Climate Change

Only 40 of the world’s 100 largest private firms have set net-zero carbon emissions targets to fight climate change, according to a report released Monday, lagging far behind public companies. But for the world to meet the 2015 Paris…
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Nasa is actively employing artificial intelligence (AI) and open science initiatives to tackle the challenges posed by climate change, demonstrating a commitment to both technological advancement and environmental stewardship. In a recent…
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Extreme rainfall in Dubai late on Monday and Tuesday triggered the worst flooding in over seven decades in one of the world’s most advanced but arid cities. The intensity of the rainfall sparked speculation that cloud seeding may have led…
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A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say. Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.…
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The powerful El Niño weather event which along with climate change has helped push global temperatures to new highs, has ended, say scientists. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology says the Pacific Ocean has "cooled substantially" in the…
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The effects of ocean warming are profound and well-documented. But sometimes changes in the patterns of winds and ocean currents cause seawater to suddenly cool, instead. Surface temperatures can plummet rapidly - by 10 degrees Celsius or…
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We know, often with abject precision, what climate change is doing to our coasts, rainforests, wildfires and hurricanes; our immigration patterns, crop yields and insurance premiums. But what is it doing to our brains? This question, for…
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Deaths and disability due to stroke around the world are increasingly linked to temperature changes driven by climate change, a new analysis of global data over three decades has found. In 2019, there were over 5.2 lakh stroke deaths…
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Britain's climate change minister Graham Stuart resigned from the government after eight years on Friday, saying it was the right time to step down. Stuart said he would stand again for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in an…
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In an important ruling, the Supreme Court has expanded the scope of fundamental rights to include “the right to be free from adverse effects of climate change.’’ It is a recognition of the serious threat that climate change poses to the…
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