Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says
Reuters Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said on Monday amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades. At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching among their reefs since February 2023 […]
COP27: World on track to increase emissions 10.6 per cent by 2030 – UN report
London, UKReuters If countries fulfill their current climate commitments, global greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 10.6 per cent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says a 43 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030 is needed to limit […]
Essay: The climate apocalypse is real, and it is coming
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says concern for the environment can no longer be an optional or secondary aspect of Christianity but must be central to who we are as Christians…
Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade – UN climate report
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a UN climate science report said on Monday. The report found that we are already experiencing those effects of climate change, as […]
UN climate report likely to deliver stark warnings on global warming
London, UKReuters Eight years after its last update on climate science, the United Nations is set to publish a report Monday that will likely deliver even starker warnings about how quickly the planet is warming – and how damaging the impacts might get. Since the last report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
Global temperature rises could bring “destructive” effects, UN says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Global temperatures could rise sharply this century with “wide-ranging and destructive” consequences after greenhouse gas emissions hit record levels last year, international climate experts warned on Tuesday. The head of the World Meteorological Organization said global temperatures could rise by three to five degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century – more than […]