A terrifying glimpse into Earth's future: Scientists simulate a 'runaway greenhouse effect' - and say it could turn our planet into an uninhabitable HELL in just a few hundred years
1 year ago

A terrifying glimpse into Earth's future: Scientists simulate a 'runaway greenhouse effect' - and say it could turn our planet into an uninhabitable HELL in just a few hundred years

Daily Mail  

From Armageddon to the Day After Tomorrow, there have been plenty of Hollywood movies about how our world might end. Runaway greenhouse effect can transform a temperate habitable planet with surface liquid water ocean into a hot steam dominated planet hostile to any life Today, Venus is the warmest planet in the solar system, with a surface hot enough to melt lead and a thick atmosphere containing toxic clouds of sulfuric acid What is the runaway greenhouse effect? Thanks to its dense atmosphere, Venus is even hotter than planet Mercury even though the latter orbits closer to the sun Although gases like carbon dioxide and methane are renowned for causing global warming, the study authors say a runaway greenhouse effect on Earth could really be triggered by water vapour. Researchers think the evaporation of Earth's oceans will mark 'a runaway greenhouse effect' by trapping more heat from the sun. That's because water vapour is a natural greenhouse gas Too much greenhouse effect increases the evaporation of oceans, and thus the amount of water vapour - a natural greenhouse gas - in the atmosphere A planet can evolve from a temperate state like on Earth to a true hell according to researchers.

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Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report
1 week, 6 days ago

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report

The Hindu  

Due to climate change, the world experienced an average of 41 more days of extreme heat in 2024, a new report said on Friday. A yearly review report by two groups of climate scientists — World Weather Attribution and Climate Central — said the world saw an average of 41 more days of dangerous heat in 2024. "It is likely …

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas
4 weeks ago

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas

Live Mint  

Sitting down to write this newsletter, I was thinking about a way to introduce it that would chime in with the fact that we are in December. According to the November data of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global surface temperature was 1.62 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. View Full Image In May, a working …

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
4 weeks ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record
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1 month ago

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet. Europe’s climate monitor says 2024 is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first year above the 1.5 degrees Celsius climate benchmark, a critical threshold to protect the Earth from dangerously overheating. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday …

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold
1 month, 4 weeks ago

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The WMO said the global average temperature for January to September 2024 was 1.54C above pre-industrial levels, based on …

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
1 month, 4 weeks ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN  

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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2 months ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says
2 months, 1 week ago

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming over …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote on social media Tuesday that new …

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed
3 months, 4 weeks ago

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed

Salon  

The effects of climate change are being felt more and more each year. "Our study shows that extreme temperature and rainfall will increase rapidly over many regions of the world over the next two decades compared to the changes we have experienced in the past due to natural variations in the climate," lead author Dr. Carly Iles from the CICERO …

Climate change: Planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat
7 months ago

Climate change: Planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat

CNN  

CNN — The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. The 12-month heat streak was “shocking but not surprising” given human-caused climate change, said Carlo Buontempo, the director of Copernicus, who warned of worse to come. Copernicus released its data the …

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
7 months ago

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

Associated Press  

The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. They said even with a faster warming rate they don’t see evidence of significant acceleration in human-caused climate change beyond increased fossil fuel burning. “If you look at this world accelerating or going through a …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat

Al Jazeera  

The World Meteorological Organization warns there is a ‘high probability’ that 2024 will be another record-hot year. The United Nations’ weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-breaking increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and sea ice. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a …

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years

Daily Mail  

The Earth exceeded 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit of warming in a 12-month period for the first time since scientists began recording global temperatures. Last year was the hottest year on record, and scientists suspect El Niño and global warming combined to make it the hottest year in 100,000 years. Climate predictions that came true In the late 1970s, petroleum company ExxonMobil …

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’
11 months, 4 weeks ago

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The findings are hardly surprising, but a global gut-punch nonetheless: 2023 has been confirmed as …

24 climate predictions for 2024
1 year ago

24 climate predictions for 2024

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. Naveena Sadasivam — Senior staff writer covering environmental justice and accountability ‘Greenhushing’ spreads as companies seek to dodge lawsuits Just a few years ago, splashy corporate climate promises were everywhere. But there won’t be as many misleading Kate Yoder — Staff writer examining the intersections of climate, language, history, culture, and accountability A …

How the climate crisis hit critical stage in 2023
1 year ago

How the climate crisis hit critical stage in 2023

Live Mint  

The word ‘permacrisis’, was voted the word of the year for 2022. It seemed about right, given the fact that people around the world seemed to be stumbling from one crisis to another, be it war, disease, climate impacts or economic devastation. In fact, while December continues to be above average in terms of heat, June to November’s global heat …

