Keeping suburban parks green year-round can lower city temperatures by up to 12 degrees celsius during summer heatwaves, an Australian study has found.
Green solution to lowering urban temperatures during summer
Australia experiences worst flooding in 60 years
New South Wales experience the worst flooding in 60 years.
Indian glacier collapse carries the footprint of climate change
Climate change a contributing factor in the Indian glacier collapse.
More people will die of extreme heat than of infectious diseases
Increasing heat-related deaths due to climate change reveal an unequal world, with people in poorer countries at much higher risk.
Dire warnings as the Arctic Circle sets new temperature record
Concerns as a new temperature record is set within the Arctic Circle.
Analysis: Heatwaves can kill – research uncovers the homes most vulnerable to overheating
Research uncovers that homes are vulnerable to heatwaves.
Climate concerns trigger a storm
Fires ravage Brazil’s Amazon and Australia. Venice is swamped by flooding not seen in decades. Extreme weather events sound alarm, and calls for action grow louder across the world. But leaders fail to make any headway.
In the midst of a prolonged drought, Zimbabwe is undertaking a massive wildlife relocation
Due to prolonged drought gripping southern Africa, Zimbabwe is undertaking a massive relocation in an effort to save imperilled wildlife plagued by water scarcity.
Wildfires in the Arctic are burning out of control
Unprecedented wildfires have been taking place in the Arctic this summer.
India: Farmers push back desertification in Odisha
Community interventions to dig wells and ponds has enabled farmers to fight drought and halt the trend of desertification in Odisha’s Balangir district.
