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Here at WTX News, we care about our planet, we’ll keep you up to date on all the latest from the climate crisis.
What is climate crisis?
Rising temperatures are fueling environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, food and water insecurity, economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism. Sea levels are rising, the Arctic is melting, coral reefs are dying, oceans are acidifying, and forests are burning.
Why do we call it a climate crisis?
The term is applied by those who “believe it evokes the gravity of the threats the planet faces from continued greenhouse gas emissions and can help spur the kind of political willpower that has long been missing from climate advocacy”.
What are examples of climate crisis?
These phenomena include the increased temperature trends described by global warming, but also encompass changes such as sea-level rise; ice mass loss in Greenland, Antarctica, the Arctic and mountain glaciers worldwide; shifts in flower/plant blooming; and extreme weather events.”
Thousands of jetsetters are due to hit the beaches of Antalya and Alanya in the next month to try and get the last of their summer sunshine.
Climate change: 40C summers will be normal in the UK, Met Office says The Met Office has said the record-breaking heat the UK experienced in…
Evacuations as new blazes break out in Greece New wildfires have broke out leading to evacuation orders for areas close to two central Greek cities. …
‘A year like 2022, currently the warmest year on record, could be the norm by the middle of the century and relatively cool by the end of the century.’
Two people with This Is Rigged have sprayed the words ‘the people are mightier than a lord’.
Firefighters in Greece continue to battle blazes on popular tourist islands. The effort continuing a week blazes first erupted on the mainland. Temperatures in the country are expected to come down from tomorrow, but strong winds continue to pose a problem. Firefighters in host of countries around the Mediterranean have been battling blazes including in Croatia, Portugal and Italy. FRANCE 24’s Jennie Shin reports
Europe and US heatwaves near ‘impossible’ without climate change A newly published scientific study says the recent heatwaves that swept the US and Europe in…
Climate change will cause more heatwaves.
Experts say that if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels today, what we are experiencing now could become the new normal.
South Korea floods: At least 40 dead after floods and landslides A weekend of heavy rainfall in South Korea has claimed the lives of at…
Germany’s transport minister slammed the “criminal activity” of ‘Last Generation’ activists who gained access to airports in Hamburg and D?sseldorf, leaving holidaymakers facing lengthy delays
There could be 300 million green collar jobs by 2050. Meet the people leaving their carbon-intensive roles behind.
In 2022, Spain was the country in Europe worst hit by forest fires. More than 300,000 hectares went up in smoke in almost 50 separate fires. Due to drought and global warming, the Spanish government has decided to start this year’s prevention plan a month and a half early. Across the nation, regional governments, which each have their own firefighting unit, are preparing for the risk of blazes. Our correspondents report from the southern region of Valencia.
Without substantial action now, we are destined to continue our take-make-use-waste cycle, Tahmid Chowdhury writes.
‘The protest was a lot less interesting than the exit.’
The trees were reportedly protected by a preservation order.
The thrill-seeking weather watcher got within yards of a huge tornado that destroyed dozens of homes in Canada.
Climate security is key to understanding instability and fragility in and outside Europe, and this agenda should be treated as the lens through which to redefine the continent’s economic and political agency, Olivia Lazard writes.
Record snowfall is heating up under the sun and turning shades of red.
The heating was turned down to 19C.
Bangladesh has achieved an extraordinary feat as the government successfully delivers electricity to every household, accomplishing 100% electricity coverage across the country, according to an Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) report.
The UK government’s advisory body on tackling climate change on Tuesday voiced concern at the slow pace of the transition to clean energy, warning time was running out to meet its goals.
Keir Starmer pledges to end North Sea exploration and let areas profit from clean power Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to make a…
Switzerland referendum: Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt In Switzerland, voters have shown their support for a new climate bill aimed at reducing the…