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Global warming could be far worse than predicted, new study suggests

Global warming could be far worse than predicted, new study suggests

Collapsing polar ice caps, a green Sahara Desert, a 20-foot sea-level rise. That’s the potential future of Earth, a new study suggests, noting that global warming could be twice as warm as current climate models predict. The rate of warming is also remarkable: “The changes we see today are much faster than anything encountered in […]

Egypt’s Nile fresh water may subject the country to fresh water and energy shortages by 2025

Egypt’s Nile fresh water may subject the country to fresh water and energy shortages by 2025

The ongoing reduction in Egypt’s Nile fresh water may subject the country to fresh water and energy shortages by 2025, according to a report published in the Geological Society of America’s (GSA) March issue. It explained that any further decrease in Nile fresh water would be ‘grave’ because at best, the river barely supplies 97 percent of […]

US Defence Secretary James Mattis says climate change is already destabilising the world

US Defence Secretary James Mattis says climate change is already destabilising the world

Climate scientists may have an ally in the Trump administration in the form of General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis The US Defence Secretary, General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, has warned that climate change is already destabilising parts of the world. In written responses to questions put during his confirmation hearings, which were not published but […]

2016 ‘shatters’ hottest year record by wide margin

2016 ‘shatters’ hottest year record by wide margin

Last year was the hottest year on record by a wide margin, with temperatures creeping close to a ceiling set by almost 200 nations for limiting global warming, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has said. The data are the first of the New Year to confirm many projections that 2016 will exceed 2015 […]

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