Global Warming: News
08 Feb 2024
Climate ChangeJanuary 2024 was the world's warmest on record
January 2024 was the hottest January ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching 1.66°C above pre-industrial levels, a monitoring agency said on Thursday.
08 Feb 2024
Climate ChangeGlobal warming exceeds critical limit for first full year
For the first time ever, the Earth has experienced a full year with global warming surpassing 1.5-degree Celsius, as per the European Union's climate service.
24 Jan 2024
Health & Wellness48,500-year-old 'zombie viruses' may lead to another pandemic
Experts caution that ancient viruses, also known as Methuselah microbes or zombie viruses, trapped in Arctic permafrost could be unleashed due to global warming, potentially sparking a significant disease outbreak.
09 Jan 2024
Climate Change2023 was hottest year ever: What factors led to this?
2023 went down in history as the hottest year ever recorded.
03 Dec 2023
Climate ChangeCOP28: India, China skip triple renewable energy plan
Both India and China refrained from signing the pledge at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) climate summit to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by 2030 on Saturday.
29 Nov 2023
Antarctica'Surprised by sudden deterioration': Glacier retreats 8km in 2.5 years
Antarctica's Cadman Glacier has seen a drastic retreat of 8km in just 2.5 years, after remaining stable for about five decades. Not only that, its ice shelf has also completely collapsed.
20 Nov 2023
TechnologyEarth hits critical warming threshold for first time
On November 17, the Earth passed a crucial global warming limit, at least briefly. Preliminary data reveals that, for the first time, the global temperatures averaged over 2-degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
11 Oct 2023
EducationInternational Girl Child Day: Girls who are empowering the future
Youth often rise to the challenge, exhibiting incredible resilience and devotion to making a difference in a society where change and growth are crucial.
10 Oct 2023
ResearchExtreme heat could make parts of Earth unlivable, scientists warn
New research states if global temperatures were to rise by 1-degree Celsius than the current levels, then billions of people every year would be experiencing extreme heat that's too hot to handle.
06 Oct 2023
EuropeWestern Europe's highest peak hits lowest level in 22 years
Mont Blanc, the tallest peak in Western Europe, has reached its lowest height in 22 years, researchers say.
05 Oct 2023
Climate Change2023 to become hottest year as September breaks temperature records
New data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service reveals that 2023 is on track to become the hottest year on record. The global mean temperature this year is 0.52 degrees Celsius higher than average.
26 Sep 2023
AntarcticaAntarctic winter sea ice melts to record low
Antarctic sea ice has reached a record low this winter, covering only 16.96 million square kilometers, the lowest since satellite records began in 1979.
15 Aug 2023
NASA'We must act now': NASA's warning amid rising temperatures
NASA has announced that July 2023 is the hottest month on record since 1880. According to NASA's data, July 2023 was 0.24 degrees Celsius warmer than any previous July.
08 Aug 2023
AntarcticaResearchers warn extreme events in the Antarctic region 'virtually certain'
Ice loss, and heat waves among other extreme events in Antarctica, are almost 'certain' to become more frequent, signaling the need for urgent action to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
26 Jul 2023
Atlantic OceanMajor Atlantic Ocean current could collapse much sooner than expected
A new study, published in Nature Communications, warns that a key ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean could be headed for a collapse and that too as soon as 2025.
19 Jul 2023
NASANASA leadership and climate experts to discuss extreme weather events
NASA is going to hold a meeting at its Washington headquarters tomorrow to discuss the extreme weather events witnessed in the recent months.
17 Jul 2023
HeatwaveWhy the world is facing extreme heat this year
Extreme weather warnings are being issued as intense heatwaves continue to grip several parts of the world, including the US, Japan, China, parts of Asia, and Europe.
10 Jul 2023
Rainfall#NewsBytesExplainer: Why North India is facing sudden surge of rainfall
After a 10% deficiency in overall rainfall across India till the end of June, excessive rainfall activity in the west coast and northern states over the last week reportedly resulted in a 2% excess rainfall on Sunday.
05 Jul 2023
HeatwaveJuly 3 marks hottest day ever: What's causing temperature rise
This Monday i.e. July 3 was the hottest day ever on Earth.
20 Jun 2023
Climate ChangeHimalayan glaciers could disappear by 2100 if climate change continues
Scientists have found that ice loss from the world's highest mountains is happening faster due to rising temperatures. By the end of the century, these peaks could lose up to 80% of their volume.
17 May 2023
United Nations (UN)Next 5 years to be hottest ever recorded: UN
The United Nations (UN)'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Wednesday said that it is nearly certain that 2023 to 2027 will be the hottest five-year period ever recorded.
17 May 2023
Climate ChangeGlobal warming will soon breach crucial limit for first time
Between 2023 and 2027, researchers predict that there is a 66% chance that we will breach the key 1.5-degrees Celsius global warming limit, for the first time in human history.
