The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

In the wake of the destructive Hurricane Otis, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of weather forecasting. The hurricane roared ashore with 165mph winds and torrential rainfall, slamming into the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico and claiming the lives of at least 48 people.

If humanity wants to have a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we can only emit 250 another gigatonnes (billion metric tonnes) of CO₂. This effectively gives the world just six years to get to net zero, according to calculations in our new paper published in Nature Climate…

Heat kills more people than cold or floods, yet nothing in the new government’s policies suggest anything other than marginal commitment help keep the heat down, writes Pat Baskett

Cloud seeding experiment in Solapur city achieved 18% relative enhancement in rainfall, 867 million litres of water availability. Two aircraft used to study cloud parameters and for seeding, 20-25% of cumulus clouds produced rainfall, cost of producing water through cloud seeding estimated at 18 paisa/litre.s

Antarctic glaciers losing ice faster due to hidden meltwater, raising sea level rise concerns

Turbulence can displace or kill marine life, but hurricanes aren’t always bad for sea creatures

Drought

Category 5 storm struck Acapulco and leveled homes, hotels and cut off communications as military called in to help with aid efforts

The hurricane bore down on beach resort Acapulco, home to 900,000