The year 2024 witnessed a multitude of extreme weather phenomena, a steady rise in temperatures, fierce floods, hurricanes, and severe droughts, with living beings of all kinds suffering due to climate changes.
The world is adopting various means to enhance efforts in combating global warming, from setting record numbers in solar panel installations to increasing sales of electric cars. Despite these efforts, unexpected challenges may hinder the transition to clean energy this year.
The recent rainfall in Tunisia has rekindled optimism about overcoming the drought that has plagued the country in recent years.
A recent study revealed that extreme heat severely affects the process of photosynthesis in plants, including agricultural crops, which humans rely on as a main part of their daily diet, posing a threat to global food security.
New analyses indicate that rising sea levels due to the climate change crisis threaten to submerge many of the world's largest oil ports.
US President Joe Biden on Monday announced a ban on new drilling operations in a vast marine area, aiming to block Donald Trump from fulfilling his electoral promise to boost hydrocarbon production.
Dutch Jolt Energy Storage Technologies has recently made headlines by securing $4 million in Series A funding round to accelerate the mass production of its groundbreaking battery.
The rates of forest fires are increasing year after year, amidst the worsening global climate crisis, which in turn leads to habitat destruction and harm to biodiversity; as is well known, forests are a fertile environment for biodiversity.
The oldest fossil found on coral reefs indicates their existence nearly 400 million years ago, positioning them as one of the oldest living species that have endured numerous changes in the Earth's environment.
New York has become the second state in the U.S. to require fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damage, joining an increasing effort to hold major polluters accountable for the rising frequency and cost of extreme weather disasters.
Around 7 million people worldwide die each year due to air pollution, according to the Clean Air Fund. As global warming intensifies, the relationship between air pollution and temperatures intensifies, leading to the impact of heatwaves on air quality.
Microbes are ubiquitous, found across the Earth, in the atmosphere, and in water bodies. They play a crucial role in the cycling of elements on our planet. Although invisible to the naked eye and observable only through specialized microscopes, these tiny organisms have significant impact on our lives.
Earthquakes are significant natural disasters that can cause extensive damage and loss.They consist of seismic waves that travel through the Earth's rocks, typically occurring when rock masses break and slide over one another. But can climate change contribute to the occurrence of earthquakes?
Animal conservation experts in the United Kingdom and Portugal praised a breeding program that saved two critically endangered snail species, resulting in the release of 1,329 individuals on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean.
The French Agency for Ecological Transition's study shed light on the extent of this pollution for the first time by systematically revealing the presence of microplastics in French agricultural soil.
