Climate Change And Invasive Species Present Greatest Threats To Biodiversity

The United Nations says climate change, pollution, deforestation and over hunting have led to a rapid rise in extinctions, threatening the richness of nature that underpins services such as clean air, water as well as food and health.

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Is Variation In Sun Activity Caused A Warming Earth Rather Than Green Gas Emission?

The heat and light of the sun waxes and wanes over a roughly 11 year period. Scientists had thought it warmed the earth more during peaks of activity, for example as measured by the number of spots visible in the sun’s atmosphere.

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Climate Change Has Caused “Miracle Rice” Yield To Decline

A study conducted by the Manila based Institute showed that the yield of the IR8 rice variety also known as “miracle rice” had dropped to 7 tons per hectare from yields of 9.5 to 10.5 tons per hectare when it was first introduced.

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The Strengthening Of La Niña Could Trigger More Hurricanes

La Niña is marked by a cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean which is the opposite phase of the El Niño event, which is marked by unusually warm tropical water in the Pacific region.

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Glaciers Has Enough Ice To Raise World Sea Levels

In a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Greenland the second biggest ice sheet behind Antarctica serves as a new piece of puzzle that each one of us needs to understand.

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Disputed Island Resolved By Global Warming

There has been a controversy between Bangladesh and India who wanted to control over a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal.

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