Global Warming

In 2024, annual average global air temperatures surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, triggering extreme weather events like record-breaking rainfall and flooding events in the Sahara Desert and extreme summer heat waves across the planet. However, global warming will not stop at this level. Based…

January saw deadly wildfires sweep through parts of Los Angeles as the planet got warmer. (Image credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) Last month was the hottest January on record, climate scientists have announced — despite the onset of a cold climate pattern in the Pacific and parts of the…

A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a real-world experiment in marine cloud brightening — one of the leading geoengineering ideas. The 2020 shipping regulations cut sulfate emissions, improving air quality but also reducing cloud reflectivity, allowing more heat to reach…

January 2025 was the hottest on record – a whole 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels. If many climate-watchers expected the world to cool slightly this year thanks to the natural “La Niña” phenomena, the climate itself didn’t seem to get the memo. In fact, January 2025’s record heat highlights how human-driven…

Cows primarily release methane through belching and flatulence, contributing to global warming. Researchers at the UK’s Pirbright Institute are developing a vaccine to reduce these emissions, supported by a $9.4 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund. The goal is to create a single-dose vaccine administered early in a cow’s…

Under current nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, global warming is projected to reach 2.7°C above preindustrial levels. In this review, we show that at such a level of warming, the Arctic would be transformed ...Read More

European Union researchers have announced that January recorded the highest average temperatures since records began. This comes amid a continued trend of unprecedented global temperatures, reflecting the growing impact of global warming on planet Earth. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, January 2025 continued a series of…

The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus. The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by a climate science…

Leading scientists, led by renowned climatologist James Hansen conclude that Earth’s climate is more sensitive to rising greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought. — File pic by AFP Planning your holiday getaway? Invest RM100 with Versa & grab RM10 FREE to kickstart your travel fund. Use VERSAMM10 now! Wednesday, 05…

Environment Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but researchers still disagree on the size of this effect By James Dinneen Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Air pollution can have a cooling effect…