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Irreversible damage

Erosion of glaciers must be slowed

South China Sea level has risen by 150 mm since 1900, reveals study

South China Sea's sea level has risen by 150 mm since 1900, according to researchers from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology.The study, carried out by the researchers under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and other institutions in the country, focused on Porites coral, a wide-spread coral in the South China Sea with a high growth rate, clear annual growth layer and sensitive response to the change of seawater environment, Xinhua News Agency reported.The researchers analyzed the correlation mechanism between the oxygen stable isotopes of Porites coral and sea level, sea surface salinity, sea surface temperature and rainfall of the South China Sea, and reconstructed the sea level record at an annual resolution.The study showed that the sea level fell by 0.73 mm per year from 1850 to 1900, and then rose by 1.31 mm per year from 1900 to 2015. The sea-level rise in the South China Sea has accelerated, rising by 3.75 mm per year since 1993, Xinhua reported.The study found ...

World's major companies lag on climate, some markets regress since Paris

Limiting the world's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average by mid-century was crucial in order to avoid irreversible damage to the planet: UN

Australia facing more floods and droughts due to global warming: Report

Australia is facing more catastrophic weather events as a result of global warming, which will cause death, injury, financial and emotional stress globally, a report has warned.

Global warming speeding up world's water cycle, say researchers

This is leading to more extreme weather conditions with the world's wetter areas becoming even more soaked and the dry regions becoming even more parched: Report

Extreme wildfire impacts to increase dramatically by 2100, UN says

Over the past decade the intensity and impact of wildfires has grown worldwide, with 2020 a particularly devastating year that seemed to herald the arrival of an apocalyptic new era.

Wildfires getting worse globally, governments unprepared, says UN report

A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems

Freedom vs habits: Research tracks what people are willing to do for planet

The high cost of electric vehicles has put many off buying them in the past, but their sales rocketed in 2021, when the UK government's ban on selling fossil-fuelled cars by 2030 was announced

India lost 259 bn hours of labour annually because of global warming

Productive hours lost to heat and humidity globally are about 400 billion hours greater than previous estimates, roughly the same as the amount of work hours lost during the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 one of the seven warmest years on record: World Meteorological Org

Although average global temperatures were temporarily cooled by the 2020-2022 La Nina events, 2021 was still one of the seven warmest years on record

Cities contribute 80% to global GDP, account for 75% emissions: Report

Cities contribute 80 per cent to global GDP -- but they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions

Corporate climate action growing; more needed to meet net-zero: WEF study

Climate action is growing across public and private sectors, but more needs to be done to meet the net-zero challenge, the World Economic Forum said in a new study published on Monday

One of the world's wealthiest oil exporting nations is becoming unliveable

Parts of Kuwait could get as much as 4.5C hotter from 2071 to 2100 compared with the historical average

India getting warmer, hotter: 2021 fifth warmest year since 1901, says IMD

2012-2021 warmest decade on record; 1,750 weather-related deaths last year

2021 sixth hottest year on record, last 8 years the warmest, says NASA

Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied 2018 as the sixth warmest year on record, and the past eight years are the warmest, according to an independent analysis done by NASA and NOAA.

'House is a furnace': Argentina roasts in record-setting heat wave

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without electricity when power grids failed in and around populous capital city Buenos Aires.

Net-zero emissions and how can the world get there?

As countries are realising the effects of global warming, they are moving towards net-zero emissions. Here's an explainer on net-zero emissions and what it may take for the world to achieve the target

Arctic continues to decline from global warming at alarming rate: Study

The Arctic continues to deteriorate from global warming, not setting as many records this year as in the past, but still changing so rapidly that federal scientists call it alarming

Study suggests melting glaciers will produce new salmon habitat

Spawning streams are overheating and droughts are drying up salmon habitats entirely, impacting many food webs from the Rocky Mountains and Coast Ranges to the Pacific Ocean.

How air cooling technologies are making rising global temperature worse

Air conditioners and refrigerators use hydrofluorocarbons, which heat up the earth.