Air Turbulence On The Rise Due To Climate Change, Could Become Worse: Study – NDTV
Flights are witnessing “head-slamming” turbulence, as per US National Transportation Safety Board. Incidents of air turbulence have increased across the globe in the last few years. Although turbulence often only causes a bumpy flight, its severity can vary greatly, harming…
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. …
Top lawyers defy bar to declare they will not prosecute peaceful climate protesters
Leading barristers have defied bar rules by signing a declaration saying they will not prosecute peaceful climate protesters or act for companies pursuing fossil fuel projects. They are among more than 120 mostly English lawyers who have signed a declaration…
London last summer was the trailer for a climate disaster movie. Here’s how to stop that coming true | Sadiq Khan and Chris Skidmore
There is no greater challenge facing our capital, our country and our world than the climate crisis. The only way we can keep the hope of limiting global heating to 1.5C is if we commit to further and faster action…
Pressure grows on shipping industry to accept carbon levy
Pressure is growing on the international shipping industry to accept a carbon levy on ships that would fund climate action in the developing world, with the World Bank among those pushing for the measure at a crucial international meeting this…
The IPCC’s climate report has drawn the battle lines for Cop28: oil profits or a livable future | Simon Lewis
Yesterday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new synthesis report. The document is important because 195 governments commissioned it and the summary was agreed line by line. It is accepted fact by nations worldwide, and a shared basis…
Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children
A new report released by the Somalian government suggests that far more children died in the country last year due to the ongoing drought than previously realised. The study estimates that there were 43,000 excess deaths in 2022 in Somalia…
UN climate change report: Catastrophic warming will claim lives without action – The Washington Post
The world is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next 10 years, pushing the planet past the point of catastrophic warming — unless nations drastically transform their economies and immediately transition away from fossil fuels, according to…
IPCC climate change report: Can we avoid 1.5°C of global warming? – New Scientist
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in four decades EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a global group of climate scientists, has released its latest report today. It yet again warns that without immediate and massive…
Earth to Hit Critical Global Warming Threshold by Early 2030s – The New York Times
A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes. Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming…
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