[ad_1] ROME: Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.Firefighters battled blazes in parts of Greece and the Canary Islands while Spain issued heat alerts and some children in Italy’s Sardinia were told to stay away from … Read more
[ad_1] PARIS: Over the past 20 years huge swathes of the world’s oceans have changed colour, displaying a subtle greening towards the tropics that researchers say points to the effect of climate change on life in the world’s seas.In the new research published on Wednesday, scientists said they had detected shifts in colours across more … Read more
[ad_1] Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and the past seven days have been the hottest week on record, the latest grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before. And for the seven-day period ending Wednesday, the daily average … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Climate change has made travelling by planes more turbulent today than it was four decades ago, according to a study.The researchers from the University of Reading in the UK found that clear-air turbulence, which is invisible and hazardous to aircraft, has increased in various regions around the world.The study, published in the … Read more
[ad_1] SHANGHAI: Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in 100 years on Monday, the city’s meteorological service announced, shattering the previous high by a full degree.Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing deadly heatwaves and temperatures hitting records across Southeast and South Asia in recent weeks.“At 13:09, the temperature at … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The capacity of microorganisms to adapt to climate change will lessen global warming by storing carbon in the soil, claims a recent study from Sweden’s Lund University.In the study, researchers collected soil samples from across Europe in a wide range of temperatures, from minus 3.1 to 18.3 degrees Celsius. The samples revealed that … Read more
[ad_1] BATHINDA: There might be countless instances to show that climate change is here impacting lives, livelihoods, food production and much more, but a number of journalists from across the length and breadth of India having interest in studying changing climate patterns learnt it through two days at Bengaluru with presentations by experts of the … Read more
[ad_1] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The devastating floods that occurred in the country between 1985 and 2020 during the summer monsoon season were directly associated with Atmospheric Rivers, a phenomenon of a stream of water vapour moving in the sky like a river flowing on the land, says a new study.It says severe weather events like the 2013 … Read more
[ad_1] GENEVA: The world’s glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs. The last eight years have been the warmest ever recorded, while concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide hit new peaks, … Read more
[ad_1] Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found. Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according to a statistical analysis … Read more