Well, climate has been changing all the time since our earth was formed some four and a half billion years back. In the last one million years alone, there have been many significant changes in earth’s climate. The current warming trend is yet another example of climate change. Now, if you are one of those curious lot and are asking: “How […]
So what indeed is global warming? Is it just the increase in temperatures we experience in many parts of the world? Well, that’s a very simplistic and rather inaccurate definition of global warming. Sure, global warming does signify an increase in temperature of the Earth’s surface – both temperature on land and on oceans/water – as well as the temperature in […]
Global warming, a part of climate change, is caused by an increased greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect is the effect caused by certain gases in the atmosphere classified as greenhouse gases. The main greenhouse gas is CO2. In the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases trap heat. When sunlight reaches the surface of the Earth, some of it is absorbed and warms the ground, and some portion bounces back to […]
Global warming is a global problem, and one of the most serious ones at that. Naturally, the global body United Nations should play a key role in solving it? The UN indeed has been at the forefront of efforts to solve global warming. While the results of its efforts so far have been mixed, one can certainly say that it […]
How are the world’s climate change experts and leaders setting targets to control and manage climate change? Currently, the targets are being mainly set to control global warming, as that is the component of climate change that is of immediate urgency. And choosing global warming as the component to focus on makes sense too, as many other aspects of climate […]
If the earth is warming, is it getting warmer at the same rate everywhere? Well, I guess the intuitive answer is No, and that happens to be the correct answer too. Owing to global warming, Earth’s average annual air temperature – both on land and over sea – is rising, but not necessarily to the same extent in every single […]
COP refers to the Conference of the Parties. The Conference of Parties refers to those countries who joined – and are thus a “party to,” in legal terms – an international treaty called the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The COP signatories commit to take voluntary actions to prevent climate change disasters. Countries forming the COP take turns […]
We all keep hearing that global warming is a real serious threat to the world. But how exactly is it a threat? What are the various specific harm that could result from global warming? Here’s a list: A wonderful, interactive map that shows which regions around the world will be harmed by which of the above effects – The Climate Warming Effects […]
The current (2023) level of CO2 in the atmosphere is about 420 PPM – that is 420 parts of CO2 (by volume) for every million parts of the atmosphere. That appears really small, doesn’t it? In terms of percentage, it is just 0.04%! But it is this small proportion and increases to it that are resulting in large climatic changes. Instances of small climatic changes leading to […]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body, founded in 1988, which evaluates climate change science. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic […]
