Global Warming

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has published research showing that snapping shrimp are sounding a warning about global warming. In a paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers found a direct correlation between the volume and frequency of the sounds made by two species of snapping shrimp and…

Sunrise in New Caledonia. — UnsplashAccording to a recent research study, most regions in the world will face "extreme heat" by the year 2100. The paper published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment  stated that the most vulnerable regions would be the tropics and subtropics. The Indian subcontinent, huge…

Scientists had long predicted that global warming would lead to more extreme weather - but what is concerning them now is the speed with which the records are tumbling A dried up lake in Wanstead Park, north east London (Image: PA) This week Britain is set for the second major…

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At a time of rising fuel costs, and broiling heatwaves in Europe and the US, the UN secretary-general, Antόnio Guterres, described the record profits of oil and gas companies as immoral and urged governments to introduce a windfall tax, using the money to help those most in need. The ‘grotesque…

Engineer Andrew Kenny reports that the UK Met Office claimed that this summer in Europe saw record weather extremes, record low rainfall, record high rainfall, a record number of hot days, and so on. But Kenny says the official data, including those of the CET, showed nothing of the kind.…

Washington Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs, and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised to deliver…

China says it is canceling or suspending dialogue with the U.S. on climate change, military relations and other topics in a retaliatory strike after a controversial visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The measures announced were the latest in a promised set of steps intended to punish…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads…

LaPLACE, La. (AP) — Enthusiastic church volunteer Sonia St. Cyr lost something she treasures during the blackout caused by Hurricane Ida — her independence, afforded her by the electric wheelchair she expertly maneuvers over bumpy city sidewalks. “After Ida I was housebound,” said St. Cyr, who has multiple sclerosis. She…