Effects of global warming
Warmer Arctic Harms Crops In US, Canada
Exceptionally warm years in the Arctic have provoked extra-cold winters and springs further to the south, decreasing...
UNESCO Keeps Great Barrier Reef Off ‘in Danger’ List
UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of...
2020 Is the Deadline To Avert Climate Catastrophe, Experts Claim
A world that heats up beyond that threshold will face a crescendo of devastating impacts ranging from deadly heatwaves...
Great Barrier Reef A $42 Billion Asset ‘too Big To Fail’
Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and...
Cape Town Contends With Worst Drought In Over A Century
The worst drought in a century is forcing the most stringent water restrictions ever implemented for South Africa's...
Great Barrier Reef Can No Longer Be Saved
The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved in its present form and is damaged beyond repair, scientists have warned....
Alaska’s Tundra Releasing More CO2 Than It Takes In
The Alaskan tundra appears to be emitting more carbon dioxide than it captures, a dynamic that could accelerate climate...
Vinegar Offers Hope In Barrier Reef Starfish Battle
Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday...
Great Barrier Reef May Never Recover From Bleaching
Australia's Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year's warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study...
Great Barrier Reef At Risk of WORST-EVER Coral Bleaching This Year
The Great Barrier Reef could be struck by its worst-ever blast of coral bleaching as early as this year, experts have...
El Nino Gobbled Up California’s Beaches
Last year's unusually potent El Nino produced monster waves that carved away record-breaking swathes of the US West...
Climate Action Is More Urgent Than Ever And We Know What To Do
In the past few months, it seems we’ve made great leaps in the race to curb global warming. In early October, 191...
Sustainable Agriculture Deserves Center Stage In Marrakech
By José Graziano da Silva Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture,...
Agric Has Big Role In Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems...
CLIMATE REFUGEES: LIFE IN GHANA’S FAST VANISHING LANDS
Ada Totope in the Greater Accra region is a community with a population of about 3000 persons. It is located on the Ada...