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Where is our love for migratory birds?
Limosa lapponica and Thalasseus bergii, flying in to a high tide roost in Roebuck Bay in Western Australia, Credit: Mdk572 /Wikimedia Commons Our love for birds may be boundless – from our association with them as noble and...May 12, 2018 1140 0 -
Will new climate change warnings and the beauty of Winter Olympics inspire action?
Photo: Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs, US-Navy/Wikimedia Commons With several days of cloudy skies, snowfall and rains this winter may have given the impression that traditionally cool winters after all are not a thing of the past....Feb 18, 2018 37141 2 -
A make or break year for coral, a key source of ocean life
The world may find it almost imperceptible that half of the coral has died in the last three decades but for a lot of ocean creatures that depend on this key source of life, the loss...Feb 1, 2018 1078 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 -
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...Jun 22, 2017 1871 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...Jun 15, 2017 1177 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 -
Russia and the US – Which Way from Here?
Photo by Michael Vadon via Wikimedia Commons On the last Saturday in January, while crowds gathered to protest an Executive Order temporarily banning travel to the US by Muslims from seven countries, President Trump talked by...Jan 31, 2017 952 0 -
Russia’s growing ties with Pakistan leave India aghast
Gwadar Seaport Photo Credit: Umargondal via Wikimedia Commons Perhaps nowhere the maxim that nothing is constant in international politics rings as loudly as in Russia’s outreach to Pakistan that has left India stunned and aghast. Vladimir...Dec 22, 2016 948 0