Scientists have confirmed 2023 is the hottest year on record, with a month to spare
1 year, 1 month ago

Scientists have confirmed 2023 is the hottest year on record, with a month to spare

ABC  

Scientists have confirmed 2023 will be the hottest year on record, with the official declaration from climate change service Copernicus, run by the EU, made with a month to spare. Key points: An EU-run climate change service declares 2023 the hottest year on record The call comes as Australia is in the grip of a heatwave The global mean temperature …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year, 1 month ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

2023 ‘near certain’ to be hottest year humans have ever experienced, scientists say
1 year, 2 months ago

2023 ‘near certain’ to be hottest year humans have ever experienced, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "We can say with near certainty that 2023 will be the warmest year on record, and is currently 1.43C …

Planet Earth Is On Life Support, Scientists Warn
1 year, 2 months ago

Planet Earth Is On Life Support, Scientists Warn

Huff Post  

If Earth were a human, it would already be in the emergency room. An international team of scientists on Tuesday issued a new assessment of planetary health that says the world has entered “uncharted climate territory” and that “life on planet Earth is under siege.” The report, published in the journal BioScience, found that 20 of 35 identified “vital signs” …

Mercury rising: The Hindu Editorial on the ‘era of global boiling’ remark by U.N. chief António Guterres
1 year, 5 months ago

Mercury rising: The Hindu Editorial on the ‘era of global boiling’ remark by U.N. chief António Guterres

The Hindu  

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, this week reiterated the consequences of the climate catastrophe that has enveloped the globe. Scientists from the World Meteorological Organization and the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service described conditions this month as “rather remarkable and unprecedented”, with July seeing the hottest three-week period on record. With ocean temperatures on the rise and the …

Playing with fire: We are not just breaking heat records, we are smashing them
1 year, 5 months ago

Playing with fire: We are not just breaking heat records, we are smashing them

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The frequency and intensity of recent …

Current climate path will lead to collapse of life on Earth, say scientists
1 year, 7 months ago

Current climate path will lead to collapse of life on Earth, say scientists

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Failing to limit the global temperature to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could trigger tipping points …

The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts
1 year, 7 months ago

The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts

Associated Press  

There’s a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday. Maybe it’ll be next year or the year after” that a year averages 1.5 degrees Celsius, said report lead author Leon Hermanson, a climate scientist at the United Kingdom’s Met Office. The temporary warming …

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency
1 year, 7 months ago

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency

Hindustan Times  

It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. Global temperatures are soon set to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of the next five years will do …

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon
1 year, 7 months ago

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There’s a two-out-of-three chance …

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns
1 year, 8 months ago

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

Live Mint  

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers global temperatures slightly, the world will experience a return to …

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future
1 year, 9 months ago

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future

Al Jazeera  

Hitting the 2015 Paris Agreement temperature goals will require a massive reduction in fossil fuel use and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, IPCC reports say. Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a “liveable” future at …

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years

Live Mint  

The United Nations’ international body on climate science, the IPCC, is easily the most authoritative institution on global heating. While it can be suspected that the intricacies of international consensus could have more than a little to do with this, the fact remains that even the most conservative estimates state that the world is fast running out of time to …

AI: World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10-12 years
1 year, 11 months ago

AI: World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10-12 years

Associated Press  

The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that’s more pessimistic than previous modeling. “And this paper may be the beginning of the end of the 1.5C target.” Stanford …

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

LA Times  

New climate data show that 2022 was among the hottest years on record but that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Another study showed the amount of heat being taken up by Earth’s oceans reached another record high last year. And it’s another stark reminder that despite some recent progress on climate policy, such as the passage of the …

Climate Crisis: World’s oceans hit record high heat in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate Crisis: World’s oceans hit record high heat in 2022

Live Mint  

When we think of the climate crisis, the first thing we usually think of is the way that global air temperatures are rising. As has been amply demonstrated by climate science, it’s the oceans that first absorb the excess heat generated by our burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal. The paper, Another Year Of Record Heat For The …

90% of humans will suffer extreme heat, drought due to climate change: report
1 year, 11 months ago

90% of humans will suffer extreme heat, drought due to climate change: report

Salon  

If you are reading this article, there is a 9 out of 10 chance that you live somewhere that will experience future extreme heat weather events due to climate change. In an analysis published for the scientific journal Nature Sustainability, Oxford's Professor Louise Slater and Wuhan University's Dr. Jiabo Yin explain that as the planet's temperature continues to rise, there …

Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?
2 years, 2 months ago

Climate Questions: Is it too late to stop climate change?

