Global Warming

World could breach 1.5C warming threshold in 7 years: study

By Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, Dec 5, 2023 (AFP) - The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in…

Reversing warming may stop Greenland ice sheet collapse: study

Breaching the global warming limits of the world's climate goals could see the melting of Greenland's ice sheet add more…

The ozone layer: fragile protection for the Earth

The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but…

What is the link between winter storms and global warming?

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The world is getting warmer, winters included. The United States, however, has experienced severe winter storms…

Swiss glaciers shrink in half since 1931: study

  by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss glaciers have shed half their volume since 1931,…

Climate deniers use past heat records to sow doubt online

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - With Europe gripped by successive heatwaves, climate-change deniers are spreading scepticism by publishing data on social…

Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border

  by Nicolas CAMUT Agence France Presse Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has…

Climate change’s fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves

    PARIS, France (AFP) -- Hotter, longer, more frequent. Heatwaves such as the one currently roasting much of Europe,…

Japan swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warning

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government warned Monday of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with…

South Asia pummelled by heatwave that hits 50C in Pakistan

  by Ashraf KHAN Agence France Presse JACOBABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- South Asia was in the grip of an extreme…

India, Pakistan must brace for even worse heatwaves

  by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months…

New Zealand sea level rising more quickly than forecast: data

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously forecast around parts of…

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