Page 28 - Global Warming

France's biggest glacier is melting, you should see it before it disappears

"There's sometimes a certain anxiety of seeing the Mer de Glace before it disappears"

Singapore's fortune is tied to water but sand may hold key to the future

Singapore's stockpiles are as strategic as America's petroleum reserves. Sand, or something like it, will be a hot commodity as long as there is a Singapore

Capitalist growth triggered climate change; it must also be the solution

One argument that's gained ground in recent years is that growth itself is the problem

Global leaders at UN meet: If virus does not kill us, climate change will

The pandemic has muted the U.N. meeting, with world leaders speaking not from the podium in New York but via video from home

The Arctic, one place you don't want to get green is getting greener

Responsible for Earth's cooling, Arctic's sea ice cover shrank by 3.74 million square km in 2020

Humpback Whales migrating north as climate change triggers ocean warming

The study will involve multiple cruises to the whales' feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica and the coastlines of the three continents where they breed

China's Jinping, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.

World's top emitter China says it aims to go carbon neutral by 2060

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop pumping additional carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas, into the atmosphere by 2060

Don't throw away funds supporting fossil fuel industries: UN chief to govts

The U.N. chief noted that large investors are already pulling their money out of heavily polluting industries, especially coal

Climate change did not stop for Covid: Brace for warmest 5 years on record

1.7 billion people to face severe water shortage due to the decline in glacier runoffs in Central Europe and Tibetan Plateau between 2030 and 2050

Heat may kill more people than major diseases by 2100, says study

The scientific consensus is that global warming must be limited to 1.5 degrees Celcius by 2099 to avoid the worst predictions

The implications of the coronavirus pandemic for the environment

Challenges at the intersection of health, ecology, and climate science

50% jump in lakes from melting ice: Threat of Kedarnath like tragedy rises

There are 2028 glacial lakes and water bodies in the Himalayan region catchment which contribute to rivers flowing across India

Arctic heatwave: Wildfire triggers polar ice melt, emits 56 megatonnes CO2

The polar region is warming at two to three times the global average, impacting nature and humanity at a global scale

India can be 'global superpower' in fighting climate change: Guterres

India can lead the world's transformation to clean energy and become a "global superpower" in the war on climate change

Greenland lost record 532 bn tons of ice in 2019: A million ton per minute

The previous record was set in 2012 when the island lost 464 billion tons of mass from its thick ice sheet

Climate change poses high credit risks for nuclear power plants: Moody's

Close proximity to large water bodies increase the risk of damage to plant equipment that helps ensure safe operation, the agency said in a note

Climate change: Small island nations not waiting for rich countries to act

Increasingly intense storms are just one of the ways climate change threatens small island developing states like Dominica

The evolution of 'Homo Puppy'

Written by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, Humankind argues that we've been trained to be more biased towards the innate "evil" character in humans

Mukesh Ambani pushes for clean, affordable energy; tech to decarbonise

"It's not only imperative for us to be net carbon zero but I think that we should opt to recycle carbon," Ambani said.