Global Warming

A new report on the impacts of climate change will likely be the most worrying assessment yet of how rising temperatures affect every living thing. This will be the second of three major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
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Wildfires are predicted to worsen in the coming years and decades, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned in its annual Frontiers report released February 17, 2022. Wildfires are a natural phenomenon, but are becoming…
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A new report by US government agencies has warned that coastal flooding is bound to increase significantly over the next 30 years because of “alarming” rise in sea levels. It says the sea level along the coast of the US could increase by…
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Two recent studies have thrown more light on the condition of the glaciers across Himalayas and also those from the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Although the thinning, melting, and receding of glaciers have been known for quite some…
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Working Group (WG) II report, focussing on the limits of ecosystems, biodiversity hot spots and humans adapting to climate change, is due to be released on February 28. The report…
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Glaciers all over the world are shrinking more quickly than previously thought with implications for more than one billion people who rely on the ice for water, power and food, according to a trio of new climate studies. Glaciers are…
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The oceans got even warmer last year than the year before, supercharging already extreme weather patterns worldwide, according to a recent report published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. Twenty-three international…
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A slide show that Prime Minister Boris Johnson says helped convince him on climate change has been revealed for the first time. The slides used to "teach" him about climate science have been released after a freedom of information request…
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When it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes, a new study finds. Researchers say temperature by itself isn’t the best way to measure climate change's weird weather and…
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January is a month of new hope, new beginnings, and new promises. It is also a month of introspection! As we compile data from the year gone by, January allows us to gauge how the world is coping with growing threats to humanity and…
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