Tag: Climate change

“The Herds”: Life-Sized Animal Sculptures Raise Climate Awareness Across Africa
In the streets of Dakar, Senegal, life-sized animal sculptures are turning heads—and sparking conversations. This is the goal of The Herds, a traveling public art project designed to generate deep emotional responses to the global climate crisis. Launched by an artist collective from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the initiative plans to travel through […]
April 30, 2025

Europe Endured Hottest Year in 2024
Sea surface temperatures for the Mediterranean Sea were the highest ever recorded, at 1.2 degrees Celsius above average. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) released a report showing that Europe experienced its hottest year on record in 2024, marked by deadly floods, prolonged heatwaves, and unprecedented climate extremes. RELATED: […]
April 17, 2025

Ecuador: Rainy Season Leaves 20 Dead So Far
Thousands of people are affected, mainly in the coastal provinces. On Wednesday, the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR) acknowledged that the heavy rains experienced in recent weeks have left over 14,000 people displaced, 111,000 affected, 20 dead, and 96 injured. RELATED: Oil Spill in Ecuador Advances Through the Esmeraldas River Toward the Pacific Ocean […]
March 20, 2025

NASA Confirms Unexpected Sea Level Rise in 2024
Since the satellite record of ocean height began in 1993, the rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled. On Thursday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed that global sea levels rose faster than anticipated in 2024, primarily due to the expansion of ocean water as it warms. RELATED: Global Sea […]
March 14, 2025

Global Sea Ice Cover Hits Record Low in February
The Arctic sea ice extent was 8% below average, marking the 3rd consecutive month of record-low extent for its respective month. On Thursday, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that daily global sea ice cover dropped to an unprecedented low in early February, reflecting the ongoing warming of the planet. RELATED: The Ocean Surface […]
March 6, 2025

Russian Scientists Develop Arctic Climate Monitoring System
A key component of this newly developed system is the Sea-Air-Wave Station. Scientists from Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed Russia’s first system for monitoring climate-active substances in the Arctic Ocean. RELATED: Brazil Proposes to Bring a Joint BRICS Position to the Climate Summit The system integrates both shipborne […]
February 28, 2025

Brazil Proposes to Bring a Joint BRICS Position to the Climate Summit
The BRICS proposal will be presented at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30). On Friday, Brazilian Ambassador Mauricio Lyrio said that his country would suggest to the BRICS emerging economies forum that it design a joint proposal to finance the fight against climate change in the poorest countries. RELATED: Climate Crisis in Bolivia: […]
February 21, 2025

Trump Makes It Harder to Save Planet: President Lula
It will be increasingly difficult for rich countries to commit to helping to save the planet, the Brazilian president warned. On Wednesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva said that U.S. President Donald Trump is making it harder to negotiate the commitments needed from rich countries to tackle climate change and contribute to the “salvation” of […]
February 13, 2025

January 2025 Was the Warmest Month on Record: Copernicus
The average temperature over European land rose 2.51 degrees above the 1991-2000 January average. On Thursday, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, with the average surface temperature 0.79 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2000 January average. RELATED: South America at the Crossroads of Climate Change: […]
February 6, 2025

The Ocean Surface is Warming Four Times Faster Than in the 1980s
Ocean temperatures were rising at a rate of 0.06 °C per decade, whereas now they are increasing by 0.27 °C every ten years. On Tuesday, the journal Environmental Research Letters published a study by the University of Reading showing that ocean surface warming has quadrupled over the past four decades. RELATED: NASA Reports Record Global […]