No matter where you live or how high your socioeconomic status, climate change can endanger your health, both physical and mental, now and in the future. Melting ice caps, warmer oceans, intense storms, heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires — all these well-documented effects of climate change may seem too remote to many people to …
An international team of researchers says Earth’s natural processes contribute only ‘negligibly’ to climate change Virtually all global warming since the industrial era is caused by manmade emissions, according to research published on 18 January that concludes Earth’s natural processes contribute only “negligibly” to climate change. Near-surface air temperatures have increased on average around the …
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Large parts of Jakarta’s mangrove forests could be devastated every time a storm or a flood occur. (Photo: Nivell Rayda) JAKARTA: The flimsy, makeshift bamboo walkway creaked and bent as Ade Djuhana treaded his steps carefully metres above trash-strewn water in a coastal area of Jakarta. At the end of the 500m passageway, the rows …
Tipping points could fundamentally disrupt the planet and produce abrupt change in the climate. A mass methane release could put us on an irreversible path to full land-ice melt, causing sea levels to rise by up to 30 metres. We must take immediate action to reduce global warming and build resilience with these tipping points …
Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast Read More »
With US climate research taking a backseat to human spaceflight, deep-space exploration, European scientists have focused on finding new ways to understand changing atmosphere. Picture: A forest fire in Galicia, Spain | Commons Barcelona: Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the economy. Health …
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