Large Hadron Collider breaks new record only days after it reopens — livescience — 29 April 2022 (LINK)
Can science help us understand populism, from 'malignant manicheism' to Marine Le Pen? — weforum — 29 April 2022 (LINK)
This is what the world's first floating city will look like — weforum — 29 April 2022 (LINK)
Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge — newscientist — 28 April 2022 (LINK)
3D printed vaccine patch offers 10x greater immune response than vaccination shots charges— thebrighterside — 27 April 2022 (LINK)
Scientific Publishing Is a Scam Fed by the Government — realclearscience — 27 April 2022 (LINK)
The future is increasingly a disaster zone, new report warns — theverge — 26 April 2022 (LINK)
Sand crisis looms as world population surges, U.N. warns — reuters — 26 April 2022 (LINK)
2021 set records for greenhouse gases, according to NOAA
— NOAA reported that methane set a record for the second consecutive year.