noctalgia noun [U]
UK /nɒkˈtæl.dʒə/ US /nɑːkˈtæl.dʒə/
a feeling of sadness felt by some people because light pollution means they can no longer see a dark sky at night
The faster-than-expected growth in earthly and celestial lights is affecting human and ecological health. But it is not just our biology being affected. The night sky is also cultural. Stories, practices, and traditions both religious and secular rely on it … And so we now have “noctalgia” to define that specific feeling of a loss of a dark night sky. The cure for it is not difficult. It mostly needs political will. There are many ways to reduce light pollution.
[iflscience.com, 20 September 2023]
heat inequality noun [U]
UK /ˈhiːt ɪn.ɪˌkwɒl.ə.ti/ US /ˈhiːt ɪn.ɪˌkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the situation where people in poor countries suffer the effects of hotter weather more than people in richer countries do, with more of them dying as a result
Heat inequality is causing thousands of unreported deaths in poor countries and communities across the world, a leading analyst of climate impacts has warned, following global temperature records that may not have been seen in 120,000 years.
[guardian.com, 16 August 2024]
carbon farming noun [U]
UK /ˈkɑː.bᵊn ˌfɑː.mɪŋ/ US /ˈkɑːr.bᵊn ˌfɑːr.mɪŋ/
the activity of growing crops in a way that captures and stores as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the soil as possible, thereby reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and helping to fight climate change
Carbon farming, ultimately, buys us time, Crawford believes. The world wants to get to net zero by 2050. None of the existing solutions for removing atmospheric carbon will scale fast enough to have an impact in the coming decades, Crawford says. This is why nature-based solutions are crucial.
[wired.com, 18 April 2024]