Making a shocking revelation, a study has stated that the ice shelf supporting Pine Island Glacier could collapse within a decade. Unlike other Antarctic glaciers, it is quite susceptible to ocean warming. The Pine Island Glacier is known as “the weak underbelly” of West Antarctica,
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed escalating temperatures recorded for the first time in Antarctica. Argentina’s Esperanza Base recorded a maximum temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius on February 6, 2020, breaking the previous record of 17.5 degrees Celsius in 2015. According to WMO, it
Global warming has posed severe threats to planet’s ice masses. With Siberian heatwaves, the Arctic is bearing the brunt of climate change as much as any region on earth. The “Last Ice Area” of Arctic, where summer sea ice survives the longest and acts as
The phenomenon of climate change has created a hot debate throughout the globe. It has endangered the entire planet and all of its inhabitants, as raging temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns have caused irreversible changes across the world. Climate change has resulted in extreme heatwaves
The Pacific Northwest is experiencing an all-time worse heat wave, with an intensity never recorded by modern civilization. Shocking satellite imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-3 satellite showed that ground temperatures have reached as high as 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius) in Wenatchee,
With the rising global temperatures, the melting of glaciers comes as no surprise. Yet again, a recent study has conveyed the threats of continued glacier melt in the Himalayan Karakoram region, which could drastically affect over a billion people. Water volume and flow in Himalayan
The World Heritage Committee under UNESCO has proposed to downgrade the status of the Great Barrier Reef for adding to the list of World Heritage sites “in danger.” The recommendation was made after observing the detrimental impact of climate change. The UNESCO committee said the
The planet’s climate is determined by a delicate balance between how much of the Sun’s radiative energy is trapped in the atmosphere and at the surface, and how much thermal infrared radiation earth releases in space. Shockingly, a joint study by NOAA and NASA has
Grappling with a pandemic already, the world sure could use good news. However, a bleak look into the future reveals much peril is yet to come, with shifting climatic patterns, poor water management and growing populations. A UN report has warned that these factors will
The Italian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has revealed that the Mediterranean Sea is slowly turning into a tropical sea due to rising global temperatures and climate change. The organization said that nearly 1,000 exotic species have adapted to live in