New data strongly suggests that 2023 will undoubtedly be the warmest year on record, marked by deadly heatwaves, floods, and fires. The EU’s climate change service reports that global average air temperatures in October 2023 were 0.4C higher than the previous record set in 2019, making it the fifth consecutive month of record warmth. Researchers […]
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Claudia Duarte Agostinho vividly recalls the fear she felt during the devastating heatwave and wildfires that swept through Portugal in 2017, claiming over 100 lives. The trauma of those wildfires left her and her siblings anxious about their future. Claudia, aged 24, her brother Martim, aged 20, and her 11-year-old sister Mariana are among a […]
Italy is currently experiencing extreme heat, leading to red alerts being issued for 15 cities, including Rome, Florence, and Bologna. This heatwave is part of a larger trend of increasing temperatures and longer heatwaves globally due to global warming. The European Space Agency (ESA) predicts that Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and Poland may face extreme […]
Even though Lithuania has just heard the pitter-patter of rain, the country is still suffering from a severe drought. In certain areas of the country, the earth has turned to ash, while toxic dust has blown through the streets of Vilnius, the capital. The grass is a burned golden colour, and some of the trees’ […]
Young climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced her plan to trademark her name and the movement she has launched to mobilise the people of the world against the issue of climate change – Fridays For Future. The decision has been justified on the ground that her global movement has been misused by some to amass […]
The Health Minister of France has said that around 1,435 people have been killed due to the record heatwaves in June and July, this year, in the country. Agnès Buzyn, while speaking to a French radio said that about half among the died people were aged above 75. But, she thanked for the preventative measures […]
The European regions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have marked their highest temperatures ever in an extremely severe heatwave. Kleine Brogel in Belgium have experienced the highest temperature since 1833 ( 39.9C ). Eindhoven, the southern Dutch city hit the highest temperature of 39.3C, which is a national record of 75 years. The weather […]
Most parts in the US has been hit by extremely hot weather, with temperatures set to peak over the weekend, as per the opinion of meteorologists. About about 200 million people, who lives in the major cities like New York, Washington and Boston in the East Coast, and the Midwest region would be affected by […]
The prime crude oil conglomerates show no interest to reduce their production capacity, despite repeated calls that demand the reduction of their production capacity to bring the pollution rate, especially the carbon emission rate, under the safe limit prescribed by scientists. An oil production conglomerate based in the United States, ExonMobil, is set to increase its oil








