Global Warming

A major new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls for an urgent shift away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy technologies in order to rein in global warming. Why it matters: The IPCC's assessment reports set the terms of the climate debate with world leaders, CEOs…

The goal of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees is no longer likely to be achieved, the latest report of the United Nations chief climate body says, though scientists still believe warming may be stabilised and returned under the Paris Agreement’s more ambitious warming target after a period of “overshoot”.…

Satellite image showing color infrared overview of fire lines south of Lame Deer, Montana in August 2021 The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN…

1of23FILE - Stephen Mudoga, 12, the son of a farmer, tries to chase away a swarm of locusts on his farm as he returns home from school, at Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya on March 17, 2021. Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet's greenhouse gas emissions but has…

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The lowly Bramble Cay melomys, a small Australian rodent, wasn’t the kind of animal that often made the news. But in 2019, it splashed across headlines. The reason? It was the first mammal to go extinct because of climate change. Named for the island where it used to live, the…

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…