World’s water resources must be urgently conserved to avoid collapse of global food production, report finds & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Monday, October 21, 2024 “We’ve been given a warning by science and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them.” — Bill McKibben [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( World’s Water Resources Must Be Urgently Conserved to Avoid Collapse of Global Food Production, Report Finds If there is one natural resource that all life on Earth depends on, it’s [water](. In a new report, [The Economics of Water: Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as a Global Common Good]( the Global Commission on the Economics of Water warns that, unless water resources are urgently conserved and the destruction of [ecosystems]( is stopped, more than half the [world’s food production]( will be at risk of failing within the next quarter century. [Read More]( Related: [Improved Refrigeration Could Reduce Global Food Waste by 41%, Study Finds]( Hurricanes Milton and Helene Were Intensified by Climate Change, Researchers Find [Hurricanes]( — the most powerful storms on Earth — are becoming more widespread and destructive as a warming planet increases their intensity. Hurricanes [Helene]( and [Milton]( are following the trend of these storms becoming supercharged and more likely to form, according to a pair of studies from the World Weather Attribution (WWA). [Read More]( Related: [Community Groups, Neighbors and Volunteers Mobilize in Aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina]( World Is Moving From Coal and Oil to ‘Age of Electricity’ but Not Fast Enough: New IEA Report The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s latest [World Energy Outlook]( (WEO) describes the global energy system in 2030 as one in which [clean energy]( technologies play an ever-increasing role. The report says the [future of global energy]( will include nearly 10 times more [electric cars]( worldwide, [solar]( generating more [electricity]( low-emissions energy sources supplying more than half of global electricity by 2030 and three times more investment in new [offshore wind]( than in [gas]( and [coal]( power plants. [Read More]( Related: [Renewables Will Generate Almost Half of Global Electricity by 2030, Falling Short of UN Target to Triple Capacity: IEA Report]( Scientists Develop New Method for Detecting Airborne PFAS Although scientists have known there are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the air, they also knew that many airborne PFAS were going undetected. Now, a new method can detect for gaseous fluorine to better measure the previously undetected airborne PFAS. [Read More]( Related: [3 States Call on EPA to Regulate PFAS Air Emissions]( Gazing Into Your Dog’s Eyes Can Synchronize Their Brain With Yours, Study Finds If you’ve ever gazed into your [dog]( eyes and wondered what they’re thinking, keep looking a little longer. New [research]( suggests that the [brain]( patterns of dogs and humans synchronize in key areas when they share a stare. [Read More]( Related: [Elephants Remember the Scents of Human Caregivers After Many Years, Study Finds]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](