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One Third of Europe’s Seed-Dispersing Species Face Decline: Why This Crisis Threatens 190 Native Plants

Europe is experiencing a “worrying seed dispersal crisis,” concluded an international team of researchers led by the University of Coimbra, who published an article in the scientific journal Science this Friday. At

Rahul Somvanshi

October 20, 2024

Adventure·Climate·Sport

Winter Sports on the Brink: FIS and WMO Unite to Combat Climate Threat as Glaciers Shrink and Races Cancelled

In an unprecedented move, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has partnered with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to confront the existential threat posed by climate change to winter sports. This

Rahul Somvanshi

October 6, 2024

Kamala Harris & Donald Trump shaking hands before starting the debate on the national television.

Climate·Energy·Politics·USA

Trump and Harris: Unexpected Allies in Fossil Fuel Growth – What Their Gas and Oil Support Means for Climate Policy?

Table of Contents: Trump and Harris: Unexpected Allies in Fossil Fuel Support Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have very few things in common. Their visions on geopolitics, immigration or abortion are completely

Sunita Somvanshi

September 16, 2024

Al borde de la costa de Tarifa, en el ‘balcón de África’, una pareja de milanos sobrevuela un lugar cercano al Centro para la Investigación de la Migración y el Cambio Global (CIMA) de la Fundación Migres. Estamos en uno de los lugares de observación y conteo de aves del estrecho, el Observatorio de Cazalla. Photo Credit: (Sinc). Strait of Gibraltar Birds

Climate·Nature·Wildlife

Climate Change Alters Flight Schedules for Over 400,000 Migrating Birds at the Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar, a narrow 14 km passage separating Europe from Africa, is one of the most significant migratory routes for birds. This natural bottleneck channels millions of birds annually as

Karmactive Staff

July 6, 2024

AI Steps Up in the Fight Against Climate-Driven Algal Blooms Photo Credits: European Space Agency

Artificial Intelligence·Climate·Science

AI Steps Up in the Fight Against Climate-Driven Algal Blooms: Los Alamos Team Tackles Water Safety Challenges

At last, AI is being promptly applied to find ways to mitigate the climate crisis. AI is to be used to forecast and better understand a growing threat to water caused by

Rahul Somvanshi

June 22, 2024

The Wild BoarThe Wild Boar, Photo Source-Richard Bartz(CC BY-SA 2.5)

Infestation·USA

Wild Pig Crisis Escalates: Over 6 Million Rampage Across 35 States, Threatening $2.5 Billion in Agriculture

Recent reports from local press and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have highlighted a wild pig plague that has affected dozens of farmers in Florida in recent months. According to

Govind Tekale

June 13, 2024

Simon Stiell delivering opening speech at the June UN Climate Meetings.

Climate·News

Heading for Climate Hell: World on Course for 2.7°C Warming—Can Humanity Survive?

Simon Stiell, chief of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) warned the world is headed for 2.7 degree Celsius warming. He was addressing the opening plenary of UNFCCC at Bonn. The

Govind Tekale

June 4, 2024

EarthCARE separates. Photo Credit- The European Space Agency.

Climate·Space

EarthCARE’s Debut Orbit: Satellite to Unveil Climate Mysteries with Unprecedented Aerosol and Radiation Data Capture

The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite has been launched. EarthCARE is a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) aimed at

Rahul Somvanshi

June 2, 2024

This three-panel image shows a boulder star coral in St. Croix, USVI, as it shifted from healthy (May 2023), to bleached (October 2023), to recovered (March 2024), following extreme marine heat stress throughout the Caribbean basin in 2023. (Image credit: NOAA)

Marine Life·News·Ocean

Coral Reefs in Crisis: 60% Affected by Bleaching in Record Heat – Is the 4th Global Event the Worst Yet?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on the 16th that over the past year, more than 60% of the world’s coral reefs have been affected by sea surface temperature increases

Govind Tekale

May 29, 2024

Global MERRA-2 atmospheric temperature at 650 hPa (approximately 11,500 feet) on July 12, 2016. Red/dark red colors indicate higher atmospheric temperatures; blue/purple colors indicate lower temperatures. Credit: NASA GMAO.

Artificial Intelligence·Climate·Space

NASA and IBM’s Prithvi Model: A 12x Boost in Climate Forecast Accuracy

In collaboration with IBM Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA has developed the new AI foundation model, Prithvi-weather-climate (Prithvi is Sanskrit for Earth) to support the improvement of regional and local

Govind Tekale

May 23, 2024