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UN body warns of breaching 1.5 degree C warming threshold by 2030

The pace and scale of what has been done so far, as well as the current pledges of emission cuts by nations, are insufficient to tackle climate change and the world may well breach the dangerous...

UN 'survival guide' report an urgent warning on climate

World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning

UN chief: Rich nations must achieve net zero carbon quicker, by 2040

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on wealthy countries Monday to move up their goals of achieving carbon neutrality as close as possible to 2040, mostly from 2050 now, in order to "defuse...

Millions of dead fish wash up amid heat wave in Australia

Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in what authorities and scientists say is caused by floods and hot weather. The Department of Primary Industries in New South Wales...

Unusual warming played role in 2002 Antarctic ice shelf retreat: Study

The study has revealed that widespread flow acceleration and frequent small-iceberg calving could serve as warning signs for future such ice shelf retreats in the Antarctic, said scientists, who led...

Hundreds dead as Cyclone Freddy wrecks Malawi, Mozambique

The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 216 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death...

Droughts, wet events made more frequent, intense by global warming: Nasa-led Study

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries: Survey

Crocodiles protected against fungal infections, could help human medicine

Europe experienced second-warmest winter on record

Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, as climate change continues to intensify.

Two retreating Ladakh glaciers alarm scientists

Durung-Drung and Pensilungpa, two glaciers in Ladakh, have retreated by 7.8sq km and 1.5sq km respectively from 1971 to 2019. Alarmed scientists hold climate change and several other factors respon...

Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022

India feels the heat: Hottest February recorded since 1901

India to experience heat waves this year after hottest February on record

India is likely to experience heat waves between March and May, especially in the key wheat producing central and northern states, the weather office said on Tuesday, as the country recorded its...

Antarctic glaciers flow faster in summers, exhibiting seasonal behaviour: Study

Peak fossil fuel doesn’t mean climate change is solved

Its certainly sounding that way. Emissions from fossil fuels — the key driver of global warming since the dawn of the industrial era — are set to peak within two years, according to Rystad Energy, an...

In a first, US startup plants carbon-guzzler GM trees

Rising heat in India raises alarm on another energy crunch

Peak demand for electricity touched 211 gigawatts in January, close to an all-time high last summer when heavy industry roared back from pandemic curbs and the population contended with sweltering...

Air pollution speeds up bone loss from osteoporosis: Study