Global Warming

Heavy rainfall and melting of glaciers might lead to frequent and severe volcanic eruptions, studies have suggested. Evidence on how volcanic activities trigger climate change is relatively well-known. Previous research has found that…
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Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in a manifold increase in loss of property and human lives, experts say. Recently, flash floods…
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Glaciers in Europe’s Alps are becoming more unstable and dangerous as rising temperatures linked to climate change are reawakening what were long seen as dormant, almost fossilised sheets of ice. Italy has been baking in an early summer…
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With leaders from the G7 nations meeting at Schloss Elmau in the shadows of the Bavarian Alps, they will do so knowing that climate change means less and less snow on the iconic white-capped peaks every year. High up on the agenda of the…
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From June 1 to November 30, many Americans turn their eyes to the tropics — not just because they’re dreaming of beach vacations, but because it’s hurricane season. Called by many names depending on where you live (hurricanes, typhoons,…
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A new study, "The Global Potential for Increased Storage of Carbon on Land," published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides a series of geospatial maps that improve our understanding of the global gap…
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A perfect storm of factors created conditions for devastating flooding across Queensland and NSW this year and global warming may have made them worse, says the Bureau of Meteorology. A bureau report into the disasters released on…
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Climate Change has emerged as one of the biggest global concerns in the 21st century and the issue has found a steep rise in its prominence in the public consciousness. As the general public is becoming increasingly aware of the issue,…
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All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of climate change on extreme weather said Wednesday. Burning fossil fuels and destroying forests have released…
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Global warming is inevitably going to change biogeography, causing shifts in habitats. Species will come in contact with other species with whom they had no prior contact whatsoever. Mammals and viruses will be no exceptions, and the…
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