A new report highlights how governments’ fossil fuel production plans contradict climate commitments. Top fossil fuel-producing countries are moving forward with extensive oil, gas and coal plans that undermine global climate commitments, a new report warns. The Paris climate agreement seeks to keep global temperature rise below 2°C, preferably limiting it to 1.5°C. In order to do […]
Dubai’s plan to create one of the world’s largest man-made reefs is already showing promising ecological returns. Newly released footage from the Dubai Reef project shows schools of native fish circling concrete reef modules – the first tangible signs of recovery in the emirate’s marine habitat. Since the project’s launch, its team says fish biomass has increased eightfold, […]
Electricity demand in the Middle East and North Africa has tripled since 2000, and it is set to increase by 50 per cent by 2035, as rapid population growth, urbanisation and industrial expansion drive up consumption. This amount is equal to the combined consumption of Germany and Spain, according to a new report by the […]
Schools across Dubai are the focus of efforts to educate children about the need for marine conservation and a “lifelong love of the ocean”. Hotel chain Jumeirah and UK-based charity Ocean Generation will take the Unesco-endorsed Ocean academy into classrooms into the emirate. A pilot scheme was unveiled this week at five international schools in Dubai […]
Nearly 60 per cent of rivers now flow with either too much or too little water. The world’s water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between destructive floods and drought, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It details how shrinking glaciers, droughts, unbalanced river basins and severe floods in 2024 […]
Scientists warn that climate change is threatening the seaweed’s ability to store carbon and support biodiversity. Marine forests off the north coast of Portugal play a major role in carbon capture and storage, scientists have discovered. The pioneering research comes from Portugal’s Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and Marine and Environmental Sciences […]
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) will share advanced data on temperatures and humidity levels with health authorities in Abu Dhabi under a new action plan to protect the public against the effects of extreme weather. The NCM on Monday agreed a five-year partnership with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre to support awareness campaigns on heat […]
Scientists have confirmed that East Antarctica’s interior is warming faster than its coastal areas and identified the cause. A 30-year study, published in Nature Communications and led by Nagoya University’s Naoyuki Kurita, has traced this warming to increased warm air flow triggered by temperature changes in the Southern Indian Ocean. Previously considered an observation “blind spot,” East […]
Artificial intelligence offers an “unprecedented opportunity” for more precise and meaningful weather forecasting, a conference in Abu Dhabi has heard. Experts and policymakers met in the UAE capital on Tuesday for the World Meteorological Organisation’s session on AI and the role it plays in weather forecasting. Dr Abdulla Al Mandous, WMO president, said that while forecasting is entering a […]
Warming seas, acidification, and sea level rise threaten biodiversity, fish stocks, and key coastal ecosystems across the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Sea recorded its warmest July on record this year, with sea surface temperatures averaging 26.68°C, according to figures from Mercator Ocean International, which operates the Copernicus Marine Service. Widespread warming saw 95 per cent of […]
