Global Warming

Loss and damage will be a hot topic at this year's climate change conference, COP27, in Egypt.Nine years ago, UN climate negotiators agreed to set up a mechanism for loss and damage, but little has come of it.The UN's Antonio Guterres recently called for windfall taxes on fossil fuel companies…

Wood feeding termites (Microcerotermes spp) inside their nest. Credit: Johan Larson, Author provided When we consider termites, we may think of the danger they can pose to our houses once they settle in and start eating wood. But in fact, only about 4% of termite species worldwide are considered pests…

WARNING THE WORLD Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 (September 24 in Manila). AFP PHOTO Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's Prime Minister…

SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press Sep. 23, 2022Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 6:17 p.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of17Activists walk through lower Manhattan for the Global Climate Strike protests, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York.Brittainy Newman/APShow MoreShow Less 2of17Activists gather and walk through…

Global warming -– scientifically defined as the gradual rise in Earth's temperature –- has sent our planet on an irreversible path of a climate catastrophe that is wreaking havoc in the form of floods, droughts, wildfires, and rapid extinction of species. However, an expected area where experts have already started to…

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An international research team has used satellite data to demonstrate that concentrations of pollutant particles have decreased significantly since the year 2000. This is desirable due to their impact on health. But it is also of great significance for another reason, since it has reduced the particles' cooling effect on…

Scientists had long predicted that global warming would lead to more extreme weather - but what is concerning them now is the speed with which the records are tumbling A dried up lake in Wanstead Park, north east London (Image: PA) This week Britain is set for the second major…

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At a time of rising fuel costs, and broiling heatwaves in Europe and the US, the UN secretary-general, Antόnio Guterres, described the record profits of oil and gas companies as immoral and urged governments to introduce a windfall tax, using the money to help those most in need. The ‘grotesque…