Extraordinary marine heatwave in North Atlantic Ocean may continue throughout 2023

The month of May this year witnessed the highest sea surface temperature since 1850

Heat index is a critical tool to help beat heat stress

Heat index correlates thermoregulation, relative humidity and the air temperature

High road to COP28: Ditch carbon capture tech, set end date for oil & gas production, report to developed nations

Experts worry investments in CCS could rob funds from renewable energy projects

African mountains are feeling the heat of climate change

Changing patterns of snowfall have big implications for mountain heat budgets

Why is Greenland ice sheet melting faster this September? Experts weigh in

Typically the ice sheet loses ice in the summer and gains mass in the months after

How disasters, poverty fuel human trafficking 

Natural disasters triggered 30.7 million displacements globally in 2020

Iraq’s orange sky is a red flag. Here’s why

Experts link the frequent, intense dust storms in Iraq with climate change

Stolen Shorelines: Journalist’s powerful documentary about dangers facing Kerala’s coastal towns

The 30-minute English-language film will be released end of May 2022

CoP26: Activists protest global leaders’ dilly-dally, demand climate justice now

Greta Thunberg termed CoP26 discussions “blah, blah, blah”  

The New Proposal

Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Mind that CDM: Discounting the future

A look at why CDM is not the solution for the poor or for sustainable development

July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded

Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth

Kenya farmers turn to sorghum for food security

The country has successfully developed drought-resilient sorghum

Gene that acts as moisture sensor in plants identified

The find can help in engineering drought-resistant crops

Crops losing protein

Dire straits

Global warming will have bigger impact on oceans than thought

Cool bug

Dung beetles keep methane from cattle in check

Ghost of climate change haunts Rio

Carbon capture made easy

Salt, sugar and alcohol can help trap the greenhouse gas

Afforestation not so cool

Planting trees will not reduce global warming, says study

Megadrought demystified

Two major lakes dried up in Africa in the most severe drought recorded in 50,000 years

Melting uncertainty

Debris cover also affects glacial retreat rate

Heated exchanges

Global politics took an upper hand over planetary ecology in Kyoto

CFCs black market

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