Fifty years ago, amateur cyclist Jaime Ortiz Marino initiated the "Ciclovía," a car-free day in Bogotá, Colombia. This event gained immense popularity, fostering an anti-car culture that has inspired cities globally.
The global warming that the world has been facing for decades due to greenhouse gases emitted by human activities is a known issue, but global temperatures that broke records in 2023 and again in 2024 make it difficult for scientists to understand what is happening.
Global warming is intensifying the threat of bacterial and fungal infections not just for warm-blooded animals, such as mammals and rodents, but for cold-blooded creatures like insects, corals, and fish. The severity of these infections varies based on several factors.
Methane is responsible for about 30% of global warming, making it one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, with a warming potential 80 times that of carbon dioxide.
According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), the average global temperature from September to November 2024 was 1.31 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, ranking as the second warmest in the last 175 years.
For the first time, the Arab region hosted the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16) from December 2 to 13, 2024.
Video game developers are starting to grapple with the real-life, planet-warming consequences of immersing gamers in fantasy worlds.
Climate change is increasingly impacting marine biodiversity, and scientists are continually uncovering its effects.
The tourism sector is the primary source of income in many countries around the world.
Scientists have long been interested in employing artificial intelligence in scientific research and developing useful technologies. As for climate scientists, they have sought to develop climate models using artificial intelligence to monitor and predict the potential developments regarding the climate changes that the planet is currently experiencing.
The effects of climate change have reached a point where they threaten the existence of the historic "Peace Palace," which serves as the main headquarters of the International Court of Justice, located in The Hague, Netherlands.
Climate change has led to a decline in snow density, making ski resorts at low and medium altitudes less attractive in winter.
A recent study has revealed that young people are particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of global warming.
In the spring of 2018, the phenomenon of dead Christmas trees began to spread across Canadian fields, first discovered by Anthony Taylor, a forestry professor at the University of New Brunswick.
Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed Ramadan has voiced his support for efforts to address climate change, emphasizing that raising awareness about this critical issue through cinema demands creativity and subtlety.
