Global Warming

Increasingly common since 1980, persistent multi-year droughts will continue to advance with the warming climate, warns a study from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL), with Professor Francesca Pellicciotti from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) participating. This publicly available forty-year global quantitative…

The terms “global warming” and “climate change” are often used interchangeably. In the scientific literature, climate change and global warming are inextricably linked, even if they are distinct phenomena. The simplest explanation of that linkage is that global warming is the chief cause of changes in our current climate. Here,…

New research reveals a concerning pattern of rapid and extreme climate changes across the Arctic, particularly in Siberia, the Canadian Northwest Territories, and Alaska. Utilizing over three decades of geospatial data, researchers pinpointed areas where permafrost, critical to the global climate, is in jeopardy due to increased warming and drying...Read…

By Raymond Zhong and Brad Plumer New York Times · 14 Jan, 2025 09:58 PM 7 mins to read Firefighters battle the Pacific Palisades fire. The planet’s record-high average temperature last year is reflected in the conditions that primed LA for the most destructive wildfires in history. Photo / Philip…

The last two years have shattered records for global average temperatures, pushing past a critical threshold for the first time in history , according to a report released Friday by Europe’s climate monitoring agency. The findings arrive amid escalating calls from the United Nations for “ trail-blazing ” climate initiatives…

The earth’s climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A year-long drought has left Amazon river levels at an all-time low. And in Athens, Greece, the ancient Acropolis was closed in the afternoons to protect tourists from dangerous…

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A series of pathways have been set out to help the UK’s food and drink industry reduce its 129.5m tonne carbon footprint, with a focus on meat and dairy reduction as a key tool, the UK's Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) recommends in its latest report. Attend: Join the plant-based…

Bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice were used to estimate past temperatures aldiami/Andreas Alexander/Alamy Humans have already caused approximately 1.5°C of warming since the start of the industrial revolution, according to new estimates based on temperature data gleaned from bubbles of air trapped in ice. Measurements of human-caused global warming generally…

At the start of COP29, new reports warn that 2024 is set to be the hottest year on record as global warming temporarily tops 1.5C and climate disasters surge It’s COP season again and as governments, businesses and green groups gather in Azerbaijan’s historic capital, Baku, for this year’s COP29…