by Deborah Phelan | Sep 18, 2023 | Climate Change
Polar experts warned last Friday that disappearing Antarctic sea-ice could have a devastating impact on the continent’s role in regulating planetary temperature. The level of sea-ice, which reflects sunlight back into the atmosphere and serves as a coolant to...
by Deborah Phelan | May 10, 2023 | Climate Change
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) last week issued a warning that a likely El Niño this summer could result in drastically elevated temperatures breaking previous heat records. Estimates suggest a 60% chance of El Niño arriving by the end of June,...
by Deborah Phelan | May 9, 2023 | Climate Change, Drought, Famine
In stunning reporting last week, Inside Climate News cited studies that claim climate change is responsible for famine conditions currently impacting 100 thousand in East Africa. Some 23 million people living in the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, and...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 23, 2023 | Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Displacement and Migration, Extreme Weather, Food Security, mitigation
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) just released its latest annual report the State of the Global Climate 2022, revealing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) on the land, the ocean, and the atmosphere, painting a dire picture of droughts, floods and...
by Deborah Phelan | Apr 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Geoengineering
Africa’s climate negotiators are being pressured to shield their countries from a looming global heating endgame by utilizing interventions like solar geoengineering , a process that either shields sun rays or redirects sunlight away from the planet. In a New York...
