Climate-Fueled Weather Disasters Hit 62 Million People in 2018: WMO
"Extreme weather events, supercharged by climate change, affected some 62 million people around the world in 2018, the United Nations' weather agency said Thursday."
"Extreme weather events, supercharged by climate change, affected some 62 million people around the world in 2018, the United Nations' weather agency said Thursday."
"On Thursday, 41 scientists published the first worldwide analysis of a fungal outbreak that’s been wiping out frogs for decades. The devastation turns out to be far worse than anyone had previously realized."
"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told governments to come to a September summit with concrete plans to boost climate action, as he released a flagship report on global warming by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday."
"Global energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world’s growing thirst for energy has led to higher emissions from coal-fired power plants than ever before."
"Researchers are learning about a newly identified species of baleen whales, tracing sightings and sounds to learn that they stay mainly in tropical waters."
Since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the 33 largest global banks collectively provided $1.9 trillion in financing for fossil fuels, a study by environmental groups says.
"Beehives and their contents are a sensitive detector of lead emissions, a study of Canadian urban apiaries showed."
"Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world."
"The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world's understanding of potential efforts to lace the sky with sunlight-reflecting aerosols or use carbon-catching fans."
"Protests erupted across the globe on Friday led by youth activists demanding governments take action to thwart the inevitable effects of climate change."