Global warming over the past 150 years has upended more than six millennia of climate cooling, with temperatures spiking to levels that otherwise may not have been seen for 125,000 years. Towards the end of the Stone Age, around 4,500 BC, the world’s climate started cooling at a rate of about 0.1°C (0.18°F) every 1,000 … Read more
The South Pole is warming from climate change three times faster than the rest of the world despite being the most remote location on the planet, a study shows. Record-breaking high temperatures at the southernmost point on Earth are being fuelled by increases in greenhouse gases and natural weather shifts in the tropics. This ‘double … Read more
Antarctic penguins could experience a ‘population boom’ due to global warming as melting sea ice means they have to spend less time foraging for food. Japanese scientists describe the Adélie species of penguin, which is native to Antarctica, as a ‘rare global warming winner’ thanks to melting ice. In low-ice conditions, penguins are able travel more … Read more
Global warming caused by volcanoes triggered mass extinction event that wiped out 85% of all marine species on Earth 450 million years ago, scientists claim Scientists have suggested a new explanation for the Late Ordovician extinction Researchers say they heated rocks collected from a stream in southern Scotland The rocks released huge amounts of mercury … Read more
Global warming has unleashed an early summer in Alaska, triggering a landslide on Yudikench Peak, a mountain near Anchorage. Temperatures reached 69 degrees Fahrenheit near the mountain this month that sparked a ‘wedge failure’ – a type of land slide that occurs along multiple planes. The collapse sent debris barreling down the mountain side and … Read more
Climate change could trigger an ancient El Niño-like pattern in the Indian Ocean that would create extreme weather such as floods, storms and droughts across the globe. El Niño is the name of a current recurring climate phenomenon across the tropical Pacific, which shifts back and forth irregularly every two to seven years, and triggers disruptions of … Read more
The world is now regularly getting so hot and humid during heatwaves that some locations surpass the ‘theoretical human survivability limit’. Doomsday predictions made by scientists expected this to happen due to global warming, but not for several decades. But a study found parts of the world have already become so hot and humid during heatwaves that … Read more
Wolf spiders are resorting to CANNIBALISM as warming Arctic causes population to rise and sparks more competition for food Wolf Spiders in the Alaskan Arctic are turning to cannibalism to survive Rising temperatures cause females to grow larger and produce more offspring Because this creates competition for food, the females are eating juveniles By Stacy Liberatore … Read more
More than 1,000 homes in north London are being warmed by the hot air produced in the city’s notoriously sweltering underground tunnels. Enormous fans installed at the site of the abandoned City Road Underground station on the Northern Line are sucking the stuffy air upwards. A six-story shaft funnels the warm air over pipes and … Read more