Dhaka – Tidal surges in coastal rivers influenced by moon have breached open embankments and flooded a good number of villages in Bhola and Khulna districts over the last few days, UNB news agency reported. In Bhola, at least 20…
Category: Climate
Global heat, sea level hit record highs in 2015
Global heat, greenhouse gases and sea levels all climbed to record highs last year, making 2015 the worst in modern times across a range of key environmental indicators, international scientists said Tuesday. A dire picture of the Earth’s health is…
Potential tropical storm threatens Haiti
Authorities in Haiti canceled all local flights Monday as severe weather bears down on the impoverished Caribbean nation. Heavy rains and high winds are threatening the area as the twentieth tropical wave of the season moves through the region, causing…
Flood receding in Northern districts, swelling in central Bangladesh
Flood levels have started receding in northern districts adjacent to Brahmaputra and Jamuna rivers at Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogra and Nilphamari but swelling in Tangail, Jessore, and Chandpur in central Bangladesh. In Gaibanda overall flood situation at chars and Brahmaputra river…
Monsoon Low in Bay may increase rains next few days
Dhaka – A low pressure turns into well marked low in the East central Bay of Bengal yesterday that may reactivate the Monsoon rains further over the country, meteorologists said yesterday. The rains would be concentrated in the south than…
Adequate tree plantations needed for fighting climate change
Rajshahi Correspondent Massive tree plantations can help reduce carbon emission at a substantial level, making it a key factor in facing the adverse impact of climate change in the vast Barind tract. Optimum forestation could help stop degradation of environment…
US military bases at risk from sea level rise: study
US military bases along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico will be increasingly vulnerable to floods and power-packed storms as the planet warms, researchers said Wednesday. The report by the Union of Concerned Scientists spanned 18 military bases, and…
Genetic tests confirm new species of whale
ANCHORAGE — Genetic tests confirm that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen roams the northern Pacific Ocean, according to research published this week. The testing shows the black whales, with bulbous heads…
US military bases at risk from sea level rise: study
US military bases along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico will be increasingly vulnerable to floods and power-packed storms as the planet warms, researchers said Wednesday. The report by the Union of Concerned Scientists spanned 18 military bases, and…
African children to suffer as El Nino winds down
Millions of children will suffer disproportionately from the failed harvests and devastated livelihoods left behind by the El Nino weather phenomenon, Save the Children warned Tuesday. El Nino affects rainfall patterns and causes both drought and flooding. As it recedes…
Southern California fire mushrooms, residents evacuated
A fire burning out of control in Southern California has grown to a massive 20,000 acres, officials said Sunday, as residents in an area north of Los Angeles were forced to evacuate. The blaze, which has been dubbed the “Sand…
Solar Impulse 2 leaves Egypt for final leg of world tour
The first solar-powered plane to circle the world took off from Cairo on Sunday for Abu Dhabi, in the final leg of its journey. Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard was behind the controls of Solar Impulse 2, which can fly for…
Philippines reviewing ‘crazy’ climate pledges: Duterte
The Philippines is reviewing its “crazy” commitment to severely cut greenhouse-gas emissions in the Paris climate deal, new President Rodrigo Duterte has warned. The government of predecessor Benigno Aquino had pledged to the United Nations to cut the Asian country’s…
Kerry: Climate change as dangerous as terrorism
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that climate change is as dangerous as, if not more than, the threats posed by the Islamic State and other extremist groups.Speaking Friday in Vienna at an international climate change conference, Kerry…
‘Monster’ El Niño Subsides, La Niña Hitting Soon
As if human-made armed conflicts, wickedness, rights abuse, gender violence, cruel inequality and climate catastrophes were not enough, now the saying “God Always Forgives, Men Sometimes, Nature Never” appear to be more true than ever. See what happens.Now that the…
France wants climate deal to take effect by November
France’s ecology minister Segolene Royal said Wednesday she wants to see the Paris climate deal take effect by November, just before a new round of climate talks opens in Morocco. Royal called for “accelerating the ratification” of the accord after…
Global warming may cost 20% of annual work hours in Southeast Asia
Thomson Reuters Foundation Jakarta – Rising temperatures caused by climate change may cost the world economy over $2 trillion in lost productivity by 2030 as hot weather makes it unbearable to work in some parts of the world, according to…
Earth experiences hottest June ever recorded
The heat wave continues.Last month was the hottest June ever recorded, according to both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This marks the 14th month in a row that global heat records have been broken. It’s the…
Tesoro to pay $425 million over air quality violations
US oil refining group Tesoro Corp. reached a $425 million settlement Monday with the Justice Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency to resolve air quality violations. Under the agreement, Texas-based Tesoro and Par Hawaii Refining will spend about $403…
World touring solar plane’s final leg to UAE delayed
The final leg of an unprecedented world tour by a solar-powered plane was postponed Saturday due to the pilot’s health, he said in a message on Twitter. The Solar Impulse 2 had been scheduled to leave Cairo for Abu Dhabi.…
Climate blight is harming the mango
Sopan Joshi Erratic rainfall and unexpected humidity, a fallout of increasingly unpredictable weather due to climate change, is hurting the cultivation and harvest of India’s favourite fruit There’s no one better than Vivek Bhide for information and lore about the…
Australian mangrove die-off blamed on climate change
Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia’s remote north have died, scientists said Monday, with climate change the likely cause. Some 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres), or nine percent of the mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria, perished in just one…
Why climate change is an education issue
Felipe Calderón New York – Climate change affects us all, but we still are not acting as quickly as we should to address its causes, mitigate the damage, and adapt to its effects. Many people don’t understand the risks climate…
International organisations concerned by El Niño funding gap
By Phillip Kaeding UN, (IPS) – The response to the 2015-2016 severe El Nino – which has effected over 60 million people from Southern Africa, to South-East Asia to Latin America – remains severely underfunded. In a statement released Tuesday…
Finalists announced for South Australia’s low carbon challenge
TEN finalists have been announced for South Australia’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur Prize as part of a push for the state’s capital Adelaide to become the world’s first carbon neutral city. The finalists will each receive AU$10,000 form a total prize…
Doing well by doing good
Ethiopis Tafara Washington, DC – Two years ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk decided to open access to his company’s patents to anyone – a move that ran completely counter to traditional competitive behavior. Why would a company give away its…
Ozone layer ‘to heal’ by 2050, hole shrinks by 4m sq km
The hole in the ozone layer has diminished by 4 million sq km since 2000 and could heal completely by 2050, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have shown in their latest study, which appeared in the journal Science.…
Students should be aware of adverse impact of climate change
Referring to the adverse impact of climate change in the region discussants at a participatory meeting mentioned there should have adequate measures of boosting level of knowledge of the students on the issue. They viewed school, college and university level…
Developing countries want balance in post-Paris work
Bonn (Hilary Chiew) – Developing countries stressed the importance of maintaining balance and coherence among the various bodies in implementing the work arising from the decisions from Paris under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This they…
‘Roanu’ causes colossal loss to crops in Bangladesh coasts
Dhaka – Cyclone ‘Roanu’ on Saturday caused huge damages to crops and livestock in three upazilas — Anwara, Banshkhali and Sandwip — in the Southeastern distric of Chittagong, unb news agency reported. According to a preliminary estimate of the district…