climate
"2024 Climate Tipping Point: Record Emissions, Temperatures, Sea Levels Trigger Irreversible Consequences"
Climate Crisis Reaches ‘Irreversible’ Tipping Points, Warns Landmark Report [Image: The Sau reservoir, Spain, during a 2024 drought. Caption: 2024 saw record-breaking heat, surpassing the critical 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement.] A dire World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report reveals that climate change is now "spiraling out of control," with greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures, […]
Climate Whiplash Strikes Cities as Scientists Warn of Intensifying ‘Global Weirding’
Climate Whiplash Hits Global Cities, Fueling Extreme Droughts and Floods A new Water Aid report reveals that major cities worldwide are grappling with “climate whiplash”—sudden swings between severe droughts and floods. Scientists call this unpredictable pattern “global weirding,” warning it could escalate climate disasters. Cities on the Frontlines Hangzhou (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), and Dallas (USA) […]
Climate Change Slows Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current, Risking Global Catastrophe
Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow by 20% Due to Climate Change Scientists warn that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), Earth’s most powerful ocean current, is slowing because of climate change, risking catastrophic global impacts. The ACC, which moves 173 million cubic meters of water per second around Antarctica, could weaken by 20% by 2050 […]