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Global Warming

Covid-19 puts green energy in a coma
Coronavirus
/ 31 July 2020

Covid-19 puts green energy in a coma

The pandemic has disrupted governments’ plans to flatline the upward trajectory of global warming

By Sarah Smit
Trump rejects climate ‘prophets of doom’ as Thunberg warns Davos
Article
/ 21 January 2020

Trump rejects climate ‘prophets of doom’ as Thunberg warns Davos

The 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) got under way in the ski resort with an avowed focus on climate change but with starkly different visions over global warming laid bare

By Sebastian Smith and Stuart Williams
The horror: Tales of climate change
Article
/ 25 October 2019

The horror: Tales of climate change

A year after the UN sounded the klaxon, warning of ‘some countries becoming dysfunctional’ thanks to the climate crisis, governments aren’t responding

By Sipho Kings
Climate change and poverty go hand in hand
Article
/ 25 October 2019

Climate change and poverty go hand in hand

Crops allow the poor to provide for themselves, but they need support to do so during droughts

By Mmatlou Kalaba and Elizabeth Mkandawire
Stories from around the world will bring home the reality of the emergency
Article
/ 27 September 2019

Stories from around the world will bring home the reality of the emergency

Afrobarometer research shows that 59% of people in South Africa do not know what climate change is

By Sipho Kings
How YouTube Promotes Conspiracy Theories and Climate Change Denial
Article
/ 25 September 2019

How YouTube Promotes Conspiracy Theories and Climate Change Denial

The platform’s algorithm regularly surfaces videos promoting climate denial in response to queries about climate change

By Molly Taft
Climate models update: It’s hotter than we thought
Article
/ 24 September 2019

Climate models update: It’s hotter than we thought

Scientists using new climate models say a bigger heat rise than expected is possible by the end of the century

By Alex Kirby
Why is climate change’s 2°C of warming limit so important?
Article
/ 31 August 2019

Why is climate change’s 2°C of warming limit so important?

Where did that limit come from, and what if we miss it?

By David Titley
Going green: Ethiopia’s bid to plant four billion trees
Article
/ 31 July 2019

Going green: Ethiopia’s bid to plant four billion trees

Abiy is leading by example as Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October

By Robbie Corey Boulet
Kalahari will become too hot for birds
Article
/ 28 June 2019

Kalahari will become too hot for birds

Losing birds in the Kalahari has a wider effect. Desert areas are critical to overall evolution in avian species, adding diversity to the species

By Sipho Kings
Sorghum making a rebound in Europe thanks to climate change
Article
/ 5 June 2019

Sorghum making a rebound in Europe thanks to climate change

Sorghum, which is in the same family as millet, is the world’s fifth-most important cereal crop

By Isabel Malsang
Iceland turns carbon dioxide to rock for cleaner air
Article
/ 8 May 2019

Iceland turns carbon dioxide to rock for cleaner air

​In the heart of Iceland’s volcano country, 21st-century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity

By Jeremie Richard
On climate change, a shift towards civil disobedience
Article
/ 15 April 2019

On climate change, a shift towards civil disobedience

Since October, the world has seen a crescendo of grassroots protests around climate change, especially in western Europe and North America

By Marlowe Hood
These climate activists want you to give up hope
Article
/ 21 February 2019

These climate activists want you to give up hope

​The Extinction Rebellion is rooted in the conviction that humanity has dug its own grave and has one foot dangling over the edge

By Marlowe Hood
Russian Arctic archipelago sounds alarm over aggressive polar bears
Article
/ 11 February 2019

Russian Arctic archipelago sounds alarm over aggressive polar bears

Russian authorities have so far refused permission to shoot the bears but are sending a commission to investigate the situation

By Agency
Colonisation drove Little Ice Age
Article
/ 8 February 2019

Colonisation drove Little Ice Age

Disease caused the death of 55-million indigenous Americans, resulting in the reforestation of vast tracts of land

By Sipho Kings
Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief
Article
/ 12 December 2018

Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief

The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at ‘well under’ two degrees Celsius

By Marlowe Hood
Global warming outpaces efforts to slow it — UN
Article
/ 28 November 2018

Global warming outpaces efforts to slow it — UN

New calculations by the UN’s top science panel sharply reduce the real-world potential for drawing CO2 out of the air

By Marlowe Hood
Unembargoed: October 12 to 18
Article
/ 15 October 2018

Unembargoed: October 12 to 18

Floyd must account. The M&G looks at Shivambu’s link to his brother’s business bank account in the VBS scandal.

By Mg Reporter
Earth faces climactic moment
Article
/ 12 October 2018

Earth faces climactic moment

A UN report warns about the effect of global warming but says the tools exist to avert this fate

By Sipho Kings
Editorial: We must act now to save the world
Article
/ 12 October 2018

Editorial: We must act now to save the world

‘Large corporates aren’t doing anything about climate change because they only care about returns on profit this quarter’

By Editorial
Costa Rica shows us how
Article
/ 12 October 2018

Costa Rica shows us how

The country’s successful reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is an example that needs to be followed

By Staff Reporter
The IPCC’s latest climate report on 1.5°C holds implications for African countries
Article
/ 11 October 2018

The IPCC’s latest climate report on 1.5°C holds implications for African countries

The continent will have to chart its own way, not following the examples of Europe and North America, if it is to reach its targets

By Staff Reporter
UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos
Article
/ 8 October 2018

UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos

Earth’s surface has warmed 1°C and is on track toward an unliveable 3°C or 4°C rise

By Marlowe Hood
Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017
Article
/ 20 December 2017

Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017

California is currently battling its third largest wildfire since 1932, and such devastation could be the "new normal."

By Kerry Sheridan
Global warming and the melting Arctic is the ‘new normal’
Article
/ 12 December 2017

Global warming and the melting Arctic is the ‘new normal’

The year was the second warmest in modern times for the fragile Arctic, said the peer-reviewed report compiled by 85 scientists from 12 nations.

By Agence France Presse
DRC’s carbon bomb is ticking
Article
/ 8 November 2017

DRC’s carbon bomb is ticking

Scientists and green campaigners say the peatlands hold gigatonnes of carbon — a stockpile that poses a threat to hopes of limiting global warming.

By Agence France Presse and Samir Tounsi
Climate study reveals that Finding Nemo may become even harder
Article
/ 11 October 2017

Climate study reveals that Finding Nemo may become even harder

Clownfish are being expelled from their home of anemones as warming oceans stress both the fish and their invertebrate marine home.

By Agence France Presse
Fear and sweating in Pakistan’s hottest cities
Article
/ 4 September 2017

Fear and sweating in Pakistan’s hottest cities

Scientists have warned that swathes of South Asia may be uninhabitable due to rising temperatures by 2100.

By Staff Reporter
Government report sees drastic climate change impact in US
Article
/ 8 August 2017

Government report sees drastic climate change impact in US

Average US temperatures have risen dramatically and fast, with recent decades the warmest of the past 1 500 years.

By Agency
Global warming reduces protein in key crops: study
Article
/ 2 August 2017

Global warming reduces protein in key crops: study

Without protein, growth is stunted, diseases are more common and early mortality is far more likely.

By Kerry Sheridan
Global warming will delay your flights
Article
/ 13 July 2017

Global warming will delay your flights

Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades.

By Agence France Presse
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