By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – A United Nations analysis released Monday reveals that despite countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change, the world is still on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century. The annual Emissions Gap report compares countries’ promises to tackle climate change with what is actually needed …
The global temperature briefly exceeded an important threshold that scientists have long warned could have catastrophic and irreversible impacts on the planet and its ecosystems. According to preliminary data shared by Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average temperature on Friday last week was more than 2 degrees Celsius …
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), also known as the “silent pandemic” by the World Health Organization (WHO), poses a large and often-neglected global health threat. AMR occurs when microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, have the ability to survive and reproduce despite the existence of drugs designed to eliminate them. To make matters worse, scientific …
Subscribe to CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter and gain access to our limited series designed to help you reduce your personal impact on the climate crisis and alleviate eco-anxiety. As the climate crisis worsens, we are increasingly hearing stories of farmers whose crops are struggling in dry conditions and individuals losing their homes to rampant …
“Climate Change Plays Role in Kentucky Farmers’ Daily Struggles” Mayfield, KY. (AP) — As Justin Ralph makes his daily 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year. They’re used to using their four semi-trucks to take the harvest from a total of about 800 acres each of …
Climate change is causing a surprising disruption in plant hardiness across the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plant hardiness zone map, regions that were once too cold for Southern staples like magnolia trees and camellias are now becoming viable environments for their growth. Updated for the first time in a decade, …
Climate change is expected to result in more intense heatwaves, according to experts at the World Meteorological Organization. The phenomenon is linked to global warming, with rising temperatures in the Arctic due to climate change catching the eye of federal government scientists, medical professionals, and Pentagon officials. Lying dormant in the Arctic permafrost, deadly pathogens …
The relationship between the United States and China has been strained over various issues, but the two largest economies in the world have recently come together to address climate change. On Wednesday, these superpowers jointly announced that they have agreed to a deal aimed at rapidly increasing the share of energy from renewable sources and …
China and the U.S. have made a commitment to address climate change, with a focus on reducing methane and other greenhouse gases. This announcement comes ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue and on the eve of a summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Cooperation between the two biggest emitters of …
A recent study showed that global heat deaths could rise by 370% if measures are not taken to control the impact of global warming. This study was published in The Lancet, a medical journal, on Tuesday. The study, which also suggests that nearly 524.9 million people could suffer from food insecurity with an increase of …