India to surpass China as the top source of global oil consumption growth in 2024 and 2025
India has emerged as the leading source of growth in global oil consumption in 2024 and 2025, overtaking China this year, according to our December Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). China’s oil consumption grew by more than India’s in almost every year from 1998 through 2023, with China’s oil consumption regularly growing more than any other country during those years.
Arctic tundra becoming source of carbon dioxide emissions
Transcript Intro 0:00 [Music] Changing ecosystem 0:06 The Arctic is an ecosystem in transition, 0:09 and adaptation to a warmer Arctic 0:12 is essential to the survival and resilience 0:14 of its plants and wildlife, 0:16 and the well-being of the communities that depend on them. Arctic tundra 0:20 Transformation is especially clear on the Arctic tundra. 0:24 The tundra has absorbed 0:25 and stored carbon in frozen soil for millennia, Wildfires and carbon dioxide 0:29 but wildfires across warming permafrost regions 0:32 are increasing and tipping the scales, 0:35 resulting in the release of carbon back into the atmosphere