World must rapidly cut emissions or see nearly 3°C warming
As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions smash records, UN climate scientists have warned current emissions pledges have the world on track to soar past temperature limits agreed to stop the worst effects of climate change. The UN’s annual Emissions Gap Report found that under measures pledged by states signed up to the Paris Agreement, […]
Beyond the horizon: How atmospheric heat exchange impacts global warming
By limiting our investigations to the impact of greenhouse gases on the tropospheric temperature, we may miss some of the complex and dynamic interactions that occur in the upper atmosphere Earth’s atmosphere is composed of layers that have different characteristics. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere that extends upward to about 10km […]
COP 28: Climate Justice Alliance demands phasing out fossil fuel, limit global warming
Climate Justice Alliance, an alliance consisting of the country’s 33 domestic and global civil society organizations, demanded a decisive decision at the upcoming Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) to phase out fossil fuels to limit global warming at 1.5 degrees. The alliance, led by Center for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD), also demanded a […]
How global warming shakes the earth
As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same instruments used to monitor and study earthquakes. That wave signal has been getting more intense in recent […]
Pioneering scientist warns of escalating global warming; experts call his claims overheated
One of modern climate science’s pioneers is warning that the world is not just steadily warming but is dangerously accelerating; however, according to a study, some other scientists call this prediction a bit overheated. The work from former NASA top scientist James Hansen, who since leaving the space agency has become a prominent protester against […]
Climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who emphasized helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71
Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, died of cardiac arrest Saturday. He was 71. . He was also a senior associate and program founder at the International Institute for Environment and Development in London […]
World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days
The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found. On about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than pre-industrial levels. Staying below that marker long-term is widely considered crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts […]
Special UN summit, protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming
The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden. As a record-smashing and deadly hot summer draws to a close, the United Nations and the city that hosts it are focusing on climate change and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that causes it. […]
Variation of ozone gas creates global warming
The World Ozone Day-2023 was observed in the country as elsewhere across the world on Saturday (September 16) with the theme ‘Montreal Protocol: fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change’. On the occasion, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and several other environmental and rights platforms organised various programmes in Dhaka and […]
Variation of ozone gas creates global warming
The World Ozone Day-2023 was observed in the country as elsewhere across the world on Saturday (September 16) with the theme ‘Montreal Protocol: fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change’. On the occasion, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and several other environmental and rights platforms organised various programmes in Dhaka and […]