Where are we on the environment? #5

What happened around the world in January in five news items, for those interested in the environment, sustainability and energy transition.

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Climate change could increase the risk of sudden droughts in India, a type of drought that develops in a few weeks, not over several months like normal droughts.

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According to new research, the United States – which returned to the Paris climate pact immediately after the new president Joe Biden took office – could realistically reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.

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Climate change may increase periods of sharply rising temperature of the surface of lakes, according to research published in Nature.

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2020 was one of the warmest years ever; the heat contained in the first two thousand metres of depth of the oceans also continued to increase.

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Most of the microplastic found in Arctic seas could derive from washing polyester clothes.