Climatology

More than 1,700 people have died in catastrophic floods caused by monsoon rain in South Asia, DPA reported, citing UN data.

The world has missed the chance to avoid dangerous global warming - unless we start geo-engineering the atmosphere by removing greenhouse gases, according to new research.

Scientists used computer models to assess what needs to be done to restrict global warming to between 1.5 degrees Celsius, the aspirational limit adopted by the Paris Agreement on climate change.

New studies confirm climate change's triple risk to Europe. The heat is on, lives are at risk and the floods are arriving earlier, writes Tim Radford at Climate News Network, quoted by desmog.uk.

Researchers have just issued three separate climate warnings to the citizens of Europe on the same day, in three different journals - a triple risk salvo.

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The drought has reduced agricultural output by about 20 percent compared to the average annual yield, and by 30 percent compared to the previous, record year.

That is why the lost value exceeds a billion dollars, says Milan Prostran, an agriculture expert.

The drought has reduced agricultural output by about 20 percent compared to the average annual yield, and by 30 percent compared to the previous, record year.

That is why the lost value exceeds a billion dollars, says Milan Prostran, an agriculture expert.

Last year's global weather was the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, a U.S. government report said Aug. 10.

The 27th annual State of the Climate report, prepared by more than 450 scientists from nearly 60 countries under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration's watch, said 2016 marked the third straight year of record warmth.

With the first six months of 2017 in the books, average global surface temperatures so far this year are 0.94°C above the 1950-1980 average, according to NASA. That makes 2017 the second-hottest first six calendar months on record, behind only 2016, The Guardian reported.

Unless carbon emissions are curtailed, climate change may expose 1.5 billion people in South Asia to potentially lethal heat and humidity in the near future, according to National Geographic.

Almost 40 per cent of Russians believe that global warming is fiction and speculation. This shows a poll of the state sociological agency BCIOM, reports Mediapool.

Humans must start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as soon as possible to avoid saddling future generations with a choice between extreme climate change or spending hundreds of trillions of dollars to avoid it, according to new research.