21 Apr 2023
United Nations (UN)5 key takeaways from the UN Climate Change 2022 report
Global temperatures were the highest in the last eight years, according to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) annual report for 2022.
20 Apr 2023
Climate ChangeIce loss in Greenland and Antarctica increases five-fold since 1990s
Climate change impacts are getting more serious by the day. Loss of ice cover in Greenland and Antarctica has increased five-fold since the 1990s, as per Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE), which is funded by NASA and European Space Agency (ESA).
21 Mar 2023
United Nations (UN)Key takeaways from the UN's latest climate change report
The UN has released a major climate change report, the result of research conducted over the past five years.
20 Mar 2023
NASAHow NASA's 30-year satellite data helped monitor sea level rise
Satellite data recorded by NASA's missions, including TOPEX/Poseidon over thirty years, has helped scientists estimate the rise in sea level globally.
30 Nov 2022
BiologyScientists revive 48,500-year-old frozen zombie virus. Another Pandora's box?
The glaciers and the permafrost that are melting as a result of global warming release frozen matter, including microbes, that have been trapped beneath the surface for years.
25 Sep 2022
TongaMassive Tonga volcano eruption to cause global warming?
Do you recall the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption near Tonga in January that caused nerve-racking tsunamis and a sonic boom that circled the world twice?
20 Sep 2022
Summer seasonEarth experienced 6th warmest July and August in 143 years
If you felt the mercury levels this year were just too high, fret not, you weren't alone.
12 Aug 2022
AntarcticaAntarctic glaciers are shedding ice alarmingly faster than previous estimates
We know that Antarctica has been changing in an unprecedented way, losing more ice than ever. However, a NASA-led study based on satellite imagery has found that the ice continent has lost more ice than previous estimates.
23 Jul 2022
CanadaPolar bears forced to eat garbage amid rising Arctic temperatures
New research has warned that polar bears in the Arctic are consuming more garbage amid a rise in temperatures.
10 May 2022
Climate ChangeGlobal temperature may rise 1.5 °C in 5 years: WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a strong warning over the rising global temperature amid unprecedented heatwave conditions in India.
08 Sep 2021
Climate ChangeGlobal warming to make extreme coastal events more common: Study
Extreme coastal events happening every 100 years currently are expected to occur, on average, every year by the end of this century due to global warming, according to a study.
08 Jul 2021
Climate ChangeOver 7L annual deaths in India linked to abnormal temperature
Nearly 740,000 excess deaths in India annually can be attributed to abnormally hot and cold temperatures related to climate change, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
15 Sep 2020
FacebookFacebook launches new 'Climate Science Information Center': Details here
In a bid to help make planet Earth a greener and less polluted place to live, Facebook has announced a new 'Climate Science Information Center' for its main app.
30 Oct 2019
MumbaiBy 2050, Mumbai, Kolkata may get completely flooded, says research
As global warming continues, polar ice will melt faster and coastal regions worldwide will be swallowed by the swelling seas.
26 Jun 2019
Climate ChangeAn ice-free Greenland could be our *scary* future, says study
If you are someone who wonders why Greenland, a landmass that's mostly ice, was named that, you probably won't have to spare more thought for it.
08 Jun 2019
DelhiDelhi: Sikh man distributes water to strangers, wins Internet's heart
No matter how much you deny, climate change is a real problem and it is accelerating faster than you think.
05 Jun 2019
Climate ChangeHuman civilization could end by 2050 and it's our fault
It has been decades since we first started hearing about the drastic climate change, but it seems nobody has been taking those warnings seriously. And now, as it turns out, we may end up paying the ultimate price.
19 Dec 2018
Donald TrumpBlind, worm-like, sand burrowing creature named after Donald Trump
The US President, Donald Trump, has been the face of many controversies.
28 Nov 2018
Donald TrumpClimate isn't weather: Trump gets science lessons from Assamese girl
On November 21, the temperature dropped to -2 degree Celsius in Washington, US.
30 Oct 2018
Climate ChangeBitcoins might destroy Earth as we know it: Here's how
Not many people associate bitcoins with climate change, but it seems like cryptocurrencies can hasten humanity's march towards climate catastrophe.
24 Oct 2018
Climate ChangeHimalayan Viagra, costlier than gold, is in danger
Nicknamed 'Himalayan Viagra', an expensive caterpillar fungus, which is more valuable than gold, is becoming harder to find due to climate change, say researchers.
19 Oct 2018
Climate Change#ClimateChange: The clock is ticking; can we change our ways?
About two weeks back, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report warning humanity of run-away climate change and cataclysmic consequences in the absence of 'unprecedented' changes to the world economy in the next 10 years.
08 Oct 2018
Climate ChangeUN: 10 years left before climate change decimates planet Earth
A landmark climate change report released by UN on Monday has warned that the world is on the brink of disaster and could face cataclysmic consequences if steps aren't taken immediately to drastically cut carbon emissions.
