2020 is on track to be Earth’s warmest year on record
Isabella O Malley
jeudi, 23 avril 2020 à 13:15 - Despite the widespread drop in greenhouse gas emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, NOAA reports that global temperatures will be record-breaking in 2020.
While the COVID-19 lockdowns have caused dramatic declines in greenhouse gas emissions, abnormally warm global temperatures are telling us that the climate is still heading into unprecedented territory.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported that there is a 75 per cent chance 2020 will be the warmest year on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880. Global temperatures are expected to be warmer than those in 2016, which was declared the warmest year on record at the time. The unusually strong El Niño event of 2015-2016 contributed to 2016’s record-breaking warmth. There are currently no indications that we will see an El Niño event this year, however, which makes NOAA’s projection
Life-threatening extreme heat set to trap millions indoors by 2060 Reuters
lundi, 11 mai 2020 à 16:05 - Punishing heat is expected to last up to six hours a day by 2060, according to a new study.
Extreme heat and humidity are increasing across the globe, threatening millions of lives and economies in places where it could become fatal to work outdoors, scientists said on Friday.
Parts of Australia, India, Bangladesh, the Persian Gulf, China, Mexico and the United States have experienced hundreds of previously rare incidents of extreme heat and humidity since 1979, said the study in the journal Science Advances.
These punishing conditions have lasted only one to two hours but climate change is likely to prolong them to about six hours at a time by 2060 and expand the affected areas, lead author Colin Raymond told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Simple way to boost your health and the environment this spring
Nathan Howes
mardi, 23 mars 2021 à 15:21 - Want to be environmentally friendly and get fit at the same time? Try plogging!
With spring now here, you might be anxious to ditch the cozy couch and start spending more time outdoors.
Well, if you do so, you may want to consider taking part in plogging. It may sound like a complicated activity to learn, but it’s actually quite simple – you jog while picking up trash in your surroundings. All that is needed is a trash bag, your desire to clean up and a little exercise to stop, bend down and grab the garbage off the ground.