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Unprecedented heatwave, and more to come, warns UN weather agency
Photo by Jessie Eastland/Wikimedia Commons With mercury shooting up in several parts of the world, the United Nations weather agency is warning that more heatwaves to come. The World Meteorological Organization says extremely high May and...June 22, 2017 2013 0 -
May 2017, second hottest since temperature record-keeping began
Photo: Official NASA Twitter There seems to be no end to record heat the world has been experiencing in recent years with May 2017 being reported as the second warmest May in 137 years of modern...June 15, 2017 1298 0 -
Intergovernmental panel warns against repercussions of inaction on climate change
Photo by Maryphillips shows drought in California via Wikimedia Commons The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the international body for assessing the science related to climate change, which provides a scientific basis for governments at...June 5, 2017 1249 0 -
One Planet, Many Warnings, Few Actions
A woman with an umbrella walks under the rain in a field, in the background there is a rainbow. photo WMO It was in the midst of Britain’s industrial revolution in the early 19th century that...April 23, 2017 1323 0 -
Record heat, vanishing ice, droughts pushing the planet into uncharted territory
Soil erosion and deforestation shown in the mountains of Guatemala’s Quiche province. UN Photo/John Olsson With extreme weather continuing into 2017 – a heatwave over the arctic and warming breaking records of high tempreatures in February...March 22, 2017 1482 0 -
Heatwave in winter melts Arctic and Antarctic sea ice to record lows
Polar Bears near North Pole, Photo by Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs, US-Navy via Wikimedia Commons A heatwave blowing over the Arctic pole in winter? Not a sci fi movie. Nor even an improbable dystonia of climatic...February 19, 2017 1226 0 -
2016 was the second warmst year on record for US
The year 2016 brought average annual temperature for the contiguous United States at 54.9°F, which was 2.9°F above the 20th century average. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2016 remained the second warmest year of...January 19, 2017 1044 0 -
What is heightening geopolitical tensions around the world?
Photo by Henk Caspers, Naturalis Biodiversity Center showing Africa on a huge globe via Wikimedia Commons As thought leaders, economists and politicians gather for discussions in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum has released its Global...January 14, 2017 1364 0 -
Another red hot warning as earth and oceans continue to warm
Global warming and El Nino weather pattern pushing 2016 to be the hottest year on record with global temperatures of approximately 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The continued trend means that 16 of the 17 hottest...November 15, 2016 1096 0 -
All eyes on US as UN seeks climate change action
As President-elect Donald Trump shapes his administration, international environmentalists are anxiously hoping that Washington would stay the course on addressing climate change. Republicans have largely espoused a different approach to climate change and reasons for environmental degradation...November 13, 2016 918 0