Global Warming

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue. The agreement was reached by U.S. special envoy…

Each year, the arrival of spring in Japan is accompanied by rows of breathtaking pink and white flowers. The cherry blossoms, also known as Sakura, have drawn countless tourists during its blooming season which typically lasts from mid-March to early May. Tokyo is packed with tourists during its peak bloom…

Author of the article: Bloomberg News Danielle Moran and Nic Querolo (Bloomberg) — The crippling winter freeze that sent gas and power prices skyrocketing across Texas in February is providing a warning to cities about the risks of global warming: The cost of some extreme weather events can stick around…

Photo: Matt Palmer on Unsplash By Jove Moya April 16, 2021 Raising awareness is an essential element in preventing climate change. One of the best ways to educate others is through in-depth documentaries that show the aftermath of global warming. Although we are faced with our own fair share of…

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 16, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - In conjunction with World Earth Day, which falls on 22 April 2021, join Spritzer Malaysia ("Spritzer" or the "Company") at its "The Original Rainforest Water" station in front of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur's Jalan Bukit Bintang entrance to get the refreshing taste…

1of27In this 2020 satellite image provided by the Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas, runoff from the island of Molokai in Hawaii flows into the ocean. Recent flooding in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage. But extreme regional rain events that are predicted…

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2021 India's monsoon season will grow increasingly wet and erratic as a result of global warming, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Earth System Dynamics. Simulations carried out by more than 30 different state-of-the-art climate models showed rising global temperatures will…

Author of the article: Bloomberg News Akshat Rathi (Bloomberg) — A new kind of power plant that doesn’t add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere is being built in the U.S., potentially providing a way for utilities to keep burning natural gas without contributing to global warming. Net Power intends to build…

There’s one big thing the Biden administration could do to beat back the global pandemic: urge the World Trade Organization to waive patent protections on Covid-19 vaccines. To date, it hasn’t done that, despite calls from India, South Africa, and 100 other mainly low- and middle-income countries represented in the WTO. Instead,…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is now widely recognized that in order to reach the target of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels (as the objective of the Paris agreement), cutting the carbon emissions even at an unprecedented pace will not be sufficient, but there is…