Global Warming

Scientists have called for a crackdown on polluting construction machinery after research showed the sector was the “dominant” source of dangerous black carbon emissions in an area of central London. A study led by academics at the University of Manchester called for “tightened regulation for non-road mobile machinery (NRMM)” to…

Limiting warming to 1.5°C could prevent twice the glacier loss seen in a +2.7°C scenario. Even if global temperatures were to stabilize at their current level, about 40 percent of the world’s glaciers are still expected to disappear. A new study conducted in collaboration with ETH Zurich reveals that if…

For the upcoming five-year period of 2025-2029, there is a 70 percent chance that the average global warming will be more than 1.5 degrees celsius hotter than pre-industrial times, a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds. The forecast is up from 47 percent chance in last year’s…

Big animals of the ocean go about their days mostly hidden from view. Scientists know this marine megafauna - such as whales, sharks, seal, turtles and birds - travel vast distances to feed and breed. Author Ana M. M. Sequeira Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University But…

PwC Germany’s award-winning AI solution, based on SAP technology, helps clients meet the European Union’s sustainability reporting requirements by automating data collection, KPI calculations, and report generation. The need to combat global warming is leading to stricter governmental regulations and increased consumer demand for businesses to adopt environmentally friendly strategies…

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four metres of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds of years according to a study now published in Communications Earth & Environment, co-authored by the Potsdam…

Good leadership is crucial when it comes to mitigating the deadly effects of climate change Older people, pregnant women and children are at a higher risk of heat stroke. Photo: Stock image by Getty We all know about climate change. We constantly hear about the danger it poses to our…

Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. While the formation of ozone is often attributed to anthropogenic pollutants, soil emissions are revealed to be another important source. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) researchers have examined…

The findings, published today in the journal, Science, are striking. Even if global temperatures were stabilised at today's level of 1.2°C, an estimated 39 per cent of global glacier mass would still be lost compared to 2020 levels -- contributing over 10 centimetres to global sea-level rise. In the new…

There is a 70% chance that the 2025-2029 period will be more than 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) forecasters predicted in a report on Wednesday. The 1.5C threshold is symbolically important, as all governments agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to try to limit global…