Climate

A policeman with a sniffer dog looks at the damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, Thursday, Aug 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan…

Nepal’s negotiators hailed the $21.6 million grant from the UN’s Loss & Damage Fund for the Trisuli Valley disaster on 26 August, but it was approved reluctantly, represents only 0.4%…

As the climate gets warmer, the number of particles that make up clouds in the Arctic may increase or decrease, depending on the specific area. A new study indicates that,…

Brown carbon is the atmosphere’s stealth absorber. Unlike its famous dark cousin black carbon, it does not look black at all; it is the tannish, tea-colored fraction of organic aerosol…

The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Antalya, Turkey in November. (Adem Altan/ AFP via Getty Images) As this year’s UN climate conference in Turkey looms on…

The seventh annual report by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists says the Earth’s climate system is quickly becoming unstable and that while signs of important societal…

Global warming is a reality and so are its consequences, Bahrain must strategise for the same Bahrain Needs Sharper Strategy for Global Warming By Kota Sriraj The latest United Nations…

Few ecological crises capture the severity of climate change like the loss of Earth’s coral reefs. Global coverage of living corals has already declined 50% since the 1950s, largely due…

Study details and the countries most affected More Intense Heatwaves and Researchers’ Recommendations Brussels, Belgium – The summer of 2026 was not merely another exceptionally hot season on the European…

Sea-level rise driven by climate change could help invasive marine species spread into newly flooded coastal areas, threatening biodiversity and some economic activities, researchers warned in a study published recently….

Reposted from the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy. Climate scientist Myles Allen says the world could stop additional global warming within about 30 years – and limit total…

“After the ice cap retreated, mosses eventually colonized this newly exposed land,” says Nicolás Young, a paleoclimatologist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and lead author of the…

LAST Monday, the 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention, or COP17, opened in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, with delegates from about 130 countries exploring ways to arrest…

The report estimates that current country policies could lead to global warming of around 2.8°C over the course of this century. Even in the most optimistic scenarios assessed by UNEP,…

 India’s greenhouse gas emissions remain low on a per capita basis despite economic growth, but the country’s total emissions are projected to continue rising, according to the United Nations Environment…

The world will inevitably cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold compared with pre-industrial levels. Decades of insufficient action against climate change have made it impossible to avoid this scenario. This…

As global warming approaches 1.5°C and a period of overshoot looms, the world is marching further into a crisis of our own making. Fossil fuels are at the heart of…

The UNEP report is clear: Any possibility of keeping the limit at 1.5 °C has been “lost” as a consequence of decades of insufficient climate action. Credit: minambiente.gov.co The United…

– Advertisement – Environmental advocacy organisations, 350.org and Climate Action Network (CAN), have called on world leaders to urgently strengthen climate commitments and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels…

Beyza Binnur Donmez 21 October 2026•Update: 21 October 2026 Current climate pledges would cut global greenhouse gas emissions by only 11%-15% by 2035, far short of the 45% reduction needed…

The target set in 2015 by the Paris Agreement—to limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2100—has become unachievable within the span of a single decade, the United Nations Environment Programme…

Offf the coast of Florida in the United States, a team of scientists and trained volunteers in scuba gear descends to the ocean floor and begins planting young coral onto…

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY While Santiago and Beijing sit on opposite sides of the world, they have more in common than most people realize. Both capitals are hemmed in by mountains,…

The European Union has unveiled a comprehensive plan to expand its presence and activities in the Arctic, addressing emerging challenges from global warming, geopolitical tensions, and competition for energy resources…

A data-driven examination of global temperatures shows heat waves have surged in size and frequency since the 1960s Heat storms intensify wildfires. Here, a tree burned in Mandra, Greece, in…

Did the authors of the Energy Department’s controversial 2025 climate report confuse two layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, and then use faulty analysis to question evidence of anthropogenic climate change?…

Maximum rainfall over a single day or five consecutive days could increase by approximately 30-40% in northern and southern Vietnam. The number of days with heavy rainfall is also expected…

WASHINGTON – From starving cattle in parched El Salvador to a “terrifying” threat to the world’s coral reefs, this year’s exceptionally strong El Niño is being felt across the globe….

The most damaging weather events are the record-breaking “one-in-100-year” disasters communities have usually only seen once. But understanding how these rare events could change in the future is hard. With…