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The authors emphasise the key role that glaciers play for ecosystems and societies on a global scale. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Extinction of World Heritage glacial predicted by 2100

Studies reveal that World heritage glaciers are set to disappear by 2100.

02 May 2019 9:37 AM

The recent IPCC report shows to what extent climate change threatens biodiversity. (Photo: AFP)

Need of the hour: Rescue plan for life on Earth

UN report to highlight urgent need for Nature rescue plan.

29 Apr 2019 9:08 AM

Understanding which species and ecosystems will be most severely affected by warming as climate change advances is important for guiding conservation and management. (Representational/Pexels)

Marine creatures most affected by global warming

Global warming impacts marine creatures the most, reveals study.

26 Apr 2019 9:00 AM

The researchers studied vegetation cover and type, moisture level, proximity to roads and population centres and historic weather data. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Rising temperature to ignite more wildfires

26 Apr 2019 8:43 AM

Each emission type elicits a different climate system response. (Representational/Pexels)

Coal-to-gas shift can affect climate change

Researchers think that shift from coal to gas may stabilise climate change.

24 Apr 2019 10:11 AM

Many experts think a so-called "mass extinction event", only the sixth in the last half-billion years is already under way. (Photo: AFP)

Human influence responsible for the extinction of one million species

According to a draft UN report one million species risk extinction due to humans.

24 Apr 2019 9:49 AM

Campaigners daubed graffiti and smashed a window at the Shell Centre building. (Photo: AFP)

Climate change protests in London lead to 300 arrests

The protests organised by the campaign group Extinction Rebellion, has become one of the world's fastest-growing environmental movements.

17 Apr 2019 7:30 PM

The Baishui glacier on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the southern province of Yunnan in China is one of the fastest melting glaciers in the world as it has lost 60 per cent of its mass since 1982. (Photo: AP)

Glaciers shrinking at alarming rates due to global warming

The world’s glaciers are shrinking five times faster now than they were in the 1960s.

09 Apr 2019 10:47 AM

A green thumb April!

Rather than pranking your friends and family this April Fool’s Day, spend the day planting a tree that will benefit you and the future generation.

01 Apr 2019 12:00 AM

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attended the 'Friday For Future' rally in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Greta inspires climate justice protest in Berlin

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg joined by thousands of children in the German capital for the Fridays for Future protest.

30 Mar 2019 7:34 PM

CO2 emissions in 2018 increased by 0.5 percent for every one percentage point gain in global economic output, compared to a 0.3 percent average increase since 2010. (Photo:AP)

Climate trouble associated with spike in energy

According to International Energy Agency, 2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble.

26 Mar 2019 1:06 PM

has been seen that restored forests have been poor replacements for natural habitat. These plantations are looked up as green deserts than forests. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pointless restoring tropical forests that last for only 10-20 years

With changing climate, global warming, and industrial growth, the question is, how long will these reforested tropical forests survive?

20 Mar 2019 7:27 PM

The levels of carbon dioxide found at Cape Grim now are akin to those found in some towns at the start of the industrial revolution. (Photo: AFP)

Australia setting standard for clean air globally

Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respite.

18 Mar 2019 1:52 PM

The loss of glacier surface also reduces its ability to reflect sunlight, which increases global warming. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Chilean glacier shows sign of climate change

Receding Chilean glacier, a sign of accelerating climate change.

17 Mar 2019 5:45 PM

A lack of available infrastructure may make migrating to cooler climates difficult for many vulnerable human communities and cause large-scale conflict. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Heat wave - a deadly force for living species

Heat wave to get deadlier for wildlife, humans: Study.

13 Mar 2019 3:36 PM

Seals in contrast stuck with their old diet, but appeared to spend more time searching for the food at the glacier fronts. (Photo: AFP)

Artic animals adapt to climate change

Studies reveal that rapid climatic changes have prompted behavioural and dietary changes in Artic animals.

06 Mar 2019 1:00 PM

Human and polar bears conflict due to climate change

Russia's Arctic plans add to polar bears' climate woes by preventing them from hunting seals.

05 Mar 2019 12:50 PM

Cooling a fiery earth

Are we taking enough measures to control global warming?

04 Mar 2019 1:03 AM

Firefighters work to keep flames from spreading through the Shadowbrook apartment complex as a wildfire burns through Paradise, California, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Have you heard about ‘climate gentrification’?

As humans struggle to achieve environmental sustainability, a recent study discovers that gentrification will also be influenced by climate.

28 Feb 2019 8:32 PM

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg (centre), carrying a sign that reads: "school strike for the climate", leads a march of thousands of French students through Paris on Friday. (Photo:AP)

Greta inspires European youth to fight climate change

Greta Thunberg along with hundreds of students march in Paris for climate action.

23 Feb 2019 3:48 PM

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