Climate change: 30% plants, animals may go extinct in 50 years
Sajna Nair — February 16, 2020 comments off
The study by University of Arizona researchers may be the first to assess the extinction patterns using recent climate-related data and the movement of species.	Read more »
UN launches campaign to assess public opinion on global warming, climate change
The survey will be done through an internet and mobile-based video game in which players act as climate policymakers trying to limit global warming.	Read more »
Climate change: Indian monsoon among nine tipping points
British website Carbon Brief says changes will be gradual, but the fragile climate and ecological systems could change dramatically and irreversibly.	Read more »
Climate change: Chinstrap penguin population down 77%
The researchers who recorded the dramatic decline in chinstrap population, found a remarkable increase in the population of gentoo penguins.	Read more »
Climate change: Ocean currents are moving faster than earlier
Sajna Nair — February 9, 2020 comments off
More than two-thirds of the world’s oceans are speeding up, energised by faster winds, says a scientific study.	Read more »
Global warming: Antarctica records hottest day ever
The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed almost 3°C in the last 50 years. The annual loss of ice from the Antarctic ice sheet has jumped at least six-fold since 1979.	Read more »
Climate change: UN talks fail to set stiffer greenhouse emission targets
Sajna Nair — December 16, 2019 comments off
Unresolved issues at Madrid will cast shadow over next year’s Glasgow conference.	Read more »
COP 25 summit: Big businesses get their act together on climate change
Sajna Nair — December 5, 2019 comments off
Nine Indian firms among 285 companies that got their science-based targets approved.	Read more »