11 Jul 2018
Climate ChangeIncreasing evidence points towards sixth wave of extinction
When the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, was put down earlier this year by its caretakers, the uncomfortable topic of extinction made its way into mainstream news for a brief period of time before being swept under the rug again.
02 Apr 2018
IndiaGlobal warming can worsen India's food security problem manifold
Hunger is one of India's basic problems: according to the 2017 Global Hunger Index, it ranked 100th out of 119 countries.
24 Mar 2018
Climate ChangeUN: Humans looking at lonely future with fewer plants, animals
According to new UN scientific reports - covering the Americas, Europe and Central Asia, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions - on biodiversity in the planet, humans are looking at lonely future with an ever-increasing number of species coming under the threat of extinction.
23 Jan 2018
Narendra ModiModi in Davos: PM discusses three biggest challenges of today
PM Narendra Modi talked about climate change, good vs bad terrorism and self-centeredness, the three biggest challenges the world is apparently facing today, at the 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland.
19 Jan 2018
Climate ChangeLast 17 years have been the hottest since 1880: NASA
2017 was the warmest without El Nino, the Pacific weather pattern that adds to the rising temperatures, reported NASA on Thursday.
03 Jan 2018
Climate ChangeThanks to climate change, chocolate to get extinct by 2040
Imagine a world without chocolates.
29 Dec 2017
XAs America freezes, Trump suggests using bit of global warming
Donald Trump mocked climate change on Friday, displaying once again how little he thinks of the modern world's most imminent threat.
15 Nov 2017
Climate ChangeTime is running out: Global scientists warn humanity
World scientists recently issued a second "warning to humanity", highlighting the imminent danger that our planet is in, thanks to our unsustainable lifestyles.
14 Oct 2017
IndiaPollution woes: Instead of crackers, SC should ban this fuel
As if Delhi was not crumbling under pollution from coal plants and exhaust from cars, high imports of a fuel more polluting than diesel and petrol, petcoke, adds to Delhi's pollution woes.
19 Aug 2017
IndiaHow much would climate change cost India?
As global green house gas emissions continue to grow, India is starting to feel the impact of climate change; be it through bad monsoons or through extreme weather events.
03 Aug 2017
IndiaGlobal warming: Are we ignoring farmers in the Himalayas?
Climate change has been manifesting itself through many ways including changing weather patterns.
09 Jul 2017
ParisParis Agreement: 19 countries reiterate commitment after US' withdrawal
Just over a month after the US pulled out of the landmark Paris Agreement, leaders of 19 nations at the Hamburg G20 summit have vowed to take it forward with or without America.
20 Jun 2017
ParisWas Trump's withdrawal from Paris Agreement a blessing in disguise?
Trump's recent withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has been met with a loud clamour on how it ends all hopes for fighting climate change.
16 Jun 2017
Climate ChangeLast month was the second hottest May on record
According to NASA's monthly analysis, last month was the second hottest May in 137 years of modern record-keeping of average global temperatures.
05 Jun 2017
IndiaWorld Environment Day 2017 - Connecting people to nature
Every year, 5 June is celebrated as World Environment Day - the largest and the most celebrated day for conserving and preserving the nature and environment.
02 Jun 2017
Donald TrumpFive ways Trump's Paris agreement withdrawal impacts the world
President Donald Trump has announced his decision to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris climate change agreement.
28 May 2017
JapanG7 summit concludes: Trump refuses to agree to climate-change deal
The conclusion of the annual G7 summit in Sicily on Saturday saw differences crop up between US President Donald Trump and representatives from European nations and Japan.
24 May 2017
DelhiTree Conservation- Delhi's special ambulance for sick trees, and more
Delhi got its 'tree ambulance' in 2010, after the previous year's monsoon left about a 100 trees uprooted in the area maintained by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation.
09 May 2017
Monash UniversityIIT-B professor awarded prestigious INSA Young Scientist medal
Vikram Vishal, assistant professor in the Earth Sciences department at IIT-B, has won the coveted Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal for Young Scientist, 2017.
08 May 2017
ParisParis accord- Investor giants urge Trump to implement climate agreement
In a letter to the Group of seven (G7) countries, investors holding $15 trillion worth of assets urged countries led by US to implement the Paris climate agreement, despite Trump's abrogation threats.
25 Apr 2017
IndiaHeatwave in India: 4,620 deaths recorded in four years
Deadly heatwave in India claimed over 4,620 lives over the last four years.
22 Apr 2017
ParisEarth Day 2017: On the importance of going green
April 22nd is celebrated annually as Earth Day since 1970. Celebrated across the world, the Day upholds the importance of environmental protection. Demonstrations and celebrations are conducted in over 193 countries commemorating the day.
