Global Warming

Visitors walk under the sun at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, near Furnace Creek, during a heatwave impacting Southern California on July 7, 2024. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images) The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year…

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Hong Kong was hit on Saturday with intense rain and flooding in areas including Tseung Kwan O, Shau Kei Wan and Clear Water Bay, creating scenes that reminded some residents of the “once-in-500-years” storm that struck the city last September. The Observatory said that by 4pm, an accumulated 400mm of…

New research conducted by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that current carbon removal plans will not be enough to comply with Paris treaty goals to limit global warming to 1.5C, as reported in a study published by Nature . Scientists came to this conclusion by measuring the “emissions…

Global warming will 'decimate' G20 economies without unity: UN climate head by AFP Staff Writers London (AFP) April 10, 2024 UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must overcome geopolitical divisions to tackle global warming. Stiell said the climate crisis was…

Coral reefs are fragile ecosystems and become increasingly dominated by lettuce-like and encrusting morphologies at mesophotic depths. Credit: Prof Peter Mumby Researchers reveal that the Great Barrier Reef’s deeper areas are shielded from heatwaves, yet this protection is at risk if global warming persists, stressing the urgency to understand and…

Historical analysis of Antarctic current reveals climate change impact and future risks by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2024 The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the planet's most formidable oceanic force, connecting the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans, has been observed to accelerate in recent decades. This acceleration,…

Kenya has a nationawide tree-planting public holiday every November 13. Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map identifies the best locations to regrow forests and cool the planet. Trees soak up carbon dioxide and restoring areas of…

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) rehabilitated at the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, Natural History Museum of Salento (MSNS). Credit: Piero Carlino, Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, Natural History Museum of Salento (MSNS) Rising global temperatures could lead to an increase in the nesting range of green…

Delegates from almost 200 countries gathered in Dubai last week to discuss the future of fossil fuels at the UN's Cop28 climate summit.  The centrepiece of the 12-day meeting is a stocktake of the world's progress towards meeting emission-reduction targets agreed in Paris eight years ago. These committed countries to…