NEW DELHI: Turbulence is one of the uncertain factors a flyer may encounter when travelling on a plane. While these inconvenient shake-ups are rarely fatal, they quite certainly can inflict …
WASHINGTON: The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found. A study Tuesday in the journal Nature uses …
About 1.9 billion people around the world rely on glaciers and snow packs as a source of drinking water.As glaciers undergo a normal process of melting during the year’s warmer …
TURIN: UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday told G7 countries it was “utter nonsense” to claim they could not take bolder actions to tackle global warming.The G7 is holding …
NAPLES: Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human …
Humans started using chemicals to supercharge clouds’ capacity to release rain and snow decades ago, but the technology is gaining traction as climate change makes some regions hotter and drier. …
STRASBOURG: Europe’s highest human rights court will rule Tuesday on a group of landmark climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The …
NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough, scientists from Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have revealed how the El Niño phenomenon influences the saltiness, or salinity, of coastal waters around the …
BRASILIA: Brazilian tourism officials are hoping to change the country’s image as a mere haven for scantily-clad beachgoers by hosting UN climate talks next year in the Amazon rainforest city …
PARIS: Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation – …