The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Many nations urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to remain in the global agreement to combat climate change, even if he reduces the ambition of U.S. pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Trump's main advisers are due to meet on Tuesday to review his threat to quit the 2015 …
In the Tibetan Plateau, climate change is increasing the carbon concentrations within the upper layers of permafrost soils, a study has shown. This represents a negative feedback to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and could potentially slow the pace of climate change. Permafrost soils are known to store large amounts of …
Investors with more than $15 trillion of assets under management urged governments led by the United States to implement the Paris climate accord to fight climate change despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to pull out. "As long-term institutional investors, we believe that the mitigation of climate change is essential …
Donald Trump’s scorched-earth approach to environmental protections has shocked current and former government officials overseas who are waiting nervously to see whether the US will destabilize the Paris climate agreement by pulling out of the deal. The Guardian has spoken to a number of officials from key countries before Trump …
LONDON: Central parts of Antarctica's ice sheet have been stable for millions of years, even when conditions were considerably warmer than present, new research suggests. The study of mountains in West Antarctica may help scientists improve their predictions of how the region might respond to continuing climate change. The findings …
India can seize this opportunity to demonstrate an alternative growth model with lower carbon emissions. We have just crossed April and temperatures are touching record highs. What has generated a lot of heat is the recent Executive Order issued by the US President Donald Trump, which attempts to roll back …
A new, more precise way to measure the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on Earth`s climate in an article was published on Thursday in the academic journal Science. New York: Researchers from Harvard University, Princeton University and the Environmental Defense Fund proposed a new, more precise way to measure the …
BONN - Cities are places where action on climate change can have most impact because they are engines for innovation and also highly vulnerable to a warming planet, the head of the U.N. climate programme said on Thursday. More than 140 countries have ratified the Paris agreement on climate change …
Coastal marine food webs could be in danger of collapse as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels, according to our new research. The study shows that although species such as algae will receive a boost, the positive effects are likely to be cancelled out by the increased stress to …
Besides impacting our health, pollution is triggering major environmental changes. Global warming and variation in weather conditions are just a few examples that show how pollution is interfering with the function of 'Mother Nature'. The source of pollution may vary but each pollution type is contributing to hazardous conditions. Let's …
Calling the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as 'one sided', Trump promised to make big decision on the deal. President Donald Trump has said India, Russia and China are contributing “nothing” to the Paris climate deal, adding that the US is being unfairly targeted by asking to pay money. Calling …
Scientists have found that vast lakes and streams are widespread on the surface of Antarctica's ice sheets which may accelerate its contribution to the rise in sea-level, a new study suggests. "Our study has found that extensive networks of lakes and streams have persisted in Antarctica for decades which move …
Mann ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi spoke on an array of topics in the 31st episode of the radio programme Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Sunday through his monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat. This was the 31st episode of the programme. From VIP culture to climate …
Thousands of people across the US have marched in rain, snow and sweltering heat to demand action on climate change mass protests that coincided with president Donald Trump’s 100th day in office and took aim at his agenda for rolling back environmental protections. A sea of protesters taking part in …
This report synthesises research and knowledge on climate change impacts and adaptation under higher-end climate warming scenarios, defined as global warming exceeding 2°C relative to pre-industrial times. It explores the implications and risks of exceeding 2°C, the challenges and opportunities of adaptation to such a warmer world, and the extent …
Water scarcity half a world away caused by climate change could push up prices for meat and diary products in Europe by disrupting supplies of soybean, which is widely used as feed for livestock, researchers said Wednesday. The European Union sources most soybean from outside the 28-nation bloc - mainly …
An artificial form of photosynthesis that sucks carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been invented by a scientist who claims the “breakthrough” device could be used to reduce global warming. Plants use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugar and the new device acts in a similar way, using ultraviolet …
In the past, scientists typically avoided linking individual weather events to climate change, citing the challenges of teasing apart human influence from the natural variability of the weather. But that is changing. "Over the past decade, there's been an explosion of research, to the point that we are seeing results …
Paris - Antarctic meltwater lakes are far more common than once thought and could destabilise glaciers, potentially lifting sea levels by metres as global warming sets in, scientists said on Wednesday. Most vulnerable are the massive, floating ice shelves that ring the Antarctic continent and help prevent inland glaciers from …
The retreat of one of Canada's largest glaciers has changed the flow of a northern river almost overnight in an extreme case of what researchers call climate change "river piracy." The discovery of the Slims River diversion away from the Bering Sea into another watershed that empties into the Pacific …
