UN says 2001-2010 decade shows faster warming trend
Global warming accelerated since the 1970s and broke more countries' temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday.
Global warming accelerated since the 1970s and broke more countries' temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday.
Environment
Jul 3, 2013
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Computer gamers who like a challenge can now take on one of the toughest around: saving the entire planet, this time from climate change.
Software
Nov 15, 2010
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In a new climate modeling study, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have revealed major implications for global drought and aridity when limiting warming to 1.5°C rather than 2°C ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2020
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A major UN report warned Monday that a global economy focused on short-term profit is wrecking the planet and called for a drastically different approach as to how we value nature.
Environment
Jul 11, 2022
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Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank warned Sunday.
Environment
Nov 23, 2014
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Most of the world's population will be subject to degraded air quality in 2050 if man-made emissions continue as usual. In this 'business-as-usual' scenario, the average world citizen 40 years from now will experience similar ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2012
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Overgrazing by millions of sheep and goats is the primary cause of degraded land in the Mongolian Steppe, one of the largest remaining grassland ecosystems in the world, Oregon State University researchers say in a new report.
Environment
Sep 5, 2013
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Dr Mark Graham and Dr Ralph Straumann, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, have created a global map showing the total number of Internet users in different countries.
Internet
Jul 13, 2015
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By now, there is no doubt that the climate crisis is also a significant health crisis affecting people across the globe.
Environment
Dec 8, 2023
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(AP) -- Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are building up so high, so fast, that some scientists now think the world can no longer limit global warming to the level world leaders have agreed upon as safe.
Environment
Nov 21, 2011
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