Tag: climate
Can positivity help tackle the global climate emergency? | The Stream
Growing numbers of people are experiencing climate anxiety as scientists, campaigners, and diplomats speak with increasing alarm about the unparalleled scale of the global climate breakdown and news reports cover the impact of extreme weather and the loss...
600-year-old Buddhist statue revealed; coincidence or heaven’s will?
China’s Yangtze basin area is going through unprecedented heat waves and droughts. The water levels in many places where the Yangtze river flows are hitting new record lows. Rivers have dried up, ships are grounded, and crops are wilting. The severe droug...
Why Did The Earth Totally Freeze For 100 Million Years?
Why Did The Earth Totally Freeze For 100 Million Years?
Hundreds of ships congested in Huangpu River in Shanghai due to low water level
According to Liberty Times, the water level of the Huangpu River in Shanghai has reached its lowest point in the past 20 years. As a result, nearly 100 sand-carrying ships are at a standstill in the middle of the river, and the congestion stretches for hu...
Why Lake Mead is Running Out of Water
The Colorado River is one of the most important rivers in the United States, and supplies water to more than 40 million people. Along this 1400 mile long stretch is river lies Lake Mead, the largest Resoivwar in the United States. While the Colorado River...
Some Spanish vineyards outside Madrid have switched to night-time grape picking to avoid working in the sweltering August heat
Some Spanish vineyards outside Madrid have switched to night-time grape picking to avoid working in the sweltering August heat. They have also been forced to start harvesting a few weeks earlier in the season due to the high temperatures
Horrifying footage from Pakistan today of entire building washed away by floods. Over 935 people killed, more than 33 million affected, worst natural disaster for country in decades.
Horrifying footage from Pakistan today of entire building washed away by floods. Over 935 people killed, more than 33 million affected, worst natural disaster for country in decades.
‘Obsessed with doom’: Greta Thunberg has ‘gone bust’
“A mere child, full of rage, obsessed with doom, totally devoid of any practical solutions – but here she was lecturing the world on how to fuel their 21st century economies,” Mr Bolt said. “Thunberg is now a victim of her own success in scaring people in...
Historic drought is threatening Italy’s water supply | DW News
Scarce rain and successive heat waves across Europe have affected river discharges and water levels. In Northern Italy, there hasn't been significant rainfall for months, and snowfall this year was down 70%, resulting in less meltwater. That's led to a dr...
The Future of the North Sea
Into Europe: The North Sea is turning into Europe’s largest power plant, with massive wind farms being built all across the North Sea. While oil and gas extraction and fishing have historically played a huge role in the region, their importance is set to...
Europe’s climate in 2050
The speed and magnitude of the climate change we are facing today is unprecedented. Heatwaves, droughts, floods... We are feeling its effects on our daily li...
Storing Freshwater In The Salty Sea
Rivers are big and full of freshwater, which is great because we humans can only drink freshwater. But do you know what's their problem? Well, those rivers tend to lead to the ocean! And that means all of that sweet sweet freshwater vanishes into the sal...
Incredible Huge Hawaii waves crash some more than 20 feet high into homes — and weddings — in 'historic' swell
The large waves, some more than 20 feet high, came from a combination of a strong south swell that peaked Saturday evening, particularly high tides and rising sea levels associated with climate change, the National Weather Service said.
Floods, droughts and effects of extreme weather conditions.| DW Documentary
Long periods of sunny weather; a few heavy rain showers. That’s all fine...or is it? With increasing frequency, summer days are turning into long periods of drought, while rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding. Whereas weather systems were relatively...
Climate change threat in Congo as vast carbon-rich peat slab faces development - BBC News
In central Africa a giant slab of carbon-rich peat land, discovered by a team of British and Congolese scientists, is under threat from oil companies and farming. The carbon must be kept in the ground to avoid accelerating climate change, but some plots...