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Discords heighten climate dangers
Despite warnings of cataclysmic consequences from deteriorating environment and rising temperatures, several factors including distrust among nations, and Washington’s politically espoused positions are hindering movement toward implementing the goals of Paris Climate Agreement. Around 100 government...Dec 13, 2018 971 0 -
Trump’s political communication and the never-ending election season
Photo: Michael Vadon/Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump has been at the center of political communication since the 2016 election season, when as candidate of the Conservative party he took the non-conformist use of social media to...Apr 27, 2018 1049 0 -
Climate Change: How many more alarm bells?
A frame-filling portrait of a male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) jumping in the pack ice. Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Arturo de Frias Marques/Wikimedia Commons It’s been more than two years since the international community reached the Paris Agreement to address...Mar 30, 2018 1175 0 -
Climate change demands action
A polar bear jumping in Spitsbergen Island, Syalbard, Norway. Photo Credit: Arturo de Frias Marques/Wikimedia Commons The Bonn Conference opening on Monday will be yet another step in the search for world commitment to climate action....Nov 5, 2017 926 0 -
New report rings alarm bells about climate change from soaring CO2 levels
Photo shows a family along with their cattle and possessions stranded atop small islands formed due to massive floods, Sindh province, Pakistan. Credit: IFAD/EPA/Nadeem Khawer via UN The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) keep soaring...Oct 31, 2017 1284 0 -
Climate Change: South Asia may experience intense heat by the end of the century
Does human activity – especially the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas – cause global warning? The debate continues. In the meantime, threats posed by the Earth’s changing climate have been spelled out in newly...Aug 4, 2017 1616 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...Jun 5, 2017 1111 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...Mar 22, 2017 1322 0 -
Carnage in Syria gaping hole in global conscience: UN Chief
Wounded children in Aleppo, File Photo: Voice of America News: Scott Bobb report Aleppo, Syria via Wikimedia Commons United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon Friday said “the carnage in Syria remains a gaping hole in the global...Dec 16, 2016 859 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...Nov 15, 2016 913 0