2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

The remaining of a destroyed house are seen in Port St Lucie, Florida, after a tornado hit the area and caused severe damage as Hurricane Milton swept through Florida on October 11, 2024. Nearly 2.5 million households and businesses were still without power, and some areas in the path cut through the Sunshine State by […]

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Deadline looms for negotiators seeking a deal for cash to curb global warming

Deadline looms for negotiators seeking a deal for cash to curb global warming

With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday remained mired in the maze of a trillion-dollar money problem, turning to host Azerbaijan to lead the way to daylight with a promised map to be released in the dark of night. Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion to deal with […]

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2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

A devastating blow to global climate efforts

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump . | Photo Credit: Reuters With the Republicans firmly in control of the U.S. government, a seismic shift in American climate policy is imminent, threatening to unravel years of slow but hard-earned progress in addressing the climate crisis. With president-elect Donald Trump referring to climate change as a “hoax”, the most […]

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2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

2024 will be world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say

File picture of a volunteer pouring water to cool a man off during a hot day in Karachi, Pakistan. 2024 will be first year over 1.5 degree Celsius hotter than pre-industrial period | Photo Credit: AP This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus […]

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2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact

Donald Trump is seen backstage at Palm Beach County Convention Centre in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. on November 6, 2024. Photo: X/@EricTrump via Reuters With the 29th edition of the annual climate conference set to begin in Baku, Azerbaijan next week and Donald Trump likely to be re-elected as President of the United States, […]

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2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

COP16 suspended without agreement on new fund for nature

David Cooper (C-L), Executive Secretary of the COP16, and Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President, Susana Muhamad (C-R) attend the last plenary session of the COP16Summit in Cali, Colombia on November 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The 16th UN biodiversity talks in Colombia’s Cali were suspended on Saturday without an agreement on setting up a new fund for […]

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2024’s record ocean heat revved up Atlantic hurricane wind speeds: study

COP16 suspended without agreement on new fund for nature

David Cooper (C-L), Executive Secretary of the COP16, and Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President, Susana Muhamad (C-R) attend the last plenary session of the COP16Summit in Cali, Colombia on November 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The 16th UN biodiversity talks in Colombia’s Cali were suspended on Saturday without an agreement on setting up a new fund for […]

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Climate Change Worsened Deadly Africa Floods: Study

Climate Change Worsened Deadly Africa Floods: Study

Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on Wednesday. The intense rainy season has unleashed a humanitarian crisis across large areas of the Sahel region bordering the Sahara desert. A new analysis by the […]

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