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Atmospheric carbon dioxide hits highest level in over 4 million years
Jun 11, 2021 13:49New data released on Monday, June 7th showed atmospheric carbon dioxide reached a monthly average level of 419 parts per million in May, which is not only the maximum reading ever recorded since accurate measurements began 63 years ago but also the highest level the planet has experienced in over four million years.
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Oil-based spill pollutes coast of Taboga Island, Panama
Jun 11, 2021 08:22An oil-based substance spill pollutes the beaches of Taboga Island, in Panama, killing wildlife and affecting locals who say the spill compromises the fishing industry and tourism. Authorities have not been able to identify the source of the spill and have been cleaning it for the past four days.
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Amnesty says paltry G7 climate plans 'a devastating, mass-scale assault on human rights'
Jun 09, 2021 15:48Amnesty International decried the inadequacy of wealthy nations' climate action plans as a colossal human rights failure and delivered a blueprint for policymakers to urgently change course to avert "impending catastrophe" and uphold their international obligations.
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Iran unhappy with water right from river shared with Afghanistan
Jun 08, 2021 23:57Iranian Energy Ministry officials have renewed their dissatisfaction over the share of water coming from the Helmand River in Afghanistan, saying the eastern neighbor should fully observe the terms of a 1973 river-sharing agreement between the two countries.
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Aerials of deadly Sri Lanka flooding and mudslides
Jun 06, 2021 07:22Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in Sri Lanka have killed 14 people and left two missing, while more than 5,000 are displaced, officials said Sunday.
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New study shows global warming blamed for 1 in 3 heat-related deaths
Jun 02, 2021 15:56Research data from 732 locations in 43 countries spread across every inhabited continent revealed that, on average, 37 percent of all heat-related deaths can be attributed directly to global warming.
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California already in throes of drought as summer looms
May 30, 2021 09:04Summer has not even begun and Lake Oroville, the second-largest reservoir in California that provides drinking water to more than 25 million people, is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year.
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Climate crisis may lead to rise in stillbirths
May 28, 2021 15:11A new study published in the scientific journal Environmental Research suggests a connection between an increase in the Earth’s temperature and more stillbirths.
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Cyclone Yaas batters eastern India, 1.2 million seek shelter
May 26, 2021 08:39Heavy rains and howling winds lashed eastern India on Wednesday as the COVID-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks battered the coast, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter.
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As climate crisis and violence converge, internal displacement hit global record high of 55 million in 2020: Report
May 23, 2021 15:44A new report shows that the intensification of conflicts and extreme weather-related disasters drove the total number of people living in internal displacement to an all-time high of 55 million by the end of last year.