Global Warming

New Zealand To Declare Climate Emergency To Combat Global Warming

World News | Reuters | Thursday November 26, 2020

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's government is to declare a climate emergency in a symbolic step to increase pressure for action to combat global warming.

Climate Change Much Bigger Threat Than Covid-19, Says Red Cross

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 17, 2020

The world should react with the same urgency to climate change as to the coronavirus crisis, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning that global warming poses a greater threat than Covid-19.

Rising Sea Levels Threat To Millions Living In Coastal Regions: Ministry Of Earth Sciences

India News | ANI | Sunday October 25, 2020

The rising sea levels, as shown from satellite data received from European Space Agency (ESA), is a threat to the millions of people living in coastal regions, said Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Madhavan Rajeevan on Sunday.

Antarctica To Lift Seas By Metres Per Degree Of Warming, Study Finds

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 24, 2020

Raising Earth's average surface temperature another degree Celsius will lock in 2.5 metres of sea level rise from Antarctica alone and an extra three degrees see the frozen continent lift oceans 6.5 metres, scientists warned Wednesday.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Fires, Storms Show Impact of Climate Change

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 22, 2020

Apple chief Tim Cook said Monday he views the recent increase in fires, hurricanes and floods as strong proof that climate change is real.

Donald Trump Dismisses Climate Concerns As He Visits Fire-Ravaged Western US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 15, 2020

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a briefing in California on the deadly blazes.

Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Forecast: Study

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 18, 2020

The Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models had predicted, researchers at the University of Copenhagen warned on Tuesday.

Greenland Ice Melting Now Irreversible, Has Passed "Tipping Point": Study

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday August 17, 2020

The melting of Greenland's ice cap has gone so far that it is now irreversible, with snowfall no longer able to compensate for the loss of ice even if global warming were to end today, according to researchers.

Climate Change May Bring Long-Dormant Viruses Back To Life: Scientists

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday August 16, 2020

Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika "season" in Europe.

Earth's Atmosphere More Sensitive to CO2 Emissions Than Previously Believed, Study Finds

Reuters | Friday July 24, 2020

A new research reassessing the atmosphere’s sensitivity to carbon dioxide (CO2) helps narrow down the range of temperature rise caused by doubling of CO2 levels since pre-industrial times.

Hotter World Will See 21% GDP Fall, India on "Ruinous Trajectory": Study

Business | Eric Roston, Bloomberg | Wednesday July 8, 2020

India is singled out by Oxford Economics as following a particularly ruinous trajectory, with GDP falling 90 per cent by 2100 if countries don't improve current policies.

"Without Historical Precedent": Climate Change Turns Lakes Green In US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 8, 2020

Global warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States because of an increase in algae blooms "without historical precedent", researchers reported on Tuesday.

India May Be 4.4 Degrees Hotter By End Of Century: Government Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 15, 2020

The average temperature over India is projected to rise by 4.4 degrees Celsius, while the intensity of heat waves is likely to increase by 3-4 times by the end of the century, according to a government report on the impact of climate change on the country.

Global CO2 Emissions To Drop By 7% Due To COVID-19, But Will It Matter?

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 19, 2020

Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even this dramatic decline - the sharpest since WWII - would barely dent long-term global warming, researchers reported Tuesday.

March 2020 Among Hottest On Record: European Union

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday April 6, 2020

Temperatures last month were among the hottest on record for March, the European Union's satellite monitoring service said Monday, with particularly extreme warm weather over Russia, home to much of Earth's permafrost.