Two meter sea level rise unstoppable-experts (Reuters)

Kolkata - a Lost City by 2100 AD

By: prabirghose

If predictions of environmentalists are to be believed, Kolkata could be one of the lost cities that would go under water by 2100. The rate of global warming is more than earlier expected and the net rise in sea level would be of the order of 1.4 meters. Kolkata would be submerged and it would take with it Dhaka and compel cities like London, New ...

9 days ago

Climate Action Day highlights the urgent need to protect endangered ...

By: DelilahStarling

Polar Bear, Sea Turtles, Spotted Owl, Caribou, and Salmon Could Go Extinct if Carbon Dioxide is Not Quickly Reduced to 350 Parts Per MillionSAN FRANCISCO— As part of today’s Global Day of Climate Action, the Center for Biological Diversity has created an extensive inventory of species threatened by global warming. The interactive Web ...

about 1 month ago

Maldives and Maritius to go under sea by 2010 as Sea levels rising ...

By: jonnalagadda3

New Delhi: A major study by a group 100 international scientists has said that sea levels are likely to rise by as much as 1.4 metres by the end of this century. This is twice as much as previously predicted in IPCC’s fourth assessment report  in 2007. if these projections come true, most areas in island nations ...

8 days ago

Predictions for climate change this century

By: inamshah

Following is a summary of expert opinion of potential impacts from climate change by the end of the century.The source is the Fourth Assessment Report, published in 2007 by the UN's Nobel-winning scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).The magnitude of impacts will mainly depend on the level of warming, which the panel ...

3 days ago