Global Warming

“Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways. The changes we experience will increase with additional warming,” Panmao Zhai, co-chair of the group of scientists that led the report, said in a statement. The IPCC – the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change…

The report is set to be released on Monday. (Representative image: Reuters) On the heels of deadly floods in India, China and northern Europe as well as asphalt-melting heatwaves in North America and southern Europe, the IPCC's report assesses the latest climate science. AFP parisLast Updated:August 06, 2021, 19:23 ISTFOLLOW…

Guttenberg, NJ, August 05, 2021 --(PR.com)-- Norvergence Foundation INC, a US-based NGO, has successfully completed two years of diversified environmental efforts. Nichole Lutero, the CEO of Norvergence, has released a press statement: "The whole team has put maximum efforts to yields sustainable results. For the last 2 years, our only focus…

Temperatures in China have been increasing faster than the global average over the past few decades, with extreme weather-related events becoming more frequent, a new government-backed report released Wednesday said. China is a “sensitive area” that has been significantly affected by global climate change, according to the Blue Book on…

Topline One of the world’s most important ocean currents is showing some major signs of failure, according to a study published Thursday, prompting concerns there could be significant climate shifts across the world in what is likely the result of human-caused global warming. A major planetary ocean current is in…

As I write this at the end of July, 79 wildfires are burning across 12 states in the U.S. In Oregon, a mammoth fire has engulfed some 400,000 acres—an area half the size of Rhode Island—and destroyed hundreds of buildings and vehicles, including more than 160 homes. Smoke from wildfires…

ELEVENTH HOUR: The circular road toward a plastic-free, resilient Philippines Our addiction to plastics is hurting our climate and our chances of survival. You’ve probably heard news or read reports citing the Philippines as one of the world’s top plastic-polluting countries due to our tremendous plastic consumption yet paltry plastic…

As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021's onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming's wrath in the past. A motorist watches from a pullout on the Trans-Canada Highway as a wildfire burns on the side…

As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021′s onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming’s wrath in the past. Wealthy countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany and Belgium are joining poorer and more vulnerable…

On July 6, lightning sparked a fast-spreading wildfire in southern Oregon that’s now the largest in the country and the state’s third-largest on record. The Bootleg Fire, only recently getting contained after a period of cooler weather, has led more than 2,400 people to evacuate, destroyed at least 161 homes,…