Global Warming

The greatest terrestrial carbon supplier to the atmosphere, carbon efflux from soils is nevertheless one of the Earth’s carbon budget’s least predictable fluxes. A dominant component of this flux is heterotrophic respiration- a process in which CO2 is released into the atmosphere- influenced by several environmental factors, notably soil temperature…

A report from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened this century if global warming is not controlled. The study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development found that Himalayan glaciers disappeared…

Updated June 20, 2023 at 9:42 AM Published June 20, 2023 at 8:45 AM BRUSSELS – Europe had the warmest summer on record in 2022, contributing to thousands of deaths, marine heatwaves and extreme weather, an analysis has found. The continent warmed to 2.3 deg C above the pre-industrial average in…

ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press May 14, 2023Updated: May 17, 2023 8:07 a.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of9FILE - U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Consulate General after the G-7 ministers' meeting on…

Canada has already gotten less extreme cold, longer growing seasons, shorter snow and ice cover seasons, earlier spring peak streamflow, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost, and rising sea level. The annual average temperature in Canada has increased at roughly twice the global mean rate. Patterns are different across regions of the…

Cultivated meat – whereby meat is produced from animal cells using a combination of biotechnology, tissue engineering, molecular biology and synthetic processes – is thought to be a more environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional meat production. Indeed, much food is considered more environmentally sustainable than intensively produced meat, such as…

In the month of June, when winter bites in the southern hemisphere and the sea around the Antarctic freezes over, right whales swim north. Many of them gather in the bay outside the town of Hermanus in South Africa. Here, the warmer South African water is perfect for mating or…

The Greenland ice shelf is melting and causing a huge pool of cold water to form in the North Atlantic, Met Éireann chief forecaster Evelyn Cusack has said. Evidence of the pool has emerged over the last five years and the pooling may have an impact on the future weather…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday called the global community to activate the global loss and damage fund to enhance climate resilience of the vulnerable countries facing direct impacts of global warming and environmental degradation. Addressing the third breakout session titled “A…

The theory that water-breathing animals such as fish will shrink due to global warming has been called into question by a study published today in eLife. The study found that warm water pollution increased growth rates but also death rates, resulting in a population of younger, but larger fish. The…