An international team of more than 60 scientists has warned of an impending ‘Ultra-intense Category 6’ hurricane in the United States due to climate change, the Daily Mail reported. According to the experts, an ultra-intense Category 6 storm would imply winds exceeding 192 miles per hour and a 25-foot rise in seawater, which would directly impact coastal residential areas, including …
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive warned on Thursday that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change. With extremely dry weather hitting several Mediterranean nations, EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič told legislators on Thursday that “the present drought in Europe could become the worst …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Climate change is transforming Arctic ecosystems in unprecedented and troubling ways, causing vast sheets of ice to melt, impacting local wildlife and threatening not just indigenous populations who live there, but communities around the world, researchers warned in a dramatic new report issued on Tuesday. This is a comment from a reader on the article, "Arctic In …
NEW YORK — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday. “The oceans and the icy parts of the world are in big trouble, and that means we’re all in big trouble, too,” said one of the report’s lead authors, Michael Oppenheimer, …
