Warning: global temperature likely to exceed 1.5 degree in five years: WMO
The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) …
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Investors reaching out for new tools to measure climate change risk
In the twilight years of past civilisations, astrologers would scour the heavens for signs of impending calamity. In an era where climate change is eroding …
Global warming biggest threat to tropical plants: Study
UNSW’s new study finds that because of global warming half of the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070. Tropical plants closer to …
Harness renewable sources to overcome the challenges posed by global-warming: VP
The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday called upon policymakers and experts in the renewable energy sector to take steps to tap …
Scientists designs new materials to enhance natural gas storage, reduce global warming
Scientists have designed plastic-based materials that can effectively store natural gas. The materials can not only make large-scale, cost-effective, and safe natural gas storage possible, …
Exhausted, hungry polar bear seen wandering in Siberian city
A starving polar bear has strayed hundreds of kilometers from its natural Arctic habitat and wandered, exhausted, into the major Russian industrial city of Norilsk …
UN chief Guterres says world ‘not on track’ with climate change
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday, warning the world was “not on track” to limiting global …
If global warming is not stopped it would be total disaster: UN Chief
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in an interview with The Associated Press said the world must dramatically change the way it is fueled to limit …
Saving the planet may cost USD 100 billion per year: Scientists
Saving the diversity and abundance of life on Earth may cost $100 billion a year, say scientists who have proposed a policy to prevent another …
Solar Powered Desalination Offers Ray of Hope for Indian Villages
UNSW’s Global Water Institute seems to be at the cusp of a revolution in irrigation that could secure water supplies and food production during drought. …