Decline Of Bronze Age Megacities Linked To Climate Change
Scientists have demonstrated that an abrupt weakening of the summer monsoon affected northwest India 4,100 years ago. The resulting drought coincided with the beginning of the decline of the metropolis-building Indus Civilization, suggesting that climate change could be why many of the major cities of the civilization were abandoned.
World Begins 2014 With Unusual Number Of Extreme Weather Events
UN’s World Meteorological Organisation says recent extremes of heat, cold and rain are almost certainly interlinked.
Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought
Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations.
Island Nation Takes On The World’s Polluters
What are the obligations under international law of a State for ensuring that activities under its jurisdiction or control that emit greenhouse gases do not cause, or substantially contribute to, serious damage to another State or States? Vulnerable countries, like Palau, that have not contributed to global warming, pressed this question in front of the ICJ.
Scientists Record Massive Coastal Erosion in Cornwall
Experts have found the equivalent of three Olympic-sized swimming pools of cliff has been swept from a short stretch of shore around Porthleven, Cornwall. The shocking scale of the loss of tonnes of soil and rock due to erosion over the past month is more than 850 times the normal expected levels.
Drought Stressing California’s Plantscape
Persistent dry weather has grown more worrisome in the American West, with nearly two thirds of the region experiencing some level of drought. By most measures, the state of California is suffering through the worst of it.
A Look Back and Ahead at Greenland’s Changing Climate
Over the past two decades, ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased four-fold contributing to one-quarter of global sea level rise. The waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, which surround southern Greenland, are presently the warmest they have been in the past 100 years.
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dampen Shift Towards Renewables
Despite evolving public awareness and alarm over climate change, subsidies for the production and consumption of fossil fuels remain a stubborn impediment to shifting the world’s energy matrix towards renewable sources.
2013 Among Top Ten Warmest on Record
The year 2013 was among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).