Climatologist estimates chances of 2025 becoming hottest in history

2025 is unlikely to be warmer than 2024. Climate expert Alexey Kokorin has assessed its chances of becoming the hottest year in recorded history. Climate expert of the Nature and People Foundation Alexey Kokorin/Press Service of the Foundation “I would say that we should not expect global records of surface temperature in 2025. We can …

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The atmosphere is cleaning itself faster: a discovery that changes the view on climate

Researchers from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the atmosphere deals with pollutants. It turns out that our planet’s gaseous envelope has become better at removing harmful gases , which could impact the climate system, according to a study published in Nature Communications (NatComms) . Photo: …

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January 2025 was the hottest on record. Cool La Niña brought no relief to the warming planet

BBC News Russian Service Photo: Reuters/Scanpix/LETA January was unusually warm not only in Ukraine, Siberia and western Russia — it was record hot on a planetary scale. After the warmest year on record in 2024, the new year 2025 immediately took another alarming climate change threshold , despite the fact that by January La Niña had formed in …

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Sheep farmers are crazy about solar power plants: “Salaries are higher than lawyers”

Canada is experiencing a “solar sheep” boom, with demand for shepherds growing rapidly and wages for these “specialists” now on par with those of doctors, lawyers and senior engineers. Solar Shepherd More and more solar power operators in Canada are adding a second business to their electricity generation: sheep farming. “Solar sheep farming” is one …

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US withdraws from Paris Agreement: what does this mean for the climate and Central Asia?

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time. This happened on the first day of his second term in office. This decision was a step back in the global fight against climate change. What is the Paris Agreement and why is it important? The Paris Agreement , adopted …

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Solar power plants not only produce clean energy, but also increase crop yields and biodiversity.

Photo: Screenshot | Solar panels have proven to be very useful for nature Power plants not only produce clean energy, but also increase crop yields and biodiversity. Solar panels have revolutionised the energy industry by offering a cheap and safe alternative to fossil fuels, but recent research has revealed unexpected side effects, reports the Indian Defence Review. …

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Mercedes-Benz turn a Car into an Energy Generator

It is expected that solar modules from Mercedes-Benz, just 5 micrometers thick, will be able to cover all external surfaces of the car, regardless of shape or angle. Mercedes-Benz has said it is currently evaluating the effectiveness of “solar paint,” a non-silicon photovoltaic coating designed to generate electricity for vehicles, pv magazine reports . The new coating …

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5 unusual places for solar panels that will provide more energy

The Cool Down portal has compiled 5 innovative methods for using solar panels. Railway tracks Solar panels on railway tracks Photo: Sun-Ways Switzerland-based Sun-Ways has developed a project to use removable solar panels between the rails on a section of railway track in the Neuchâtel region. The energy generated in this way will be fed into the grid. The …

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