ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEOver the past 50 years, the global rate of Oxygen at ocean is decreased by two percent. Scientists identified that burning of fossil fuel increases the greenhouse gas in atmosphere and 40 percent of greenhouse gases gets absorbed by ocean.
Scientists are proposing a $500 billion plan to refreeze the Arctic region. Ice in the arctic is rapidly decreasing as global warming is at its alarming rate.
Extreme weather changes and irregular temperatures are now happening in Australia. Australia already experienced one of its most unstable temperatures of this year alone.
Canada has warmed more rapidly than most parts of the planet. Climate change has brought a drastic effect in the world. Scientists say that Canada has warmed more rapidly than most parts of the planet.
Climate changes have resulted in Horn of Africa to dry up. The Horn of Africa has been drying up consistently for the past 2000 years. Aside from the political conflict that has plagued the region for some time now, climate change is also making the situation worse.
Earth's warming sea temperature due to Global Warming has its harmful effects on the reefs. Every so often, tropical countries, especially on the seaside would experience warmer than the normal temperature.
The Climate Change and Global Warming have been happening progressively over the years. The Climate Change and Global Warming have been happening progressively over the years.
Throughout human history, people have utilized caves for protection from the elements, as safe havens from predators, and as canvases to display beautiful works of art. Now, a group of scientists from Vanderbilt University are using caves to learn about weather patterns in the past. And what they're discovering may provide insight into our planet's future climate.
A part of Antarctica that scientists once thought to be safe from climate change is now showing signs of instability, and the loss of this ice could lead to the rising sea levels around the world.
Antarctica is a truly massive continent. At over 5 million square miles, the whole of the US could fit securely within its borders. It boasts the highest, driest, coldest, and windiest landscape of all seven continents. And the fact that it is losing ice is nothing new. It's the rate at which parts of the continent are melting that is raising new concerns.
The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s giant ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate in the next few years, contributing to a further rise in sea levels, NASA said in a new study.
As if submersion of coastal communities by rising sea levels weren’t bad enough, scientists have recently added another frightening repercussion to climate change: the loss of species. Scientists are still quibbling over the number of species that may perish with rising temperatures, some claiming zero while others predicting a whopping 54%. In an effort to refine the predictions, Marc Urban, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut, has crunched the numbers, and although his results don’t spell the end for over half the world’s species, the numbers are still frightening.
The world has a set a goal of limiting global warming to just 2 degrees Celsius of average temperature rise, but according to one climate scientist that may not be enough, and he is not alone.