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The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. For the first time in the Atlantic Ocean a category 5 hurricane formed at the beginning of the summer and this is not a good sign for the rest of the year and our immediate future.This is the case of Beryl, the first major hurricane of a season that will arrive until late November, which went from tropical depression to storm and then to hurricane in the space of 48 hours.The speed with which Beryl transformed into a Category 5 hurricane is a bad sign for the Atlantic hurricane season which, fueled by increasingly rising ocean temperatures, is becoming more dangerous and unpredictable.So much so that, how underlines Simone Fant on Renewable Matter, some scientists are proposing to add an additional category – category 6 – to measure the intensity of hurricanes. “This early-season storm activity is breaking records set in 1933 and 2005, two of the most in...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. From photovoltaic panels to wind turbines to electric batteries:the ecological transition passes through critical raw materials, also known by the English acronym CRM (Critical Raw Materials).Well-known metals such as lithium and cobalt, lesser-known but equally important minerals such as bauxite or rare earths, critical raw materials are defined as such precisely because of their economic importance and the supply risk associated with them.As writes the European Commission, “reliable and unhindered access to certain raw materials is a growing concern within the European Union and around the world.To address this challenge, the European Commission has created a list of critical raw materials (CRMs) for the EU, which is subject to regular review and update."Starting from 2011, the list of CRMs at European level is drawn up and updated every three years, based on supply contingencies and econom...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. After more than half a century of research into nuclear fusion, a major breakthrough comes from the United States that could pave the way for enormous amounts of clean energy in the future.Researchers at the US National Ignition Facility, in California, said their fusion experiments released more energy than was pumped out by the lab's huge, high-powered lasers.This is a historic achievement, known as ignition or energy gain.Until now, in fact, experiments conducted around the world had required more energy than they had generated.However, writes the Guardian, this does not mean that we are in an energy utopia.This technology is still far from being ready to be transformed into power plants, it will not have any immediate effects on the climate crisis, but, as mentioned, it is a big step for science and research which demonstrates that fusion is a viable path to meet the planet's gr...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Nord Stream, according to the Swedish prosecutor's office, a group linked to a state was behind the sabotage of the gas pipeline Update April 7, 2023: The Swedish prosecutor who is investigating the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline he stated that the "main scenario" prefigures that a "state actor" may be behind the attack, thus casting doubt on recent theories that hypothesized the responsibility of an independent group. The type of explosive used in the attacks excludes a "large part of possible perpetrators", prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist told the Reuters. According to a United Nations report, the three underwater explosions that severed the gas connection between Russia and Germany northeast and southeast of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm on September 26, 2022 were equivalent to the power of several hundreds of kilograms of explosives.Swedish...