Global Warming

The number of climate refugees is going to increase in the coming decades, according to a major UN report on climate impacts and vulnerability. People driven from their homes as global warming redraws the map of habitable zones are unlikely to find refuge in countries more focused on slamming shut…

Human-induced climate change is being felt the world over, posing an increasing threat to human health and wellbeing, ecosystems, societies and business. The impacts are uneven, disproportionately affecting those least able to deal with them, and they're outpacing our ability to adapt, according to a major scientific report released by…

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. INFERNO Firefighters light a backfire to stop the Dixie Fire from spreading near Prattville in Plumas County, California on July 23, 2021. Massive wildfires have been battling parts of the United States and Canada for almost three weeks now. AP FILE PHOTO…

Global Warming-induced global water cycle changes pose a significant challenge to global ecosystems and human society. However, estimating historical water cycle change is complex, with around 80 percent of global rainfall and evaporation happening over the ocean. In a new study, UNSW Sydney scientists estimated how much ocean freshwater has…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The energy sector's overall emissions of methane are massively underreported, the IEA said Tuesday as it promoted cuts to the most potent greenhouse gas as a quick way to make a major impact on global warming. The International Energy Agency said its latest annual Global Methane…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. FILE…

Amid reports that Russia has sought weapons from China, the White House said national security adviser Jake Sullivan issued a direct warning of consequences to his Chinese counterpart at a meeting Monday in Rome. Guerrilla-style tactics, defensive lines and knowledge of the urban landscape have all been assets to Ukrainian…

By Michael Marshall Melting permafrost in Russia’s Yamal peninsula (pictured) has exposed nomadic reindeer herders (below) to anthrax Elena Shchipkova/Alamy IN NOVEMBER 2019, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine held a workshop to discuss an emerging disease threat. Not covid-19: they were a couple of months too…

An average increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels would see more than 99 percent of the world's coral reefs unable to recover from ever more frequent marine heat waves. Coral reefs that anchor a quarter of marine wildlife and the livelihoods of more than half-a-billion people will most…

Home References A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco on Aug. 15, 2021. One of the effects of global warming will be more heat waves in some areas, a risk factor for wildfires. (Image credit: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)…