Global warming

China finds bigger role as US sidesteps Brazil climate summit - analysis

China moves to fill the diplomatic void at COP30 as the US skips the summit, leveraging its backstage role to shape global climate talks.

Attendees walk in front of the China Pavilion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, November 14, 2025.
Global warming: melting glaciers at the poles; snowstorms and freezing temperatures in other regions.

Israeli breakthrough: The technology that could save the planet from global warming

 THE IDEA of surviving a summer in Tel Aviv without aircon was not appealing

Air conditioning: Controlling the weather living in a brutally hot country - comment

Climate activists and campaigners demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of the reading of an advisory opinion that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world, The Hague, Netherlands, July 23, 2025.

In landmark opinion, World Court says countries must address climate change threat


Is Smart AC the key to fighting climate change?

Companies like Sensibo are developing AI-driven air conditioning.

 A man uses his mobile phone as he sits amidst the outer units of air conditioners, at the rear of a commercial building in New Delhi, India, April 30, 2022

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan's La Scala opera house

Activists have staged high-profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and famous art.

 La Scala opera house re-opens to the public after being closed due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Milan, Italy, May 10, 2021.

The real face of climate change - opinion

Away from the flashy screens and bombastic speeches – are real people and communities who had no hand in causing the climate disaster, who simply do not have the luxury to wait.

A child digs for water in dry riverbeds in Turkana West, Kenya.

COP27 summit to begin with plea to discuss climate compensation

At COP26 last year in Glasgow, high-income nations blocked a proposal for a loss and damage financing body, instead supporting a new three-year dialog for funding discussions.

 A view of the main entrance of the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre where the COP27 climate summit will take place, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 5, 2022.

Where will humanity go after Earth becomes uninhabitable? - study

If Earth becomes overcrowded, there must be an exo-planet somewhere out there with more room. But where?

 What will the future of humanity be after Earth becomes uninhabitable?

Hurricanes are about to get faster, wetter and more dangerous - study

A new study found that hurricanes are growing wetter and strengthening faster due to warming water temperatures – a trend researchers say is likely to continue. 

 Hurricane Ian makes its way to Florida's west coast after passing Cuba in a composite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-East weather satellite September 27, 2022.

Just Stop Oil: Is the UK-based climate movement in the pocket of oil billionaires?

With requests for cryptocurrency donations and funding from an American oil fortune heiress, the controversy surrounding Just Stop Oil is larger than one can of tomato soup and a painting.

 Activists of "Just Stop Oil" glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London

Million-year-old sediment could be the answer to ocean conservation - study

The great big ocean is still 80% unexplored, but new scientific studies may help us understand and explore more of it.

A map indicating the location of the Southern Ocean.

Extensive reforestation of semi-arid areas won't moderate global warming - study

Surprising new Israeli research finds that afforestation in semi-dry places may even make global warming worse.

 The net climatic effect of afforestation of arid areas suitable for planting. In gray - arid areas that are not suitable for planting for various reasons (agricultural areas/urban areas/hot or dry or too cold areas). In red - high heating effect. Yellow - low heating effect. Green - low cooling eff

A cheap and easy way to refreeze the poles - study

Earth’s poles are warming. There has been a record number of heatwaves reported this year in the Arctic and Antarctic, and with glaciers collapsing and ice melting, the global sea level will rise. 

 Splinters of ice peel off from one of the sides of the Perito Moreno glacier near the city of El Calafate in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, southern Argentina, on July 7, 2008.