Climate change https://www.eba.gr/en/category/energy-environment/climate-change/ Εξηλεκτριζοντας τις Ελληνικές Θάλασσες - Ηλεκτρικά σκάφη & Πλοία Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:23:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.eba.gr/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/eba_site_logo_04.png Climate change https://www.eba.gr/en/category/energy-environment/climate-change/ 32 32 Methane at Sea: Finding the Invisible Climate Killer https://www.eba.gr/en/methane-at-sea-finding-the-invisible-climate-killer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=methane-at-sea-finding-the-invisible-climate-killer Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:56:15 +0000 https://www.eba.gr/?p=21794 T&E's investigation into so-called ‘green’ liquid natural gas (LNG) ships uncovers significant amounts of invisible methane being released into the atmosphere. On a crisp Monday morning in the port of Rotterdam, the Ecodelta, a dredger boat, gets to work scraping the seabed, clearing the way for...

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]]> 21794 For Many, Blue Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts. https://www.eba.gr/en/for-many-hydrogen-is-the-fuel-of-the-future-new-research-raises-doubts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-many-hydrogen-is-the-fuel-of-the-future-new-research-raises-doubts Fri, 13 Aug 2021 07:32:26 +0000 https://www.eba.gr/?p=21145 Industry has been promoting blue hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. It may, in fact, be worse for the climate than previously thought. It is seen by many as the clean energy of the future. Billions of...

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]]> 21145 Natural gas is a much ‘dirtier’ energy source than we thought https://www.eba.gr/en/natural-gas-is-a-much-dirtier-energy-source-than-we-thought/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natural-gas-is-a-much-dirtier-energy-source-than-we-thought Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:59:13 +0000 https://www.eba.gr/?p=20891 In the thick of a Greenland summer of field work in 2015, Benjamin Hmiel and his team drilled into the massive ice sheet’s frozen innards, periodically hauling up a motorcycle-engine-sized chunk of crystalline ice. The ice held part of the answer to a question that had vexed...

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]]> 20891 As Climate Disasters Pile Up, a Radical Proposal Gains Traction https://www.eba.gr/en/as-climate-disasters-pile-up-a-radical-proposal-gains-traction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-climate-disasters-pile-up-a-radical-proposal-gains-traction https://www.eba.gr/en/as-climate-disasters-pile-up-a-radical-proposal-gains-traction/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:22:26 +0000 https://www.eba.gr/?p=20665 The idea of modifying Earth’s atmosphere to cool the planet, once seen as too risky to seriously consider, is attracting new money and attention. WASHINGTON — As the effects of climate change become more devastating, prominent research institutions and government agencies are focusing new money and...

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]]> https://www.eba.gr/en/as-climate-disasters-pile-up-a-radical-proposal-gains-traction/feed/ 0 20665 Natural Gas and the Invisible Spill: How Much Methane Is Reaching the Atmosphere? https://www.eba.gr/en/natural-gas-and-the-invisible-spill-how-much-methane-is-reaching-the-atmosphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natural-gas-and-the-invisible-spill-how-much-methane-is-reaching-the-atmosphere https://www.eba.gr/en/natural-gas-and-the-invisible-spill-how-much-methane-is-reaching-the-atmosphere/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:17:05 +0000 https://www.eba.gr/?p=16646 You wouldn’t know it from the news, but there’s a major fossil-fuel spill ongoing in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. A leak from a gas platform operated by the French energy company Total SA was first detected on March 25 and has...

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]]> https://www.eba.gr/en/natural-gas-and-the-invisible-spill-how-much-methane-is-reaching-the-atmosphere/feed/ 0 16646 Sea level rise could hit 2 metres by 2100 – much worse than feared https://www.eba.gr/en/sea-level-rise-could-hit-2-metres-by-2100-much-worse-than-feared/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sea-level-rise-could-hit-2-metres-by-2100-much-worse-than-feared https://www.eba.gr/en/sea-level-rise-could-hit-2-metres-by-2100-much-worse-than-feared/#respond Tue, 21 May 2019 06:31:18 +0000 http://www.eba.gr/?p=13528 By Adam Vaughan The world’s coastal cities have been warned to prepare for the possibility of a sea level rise exceeding 2 metres by the end of the century, with “profound consequences for humanity.” A new assessment found runaway carbon emissions and melting ice sheets could...

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]]> https://www.eba.gr/en/sea-level-rise-could-hit-2-metres-by-2100-much-worse-than-feared/feed/ 0 13528 How to talk to kids about climate change without scaring them https://www.eba.gr/en/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-climate-change-without-scaring-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-talk-to-kids-about-climate-change-without-scaring-them https://www.eba.gr/en/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-climate-change-without-scaring-them/#respond Mon, 13 May 2019 16:13:32 +0000 http://www.eba.gr/?p=13506 When my 4-year-old daughter discovered the documentary series Blue Planet II, thanks to a relative who shares her love of marine life, I was thrilled that she wanted to watch it instead of animated standbys like The Octonauts and Llama Llama.  I counted it as a parenting victory: My preschooler...

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]]> https://www.eba.gr/en/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-climate-change-without-scaring-them/feed/ 0 13506 Humans are driving one million species to extinction https://www.eba.gr/en/humans-are-driving-one-million-species-to-extinction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=humans-are-driving-one-million-species-to-extinction https://www.eba.gr/en/humans-are-driving-one-million-species-to-extinction/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 17:47:59 +0000 http://www.eba.gr/?p=13494 Landmark United Nations-backed report finds that agriculture is one of the biggest threats to Earth’s ecosystems. Up to one million plant and animal species face extinction, many within decades, because of human activities, says the most comprehensive report yet on the state of global ecosystems....

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]]> https://www.eba.gr/en/humans-are-driving-one-million-species-to-extinction/feed/ 0 13494 IPBES: Climate Change Is a Key Driver for Species Extinction https://www.eba.gr/en/ipbes-climate-change-is-a-key-driver-for-species-extinction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipbes-climate-change-is-a-key-driver-for-species-extinction https://www.eba.gr/en/ipbes-climate-change-is-a-key-driver-for-species-extinction/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 10:06:11 +0000 http://www.eba.gr/?p=13489 UN Climate Change News, 7 May 2019 – Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history, and climate change is amongst the five direct drivers of change in nature with the largest relative global impacts so far. This is one key finding of a...

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]]> https://www.eba.gr/en/ipbes-climate-change-is-a-key-driver-for-species-extinction/feed/ 0 13489 Recent Carbon Emissions Will Affect The Atmosphere For 10,000 Years, Steven Chu Says https://www.eba.gr/en/recent-carbon-emissions-will-affect-the-atmosphere-for-10000-years-steven-chu-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recent-carbon-emissions-will-affect-the-atmosphere-for-10000-years-steven-chu-says https://www.eba.gr/en/recent-carbon-emissions-will-affect-the-atmosphere-for-10000-years-steven-chu-says/#respond Mon, 06 May 2019 09:20:47 +0000 http://www.eba.gr/?p=13463 Greenhouse-gas emitting is a lot like cigarette smoking, said former Energy Secretary Steven Chu: you can do it for decades before the cancer shows up, and then it’s very difficult to recover. The Nobel Prize winning physicist lamented in a University of Chicago lecture that “no one explains”...

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