State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, might lose its all-year ice snow by 2015 due to climate changes. This warning was issued by Greenpeace, an international pressure group. "The snow
Earth may have a 1,500 year temperature cycle that is governed by minor changes in the sunlight
Global climate change, often seen as a process stretching over thousands of years, could in fact occur abruptly and unexpectedly - quickly pushing up temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Celsius (18
As the Bush administration strives to cobble together an alternative to the rejected Kyoto protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gases, the private sector and non-governmental organisations are
Britain's emissions of greenhouse gases, blamed by many scientists for contributing to global warming, have fallen by 14 per cent since 1990, according to the latest government report. British lakes
Antarctica appears to be melting and contributing to the slow rise in the oceans, with around 36 cubic miles of ice from glaciers in West Antarctica over the past decade, researchers have reported.
Emissions of greenhouse gases have fallen since 1990, says a new report, with lead down by 80%, Dioxins and Furans down by 70% and sulphur dioxide down by 68%, says a new report, with a second survey
Greenhouse gases are blamed by many scientists for contributing to global warming, but at least one researcher in San Francisco says the real key to modifying world temperatures is diesel soot. "If
While recent climate change studies have focused on the risks of a gradual rise in the Earth's temperature, a new National Academy of Sciences report has concluded that greenhouse gases and other
The National Academy of Sciences has released a report citing evidence that warming caused by greenhouse gases and other pollutants could trigger large, abrupt climate changes marked by periods of