Climate chaos: Aggravating human activities behind the extremities
As the world hits the 12th consecutive month with record-high global temperatures, it is no surprise that there have been so many extreme weather events.
As the world hits the 12th consecutive month with record-high global temperatures, it is no surprise that there have been so many extreme weather events.
The alarm bells have been ringing for years and yet, as a global community, we have largely failed to heed their warnings.
Human-induced warming has risen to 1.19 degrees Celsius over the past decade (2014-2023) – an increase from the 1.14 degrees Celsius seen in 2013-2022
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The research emphasizes that areas in the Global South, such as India and Pakistan, bear a heightened risk in contrast to the global average.
The IPCC report, which calls climate change clearly human-caused and unequivocal and an established fact, makes more precise and warmer forecasts for the 21st century than it did last time it was issued in 2013.
Almost all of the warming that has occurred since pre-industrial times was caused by the release of heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, says UN report on climate change.
Each of five scenarios for the future, based on how much carbon emissions are cut, passes the more stringent of two thresholds set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
To have a heatwave last this long and be this hot in Canada is completely unprecedented in history
"More ships following the route around Siberia would reduce the fuel and carbon emissions necessary to move goods around the world, particularly between China and Europe.
