Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050
Melting ice around Antarctica will cause a rapid slowdown of a major global deep ocean current by 2050 that could alter the world’s climate for centuries and accelerate sea level rise, according to scientists behind new research. The research suggests…
Fact check: Antarctic ice sheet mass study shows global warming – USA TODAY
The claim: NASA Antarctic ice sheet study shows global warming is a ‘con’ A Jan. 31 Facebook post features a link to a 2015 NASA press release announcing research that concluded the Antarctic ice sheet gained ice between 1992 and 2008. …
Claude Lorius: Pioneering French climate change scientist dies aged 91 – BBC
Getty Images By Daniel Mann & Marita Moloney BBC News Claude Lorius, a leading glaciologist whose expeditions helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming, has died at the age of 91. He led 22 expeditions to Greenland and…
Ganga, Brahmaputra Flows To Reduce Due To Global Warming: UN Chief – NDTV
Guterres voiced concern that human activity is driving the temperature to dangerous new levels (File) United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and Brahmaputra, all hugely important for India, could…
‘Humanity is on thin ice:’ Major UN report says ‘urgent’ action is needed to combat climate change – USA TODAY
“Urgent” actions are needed to counter human-caused climate change, says a report released Monday by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “Without urgent, effective, and equitable mitigation and adaptation actions, climate change increasingly threatens ecosystems, biodiversity, and the…
From climate change ‘certainty’ to rapid decline: a timeline of IPCC reports
We were warned. From the “certainty” of rising greenhouse gas emissions in 1992 to “widespread” and “unprecedented” impacts on humanity by 2014, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been the beacon of climate science for the world….
Climate Crisis: 6 key messages from IPCC Synthesis Report
Report collates five years of research in climate science and policy and presents a clear roadmap to a livable future — political will is the only barrier
The state of the climate in 2023 – BBC
In the last few years, the world has experienced extreme weather, record temperatures and rapid ice melt. Where are we on key climate indicators? This week the UN’s climate science body is releasing a major report on the climate changes…
Arctic ice has seen an ‘irreversible’ thinning since 2007, study says – The Washington Post
Arctic sea ice declined dramatically in 2007 and has never recovered. New research suggests the loss was a fundamental change unlikely to be reversed this century, if ever — perhaps proof of the sort of climactic tipping point that scientists…
Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows – Grist
Droughts and floods are already intensifying as the world warms, putting solid observational data behind a trend scientists have long predicted and one that’s becoming increasingly visible to ordinary people. Over the past 20 years, there’s been a sharp increase…
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