The global carbon emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, Earth’s average surface temperature temporarily hit 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era in 2024.
The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya’s Maasai Mara and Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildliferich areas in Africa.
As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a greenhouse.
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
Explore the urgent call for gender-inclusive climate policies as activists push for action ahead of COP28 in Dubai. Learn how women, particularly in developing regions like India, bear disproportionate impacts and why COP28's decisions matter in addressing these critical concerns.
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 study, published in the journal Science, projects that the world's glaciers could lose as much as 40 per cent of their mass by 2100.
In her research paper, she bats for collaborative efforts between developed and developing nations to control global warming.
