Climate change could result in water crises, famine, displacement and migration, and could spark off political stress, conflict. Read more »
At least 250 million children under five years of age in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not attaining their developmental potential. Read more »
The study by University of Arizona researchers may be the first to assess the extinction patterns using recent climate-related data and the movement of species. Read more »
The survey will be done through an internet and mobile-based video game in which players act as climate policymakers trying to limit global warming. Read more »
British website Carbon Brief says changes will be gradual, but the fragile climate and ecological systems could change dramatically and irreversibly. Read more »
The researchers who recorded the dramatic decline in chinstrap population, found a remarkable increase in the population of gentoo penguins. Read more »
More than two-thirds of the world’s oceans are speeding up, energised by faster winds, says a scientific study. Read more »
The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed almost 3°C in the last 50 years. The annual loss of ice from the Antarctic ice sheet has jumped at least six-fold since 1979. Read more »
Unresolved issues at Madrid will cast shadow over next year’s Glasgow conference. Read more »
Nine Indian firms among 285 companies that got their science-based targets approved. Read more »