Global Warming

Researchers Make Bricks From Human Urine. No, They Don't Stink

Science | Reuters | Saturday November 3, 2018

South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product.

South African Scientists Create Bricks From Human Urine

Science | Reuters | Friday November 2, 2018

South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product.

It's Going To Go Back And Forth: Donald Trump On Climate Change

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 16, 2018

US President Donald Trump, a longtime climate change skeptic, said Monday on a tour of hurricane damage in the southern United States that "something" is happening -- but that the change is not permanent.

Donald Trump Sceptical Of UN Global Warming Report, Says Hasn't Read It

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 10, 2018

US President Donald Trump said he has yet to read a UN report warning of global warming-caused chaos unless drastic action is taken and added that he is skeptical.

Blog: Delhi, Bengaluru Becoming "Urban Heat Islands": IPCC Report Author

Blog | Chetan Bhattacharji | Monday October 8, 2018

Hundreds of scientists have worked for the last three years to understand just how pressing is the need to limit global warming. The answer - very, very pressing indeed.

"We Have To Put Out The Fire": UN Sounds 2030 Climate Change Warning

Science | Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis, The Washington Post | Monday October 8, 2018

The world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to holding global warming to moderate levels, and nations will need to take "unprecedented" actions to cut their carbon emissions over the next decade, according to a landmark report by the globe's top scientific body studying climate change.

Time Running Out, Warns UN, Predicts 1.5C Global Warming As Early As 2030

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 8, 2018

Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.

Delhi's Average Temperature Spiked By 1 Degree In Over A Century: Report

Cities | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday October 8, 2018

The average temperature in the national capital increased by one degree Celsius, by 0.7 degree in Mumbai, 0.6 degree in Chennai and 1.2 degrees in Kolkata in over a century-and-a-half.

Antarctica Warming Could Fuel Disastrous Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds

Science | Chris Mooney, The Washington Post | Friday September 21, 2018

Temperatures not much warmer than the planet is experiencing now were sufficient to melt a major part of the East Antarctic ice sheet in Earth's past, scientists reported Wednesday, including during one era about 125,000 years ago when sea levels were as much as 20 to 30 feet higher than they are now

Florence Portends More Massive Hurricanes In Age Of Global Warming

World News | Reuters | Thursday September 20, 2018

Global warming has increased the likelihood of more massive, sluggish storms like Florence, capable of dropping record amounts of rain and causing the type of catastrophic flooding that crippled North and South Carolina this week, experts said

Bangkok Struggles To Stay Afloat Amid Global Warming, Rising Sea Levels

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday September 2, 2018

As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade.

Pope Francis Urges Action Against "Endless Fields" Of Plastic In Oceans

World News | Reuters | Sunday September 2, 2018

Pope Francis, who has spoken strongly for action against global warming in recent years, called on Saturday for people to work together to stop the world's oceans filling up with plastic waste.

Climate Change Could Render Many Of Earth's Ecosystems Unrecognisable

Science | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Friday August 31, 2018

After the end of the last ice age, as sea levels rose, glaciers receded and global average temperatures soared as much as 7 degrees Celsius, the Earth's ecosystems were utterly transformed.

Global Warming Will Make Insects Hungrier, Eating Up Key Crops: Study

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 31, 2018

Researchers have found a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: more hungry bugs.

After Once-A-Century Rain In Kerala, Scientists Warn Of Unmanageable Risk

India News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 25, 2018

Once-a-century rains that have pounded Kerala and displaced 1.3 million people are in line with the predictions of climate scientists, who warn that worse is to come if global warming continues unabated.