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Glacier Bubble Melt. Photo Credit: today.oregonstate.edu

September 11, 2023

Tiny Bubbles, Titanic Impact: How Air Pockets Accelerate Glacier Melt!

Oregon State University research has unveiled a potential reason behind the rapid retreat of sea-terminating glaciers: the bursting of minuscule, pressurized bubbles in submerged ice. This groundbreaking study, recently published in Nature

Africa·Climate·Health

World Malaria Report 2023: Climate Change and its Role in Africa’s Malaria Surge According to WHO

As climate change continues to escalate global health issues, few challenges loom as large and as persistently as malaria, especially in Africa. The World Malaria Report 2023 from the World Health Organization (WHO) shines a light on this ever-urgent issue,

December 1, 2023

The Vanishing Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Race Against Time

Asia·Climate·Nature

The depleting rate of glacier melting in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region has been highlighted in the report by the International Centre for Integrated

COP28 Controversy Escalates with UAE’s New Oil Lobbying Allegations

Climate·Politics

COP28, the conference of the world’s leaders, is taking place over two weeks, from November 30 to December 12, hosted by the UAE in

A new NASA study finds that Thwaites' ice loss will continue, but not quite as rapidly as previous studies have estimated. Photo Credit: NASA/James Yungel {CC BY-NC 2.0}

Climate·Science

Seawater Intrusions Drive Thwaites Glacier Towards Catastrophic Collapse – New Study Reveals

June 5 is observed as World Environment Day. It is fitting to know more about a glacier popularly known as “the Doomsday Glacier.” Owing to its geographical position, it is called so.

Rahul Somvanshi

June 6, 2024

Simon Stiell delivering opening speech at the June UN Climate Meetings.

Climate·News

Heading for Climate Hell: World on Course for 2.7°C Warming—Can Humanity Survive?

Simon Stiell, chief of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) warned the world is headed for 2.7 degree Celsius warming. He was addressing the opening plenary of UNFCCC at Bonn. The

Govind Tekale

June 4, 2024

Presidency invited foreign diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan to participate in the Lachin Climate Action Dialogue. Photo Credit:COP29 Azerbaijan

Climate·News·World

Trillions at Stake: Will COP29 Catalyze the Financial Surge Needed for Climate Action?

Climate change has affected many countries. As the world plans for this year’s COP (Conference of Parties) 29, there are major opportunities for vulnerable countries to secure the resources and commitments to

Govind Tekale

June 3, 2024

EarthCARE separates. Photo Credit- The European Space Agency.

Climate·Space

EarthCARE’s Debut Orbit: Satellite to Unveil Climate Mysteries with Unprecedented Aerosol and Radiation Data Capture

The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite has been launched. EarthCARE is a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) aimed at

Rahul Somvanshi

June 2, 2024

Climate·Disaster·India

New Delhi Hits Record 52.9°C Amid Heatwave, Impacting Elections and Wildlife

A weather station in New Delhi recorded 52.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, a record high for the Indian capital, amidst an extreme heatwave in the northern part of the Asian country. This

Govind Tekale

June 1, 2024

Climate·Space

NASA’s New Climate Sentinels: How CubeSat Missions Decode Earth’s Polar Heat Secrets

NASA launched this Saturday the first of a pair of innovative climate satellites that will study, for the first time, heat emissions at the Earth’s poles. The satellite, named CubeSats 1 and

Rahul Somvanshi

May 27, 2024

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Climate·Science

Iceberg Size of Isle of Wight Breaks Free in Antarctica—What’s Behind the 380 km² Detachment?

A 380 square kilometer (km²) iceberg broke off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, confirmed the British scientific body, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) this Tuesday. The detachment is a natural

Rahul Somvanshi

May 27, 2024

The world’s mangrove ecosystems cover about 150 thousand km2 along mainly tropical, sub-tropical and some warm temperate coasts of the world. About 15% of the world’s coastlines are covered by mangroves. Photo Credit: IUCN

Climate·Nature·Plant Life

50% of Mangrove Ecosystems Could Collapse by 2050—Urgent IUCN Warning

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published a study on Wednesday revealing that half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse due to climate change, deforestation, and

Rahul Somvanshi

May 23, 2024

Global MERRA-2 atmospheric temperature at 650 hPa (approximately 11,500 feet) on July 12, 2016. Red/dark red colors indicate higher atmospheric temperatures; blue/purple colors indicate lower temperatures. Credit: NASA GMAO.

Artificial Intelligence·Climate·Space

NASA and IBM’s Prithvi Model: A 12x Boost in Climate Forecast Accuracy

In collaboration with IBM Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA has developed the new AI foundation model, Prithvi-weather-climate (Prithvi is Sanskrit for Earth) to support the improvement of regional and local

Govind Tekale

May 23, 2024

Station TotalEnergies Les Tulipes, Paris.. Photo Credit: Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

Activism·Climate·Europe

TotalEnergies Faces Landmark Climate Lawsuit: NGOs and Victims Demand Accountability for 1% of Global Emissions

Three NGOs and eight victims of climate disasters from seven countries have filed an unprecedented criminal complaint in Paris against the executives and major shareholders of French oil company TotalEnergies. The complaint

Govind Tekale

May 22, 2024

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