WASHINGTON – The world just experienced the hottest day ever recorded, with global average temperature reaching 17.18°C on Tuesday. The temperature record was set just 24 hours after the previous record was set on Monday. Heat waves have gripped the globe in recent weeks. In China, temperatures soared above 40°C in some cities, while ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – From North America to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, nations are grappling with extreme heat, as this summer proves to be one of the hottest on record. A nationwide alert has been issued in the U.S. as sweltering heat and oppressive humidity blanket various regions. Mexico has also been severely impacted, with [&helli...
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania – Researchers have found that ocean surface temperatures are rising dramatically, up to 5 degrees Celsius above normal in some places. This warming is causing chaotic weather patterns, including torrential rains, severe heat waves, and droughts. A study published in the journal Earth System Science Data warns tha...
LONDON – A new report released Monday shows that fossil fuels still accounted for 82% of global energy consumption in 2022. While renewable energy consumption has increased by 13%, fossil fuels are still the main component of energy supply. The report, published by the Energy Institute, noted that despite increase in consumption of clean...
LONDON (AA): The year 2023 could be “really important” for global climate action, but much depends on what happens at the COP28 meeting later this year, according to a climate change specialist. The previous round of the UN’s high-stakes climate talks, COP27, in Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh last November, drew both praise and [&helli...
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP): Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts compounding locals’ misery. Temperatures in the South Asian nation’s capital of Dhaka have surged to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the poor bearin...
Dadu, Pakistan (AFP): Noor Bibi lost her mother, her daughter and the roof over her head in the catastrophic floods that drowned Pakistan last summer. One year later she remains homeless, living with the remnants of her family in spartan tents marking where the village of Sohbat Khosa was gutted by the deluge in southern […]
Umm al-Aqarib, Iraq (AFP): Iraqi archaeological marvels that have survived millennia and the ravages of war now face a modern threat: being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms caused by climate change. Ancient Babylonian treasures, painstakingly unearthed, are slowly disappearing again under wind-blown sand in a land parched by rising heat...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding insurgency. Guterres, who arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu earlier on Tuesday, described his trip as a visit of “solidarity.&#...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): The death toll from a landslide on a remote Indonesian island rose to 30 after rescuers found more bodies on Thursday, an official said. The landslide struck Monday on Serasan Island, located in the Natuna region between Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. “As of 11:50 am (0450 GMT) today, nine bodies have been [&he...
