Tag: extractivism
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Taylor Swift is demanding this college student stop tracking her private jet
When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can’t just shake it off. In late December, Swift’s camp hit Jack Sweeney, a junior studying information technology at the University of Central Florida,…
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The $10 trillion benefits of overhauling our food system
One of the most ambitious assessments yet of our global food system calculates the health, environmental, and economic losses of business as usual. It also outlines what governments can do to reap trillions of dollars’ worth of benefits by producing food more sustainably. All in all, the damages caused by the current system — how…
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Groundwater depletion accelerating in many parts of the world
The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in many places faster than in the past 40 years, according to a new study that calls for urgency in addressing the depletion. The declines were most notable in dry regions with extensive cropland, said researchers whose work was…
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A drought has forced authorities to further slash traffic in Panama Canal, disrupting global trade
A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes. The new cuts announced Wednesday by authorities in Panama are set to deal an even greater economic blow than previously expected. Canal administrators now estimate that dipping…
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Ubiquitous acceleration in Greenland Ice Sheet calving from 1985 to 2022
Nearly every glacier in Greenland has thinned or retreated over the past few decades, leading to glacier acceleration, increased rates of sea-level rise and climate impacts around the globe. To understand how calving-front retreat has affected the ice-mass balance of Greenland, we combine 236,328 manually derived and AI-derived observations of glacier terminus positions collected from…
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King Charles To Undergo Procedure In Hospital Next Week
Buckingham Palace announced Wednesday that King Charles has “sought treatment for an enlarged prostate” on the same day it was revealed that Kate Middleton had undergone abdominal surgery. “His Majesty’s condition is benign and he will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure,” the palace said in a press release shared with HuffPost. “The King’s public engagements will…
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Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania
Twenty-two people have been killed following a landslide at a small-scale mine in northern Tanzania, government officials said. The accident occurred at the Ng’alita mine in the Bariadi district of Simiyu region, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Sunday, expressing “great sadness” at the loss. “These brothers of ours were small miners in this…
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Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords
Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan. After a 15-year dispute, the private company Nordic Mining has been given the go-ahead to dispose of 170m tonnes of mining waste at the bottom of the Førde fjord, which…