Tag: global warming
The World Passes 400ppm Carbon Dioxide Threshold. Permanently
We are now living in a 400ppm world with levels unlikely to drop below the symbolic milestone in our lifetimes, say scientists. Climate Central reports.
In the centuries to come, history books will...
Greenland’s Huge Annual Ice Loss Is Even Worse than Thought
The huge annual losses of ice from the Greenland cap are even worse than thought, according to new research which also shows that the melt is not a short-term blip but a...
Land and sea warmest in 2015: ‘State of the Climate’ report
Last year was the warmest year on record for land and sea, partly because seasonal El Nino climate patterns prevailed year-round, and melting ice pushed sea levels to the highest ever, a...
Climate Guru Tells Calif. Governor Not To Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
On Thursday,a letter to Governor Jerry Brown of California, about how nuclear energy was essential to fighting global warming, was sent by Dr. James Hansen and the leading climate scientists in the...
New Coal Technologies Spell Disaster for Climate
"Fuelling the Fire": The chequered history of Underground Coal Gasification and Coal Chemicals around the world" is a new report that sets out the dangers that Underground Coal Gasification and Coal Chemical...
Arctic Could Become Ice-Free
Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University predicts we could see ‘an area of less than one million square kilometres for September of this year’.
The Arctic is on track to be free of...
Analyses Reveal Record-shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015
2015 was Planet Earth's warmest year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to a new analysis by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record...
Global warming could stave off next ice age for 100,000 years
Global warming is likely to disrupt a natural cycle of ice ages and contribute to delaying the onset of the next big freeze until about 100,000 years from now, scientists said on...
New development could lead to more effective light bulbs
US researchers say they have developed a technique that can significantly improve the efficiency of the traditional incandescent light bulb. These older bulbs have been phased out in many countries because they...
Climate change: Cereal harvests across the world ‘fall by 10% in 50 years’
Impact of droughts and heatwaves stronger in recent decades, especially in developed countries. Extreme weather has affected global cereal production.
Droughts and heatwaves have reduced cereal harvests by an average of about 10% globally...
Global concern about climate change, broad support for limiting emissions
Pew Research Institute made a research before conference COP 21 in Paris, here you can find some interesting facts about this issue. As world leaders prepare to negotiate an agreement that will frame...
