Climate

    Rich nations “must consign coal power to history” – UK COP26 president
    22 Jul 2021

    Climate change talks in 2021 aimed at keeping global warming in check need to consign coal power to history, the British president of the upcoming United Nations conference said on Wednesday. Britain will host the next U.N. climate conference, called COP26, in November in Glasgow, Scotland. The meeting aims to spur more ambitious commitments by […]

    Summer heat 2021 and climate change
    21 Jul 2021

    In Canada and Russia recently an abnormal heat was observed – almost +50° C. And in Kuwait, one of the warmest countries in the world, it is “more than +70° C in the sun”, according to local media. Has global warming led to this? Will it always be this way now? And is it possible […]

    Floods in Europe: death toll rises to 170 in Germany and Belgium disaster
    19 Jul 2021

    In mid-July, downpours of historic intensity occurred in several regions of Western Europe, causing many rivers to overflow their banks. Particularly affected are areas in western Germany in the lands of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. According to German meteorologists, a monthly rainfall fell per night in some areas, and such rains have not been seen […]

    It’s raining in the UAE for the first time in the middle of summer: the successful testing of cloud seeding technologies
    19 Jul 2021

    While the world is suffering from record temperatures, the United Arab Emirates has used rain call technology. Heavy rainfall has been reported in several parts of the UAE since June 14, even though it is not common in the region at this time, haqqin.az reports. In the UAE, scientists have enhanced the rain in the […]

    Why Kuwait is one of the hottest places on earth
    17 Jul 2021

    Just in the past two weeks, Kuwait recorded the highest temperatures in the world. On Friday, the temperature in the northern city of Al Jahra touched 53.5°C. Similarly, two weeks ago Nuwaiseeb, south of Kuwait City on the border with Saudi Arabia, recorded the highest temperature in the world for 2021, with a record 53.2°C. […]

    Siberia wildfires: Russia army planes and thousands of firefighters battle blazes
    15 Jul 2021

    About 800,000 hectares of forest destroyed so far in region enveloped by smoke as Russia suffers through ‘abnormal heatwave,’ The Guadian reports. Russia’s army has sent water-bombing planes to support thousands of firefighters battling huge wildfires in Siberia, a region known for its frozen tundra that is now sweltering under a heatwave. Flames are tearing […]

    California’s wildfires are outpacing last year’s record-breaking season
    15 Jul 2021

    The number of wildfires in California to date this year is greater than the amount recorded in the same period in 2020 — a year which saw more burned acreage than any recorded year in history, according to data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also (CAL FIRE). Between January 1 to […]

    How Arab states are accelerating climate action in the run-up to COP26
    14 Jul 2021

    As representatives of governments and other attendees prepare to gather in Glasgow from Oct. 31 for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), observers are hopeful that the summit can effect meaningful change, Arab News reports. The conference — under the theme “Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change” – will include […]

    25 cities are responsible for more than half of the city’s greenhouse gases
    14 Jul 2021

    Only 25 cities, mostly Chinese, are responsible for more than half of greenhouse gases of urban origin, Reuters reports. In addition to Chinese cities, Moscow and Tokyo are among the biggest polluters. A group of Chinese scientists analyzed emissions from 167 cities in 53 countries and published the results in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. Emissions […]

    “Cooked alive.” Billions of mollusks and fish have died in Canada due to the abnormal heat
    13 Jul 2021

    Canadian experts have stated that ecosystems are vulnerable to abnormal heat in Canada. More than a billion mollusks and fish have died along the Pacific coast, The Guardian reports. The death of marine life can temporarily affect water quality, because they are the ones who act in nature as paramedics. Due to fifteen days of […]