Tag: environment
Arab region endured its hottest year
WMO's first State of the Climate in Arab Region report uncovers 2024's record heat, droughts, floods amid urbanization and conflict. Urgent resilience strategies revealed
Airborne Microbes in Public Spaces Mostly Harmless
New Northwestern University study shows airplane and hospital air mainly contain harmless human skin bacteria, easing concerns on airborne pathogens.
Plants Stopped Thriving When Earth Warmed 56 Million Years Ago
New research reveals how rapid warming 56 million years ago affected global vegetation and carbon sequestration, offering lessons for today's climate crisis.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution highlight need for policies that...
OECD's new Environmental Outlook reveals interconnected climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution risks, urging coordinated policies to harness synergies by 2050.
Mountains Facing Rapid Climate Change
Mountains worldwide are warming faster than surrounding lowlands, a phenomenon called elevation-dependent climate change (EDCC). This intensifies environmental shifts at higher altitudes,...
Climate Change and Conflict: A Dual Threat to Global Health
Experts warn that climate change and conflicts act synergistically, leading to worsened and more complex health crises, including millions of child deaths...
Sea Levels Rising at Fastest Rate in 4,000 Years
New research led by Rutgers University scientists warns that Earth’s seas are now rising faster than at any time in the last four millennia....
Ocean Plastics Could Linger for Over a Century, New Study Warns
Plastic pollution has often been described as one of humanity’s most persistent environmental threats — and now, scientists have a clearer sense...
Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Neighborhood, Environmental Factors
Type 2 diabetes (T2D), once a disease associated with adulthood, has now become alarmingly common among children and adolescents worldwide. Two decades...
Global Methane Leak; 90% of Alerts Still Go Unanswered
The United Nations has confirmed that major methane leaks continue around the globe, with nearly 90 per cent of alerts ignored. Methane...
