Climate change is not a myth and its dangerous effects were visible across the world in 2022 with deadly widfires, biblical floods, and unbearable heatwaves hitting almost every country on the planet. A new report now indicates that the climate crisis is also causing a dangerous rise in sea levels and the effects are…
Climate change due to global warming is rapidly thawing the ancient permafrost, which may pose a new threat to humans, according to researchers who revived nearly two dozen viruses – including one frozen under a lake more than 48,500 years ago. European researchers examined ancient samples collected from…
As the driest summer in Seattle’s record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms. It was the latest in a string of Seattle summers in the last decade, including a record-breaking heat dome in 2021, to feature drier conditions and hotter temperatures that have left many trees with premature…
Finance took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, with U.N. experts publishing a list of projects worth $120 billion that investors could back to help poorer countries cut emissions and adapt to the impacts of global warming. A $3 billion water transfer project between Lesotho and Botswana and a $10…
As the world reeks under the influence of climate change and climate catastrophes become more intense and frequent, leaders from several developing and underdeveloped countries pointed out that wealthy governments and oil companies for driving global warming and demanded that they should pay for the damages. The…
Months after the UN-led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that extreme weather events will become frequent and more intense, countries across the world are facing the consequences. From biblical floods in Pakistan to the submergence of cities in Australia, climate change is leading to…
As Earth gets warmer, scientific predictions are getting more accurate by the day. With climate change raging across the world, extreme weather events are being fueled with new energy and the same is happening with Hurricane Ian, which is battering Cuba while on its way to Florida. The Category-3 storm not only gained…
Climate change could see 4% of global annual economic output lost by 2050 and hit many poorer parts of the world disproportionately hard, a new study of 135 countries has estimated. Ratings firm S&P Global, which gives countries credit scores based on the health of their economies, published a report on Tuesday…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its latest report called for a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in a bid to achieve net-zero goals. To boost India’s chances, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in Hyderabad has come up with a…
A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a critical threshold on Tuesday raising new concerns about a source of power that millions of people in the U.S. West rely on for electricity. Lake Powell’s fall to below 3,525 feet (1,075 meters) puts it at its lowest level since the lake filled after the…