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Global average temperatures have risen and weather extremes have already seen an uptick, so the short answer to whether it’s too late to stop climate change is: yes. At the time of the report’s release, Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College of London, said achieving the 1.5-degree goal “is still possible from a physical science …

UN warns the planet is heading for ‘climate catastrophe’
2 years, 2 months ago

UN warns the planet is heading for ‘climate catastrophe’

Al Jazeera  

UN Environment Programme reports that implementation of current government climate pledges will lead to a 2.4-2.6C temperature rise this century. The planet is heading for “climate catastrophe”, the UN has warned as a report showed how far off track nations are on cutting global warming pollution. The UN Environment Programme released its annual Emissions Gap report on Thursday, showing that …

‘Climate endgame’: Potential for environmental crisis to end humanity is ‘dangerously underexplored’
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Climate endgame’: Potential for environmental crisis to end humanity is ‘dangerously underexplored’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” said …

Geoengineering and the climate crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Geoengineering and the climate crisis

The Independent  

In 2007, a document believed to be from a US government report made its way into the public domain. He calculated that reflecting 1 per cent of incident sunlight would restore climate stability arguing that one mirror 600,000sq miles or several smaller ones could just about do it. Sunlight intensity at the equator is significantly compromised by the relatively high …

World may soon pass the crucial climate threshold of 1.5°C
2 years, 7 months ago

World may soon pass the crucial climate threshold of 1.5°C

Live Mint  

If the next eight years represent a crucial time for stopping climate change, then the stakes just got bigger. The Global Annual To Decadal Climate Update, prepared by scientists at the United Kingdom Met Office and released by the WMO, states that there is 50:50 chance that in at least one year between 2022-2026, the global average temperature will be …

Warmer Years Ahead, Warns Climate Body as Global Temperature Could Breach 1.5°C Threshold in 5 Years
2 years, 7 months ago

Warmer Years Ahead, Warns Climate Body as Global Temperature Could Breach 1.5°C Threshold in 5 Years

News 18  

As unprecedented heat conditions continue to take a massive toll on people, the World Meteorological Organization has warned that the situation might get worse as it strongly predicts at least one year between 2022 and 2026 could be the warmest surpassing the last record set in 2016. “The annual mean global near-surface temperature for each year between 2022 and 2026 …

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026
2 years, 7 months ago

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

Associated Press  

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted. With human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48% chance that the globe will reach a yearly average of 1.5 degrees …

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026, report says
2 years, 8 months ago

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026, report says

LA Times  

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted. With human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48% chance that the globe will reach a yearly average of 1.5 degrees …

UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’
2 years, 9 months ago

UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting hopeful signs of progress. In other words, the report’s co-chair, James Skea of Imperial College London, told The Associated Press: …

No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk
2 years, 9 months ago

No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk

Associated Press  

It’s not the end of the world. There’s no such thing as pass-fail when it comes to the climate crisis.” “It’s really, really, really hard to walk people back from that ledge,” Gill said. “Everybody knows it’s going to get worse,” said Woodwell Climate Research Center scientist Jennifer Francis. So I’m seeing people do things.” Pennsylvania State University climate scientist …

‘Delay means death’: New climate report issues stark warnings
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Delay means death’: New climate report issues stark warnings

Al Jazeera  

World has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to stem the worst effects of climate change, latest UN report warns. Climate change is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and way more dangerous by 2040 with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, and there remained only “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable …

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges, say analysts
3 years, 1 month ago

World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges, say analysts

Live Mint  

New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict. Climate Action Tracker said on Tuesday that the promises by countries attending the U.N. summit in Glasgow to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would still allow the Earth to heat up far …

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Climate catastrophe’: World faces 2.7C temperature rise

Al Jazeera  

Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for a “catastrophic” average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century, the United Nations has said, the latest stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Just days before the COP26 climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the UN’s Environment Programme said on Tuesday national plans to reduce …

Earth 2500: Shocking images reveal how the Amazon will be barren and India too hot to live in
3 years, 2 months ago

Earth 2500: Shocking images reveal how the Amazon will be barren and India too hot to live in

Daily Mail  

In one song by English pop band Busted, 'not much has changed' by the year 3000, 'but they live underwater'. Meanwhile, highly populated topical regions like India will face extreme heat stresses — and such may become so high that the areas become unsuitable for human occupation without the aid of special personal protective equipment. Even under high greenhouse gas …

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