Climate
Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
The world's oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming.
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Bulgaria: By the End of the Week, We can expect Snow across the Country
The warmer temperatures of late January are over. The lowest temperature is on Mount Musala - minus 8 degrees Celsius. The rains are set - they have already started in the extreme southwestern regions, as well as in the northwestern part of the country. This was announced on BNT by the forecaster from NIMH Anastasia Stoycheva.
UN confirms 2022 among eight hottest years on record
The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed on Jan. 12, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.
96% of Humanity has Felt the Impact of Global Warming
Whether they realize it or not, some 7.6 billion people - 96% of humanity - have felt the impact of global warming on temperatures in the past 12 months, researchers say.
But some regions have felt it much more strongly and more often than others, according to a report by Climate Central, a climate science think tank.
Lowest July Antarctic sea ice on record
Last month saw the lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for July, according to the European Union's satellite monitoring group.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found Antarctic sea ice extent reached 15.3 million square kilometers - some 1.1 million km2, or seven percent, below the 1991-2020 average for July.
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Climate Change: Greece will not be spared – How much will our life expectancy be reduced
The life expectancy of the inhabitants of Greece due to air pollution is expected to decrease by about a year annually.
Relatively warm weather concerns experts
A relatively warm spell that has been pervading Istanbul and Turkey's western coasts for months, despite the fact that it's the middle of winter, concerns experts.
According to the models of climate researchers and experts, there is an average temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius in Turkey until 2035, which indicates that a serious drought threat is at hand.
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Amazon birds becoming smaller and longer winged
Even the wildest parts of the Amazon untouched by humanity are being impacted by anthropogenic climate change, according to new research.
Hotter, drier conditions over the past four decades are decreasing the rainforest birds' body size while increasing their wingspans, a study published in the journal Science Advances have said.
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Editorial: The climate change battle
Climate change, or even better the climate crisis, as the prime minister describes it, is undoubtedly here, at our doorstep. One need no further eyewitness accounts or scientific affirmations to understand that.
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Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2021 Nobel Prize for physics has been shared between scientists working on models to predict global warming and the interplay of planetary systems.
One half of the prize is split between Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for their work in the 'physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming.'
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