Global Warming

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…

What are the implications of the Mandate’s call for a complete U.S. withdrawal from the global community of nations seeking to reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases? In our view, a U.S. withdrawal would spark a global “fossil-fuel-free-for-all.” The impacts would affect every present and future citizen of this planet.  ...Read…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection Agency said the rule will sharply reduce methane and other…

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People cool off at a fountain during a heatwave in Athens, Greece, in July 2023 Nicolas Koutsokostas/Shutterstoc​k As the world warms beyond 1.5°C, large parts of the world will start to have heatwaves so extreme that healthy young people could die within several hours if they fail to find respite,…

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire burning at a recycling plant, in Sesklo, in central Greece, July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Nearly all of the world's population experienced higher temperatures from June to August as a result of human-induced climate change,…

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber delivers his remarks during the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on September 5, 2023. The United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, announced an investment of $4.5 billion in clean energy projects for Africa during a landmark climate summit…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The emission reductions in the 11 high-income countries that have "decoupled" CO2 emissions from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fall far short of the reductions that are necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C or even just to "well below 2°C" and comply with international fairness principles,…