Climate Change

Climate change study shows coastal airports are at high risk of flooding

The study shows that a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius, which is consistent with the Paris Agreement, will eventually lead to hundreds of coastal airports going below mean sea level and hundreds more at risk of severe flooding.

Climate change could leave millions at risk in Tunisia and Egypt

As the Mediterranean Sea becomes increasingly warm, extreme tropical weather could displace millions, and with that, alter the geography of North African countries.

Is desalination the answer to global freshwater scarcity?

New research has the potential to reduce the costs of desalination, making a life-saving resource more accessible. But without a shift in the way we think about “theoretically infinite” resources, freshwater access will remain a challenge.

Biden issues executive orders to undo several Trump policies

Hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to keep the US in the WHO, end the entry ban from mostly Muslim-majority countries, bolster environmental protections and strengthen the fight against Covid-19.

Climate change responsible for spring and winter within weeks

Turkey experienced its third hottest year in 2020, yet now Istanbul and a host of other cities are blanketed with snow. We asked experts to explain the science to us.

Can the pandemic be a trigger to stop deforestation once and for all?

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on forests, but it can also be the fulcrum which leads to an end to this scourge on our planet.

French court to hear landmark case over climate inaction

The French case is part of a mounting push by climate campaigners across the world to hold states responsible for ecological damage blamed on climate change.

2020 ties with 2016 as warmest year on record

Last year topped the previous temperature record in Europe, registered in 2019, by a whopping 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.72 Fahrenheit), the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

The silent climate migration on Bangladesh's unforgiving high altitudes

Global warming has dried up water resources in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a region of hills and forests in Bangladesh, forcing thousands of people out of their traditional settlements.

21 things to look forward to in 2021

We all know 2020 was a year like no other, so you deserve the new year full of healing, joy and some excitement. Here's a list of the things you may like to pursue this year.

2020: A year of raging wildfires, floods and scorching temperatures

From storms in the Atlantic, wildfires in California, killer floods in Asia and Africa, melting of the Arctic and bushfires in Australia, 2020 was more than a disastrous year with the pandemic.

Climate change bares its many faces in Turkey

A ‘false spring’ has tricked trees into blossoming, while low water levels at dams may be fertile breeding grounds for mosquito-borne diseases.