Scientists Say Carbon Emissions Breaching Crucial Threshold
An alarming report has indicated that global carbon emissions are on track to surpass the 1.5C threshold established by the Paris Agreement.
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An alarming report has indicated that global carbon emissions are on track to surpass the 1.5C threshold established by the Paris Agreement.
A total of 21 previously endangered species have gone extinct, US Wildlife officials said. The agency said Americans lost an opportunity to preserve critical animal species that put our climate actions in question.
Japan remembered the victims that perished at the hands of US nuclear weapons in 1945. The 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation was held in the Japanese city of Nagasaki where the Mayor Shiro Suzuki, a nuclear bomb survivor himself, called on the world to abandon nuclear weapons.
A new scientific study has found that traffic is linked to increased risks of hypertension and heart diseases. Researchers accumulated data from over 240,000 participants aged 40-69-years-old and concluded that traffic noise coupled with air pollution can significantly increase risk of heart failures and other complications.
The United Nations Chief of human rights said that Artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to human rights. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mentioned that the recent advancements in AI posed a great danger to human rights if not controlled or prevented.
The World Health Organization has confirmed the outbreak of a new deadly virus called ‘Marburg virus’ in Equatorial Guinea. At Least nine people died because of the Ebola like virus, according to WHO. In 2014, the Ebola virus killed 11,310 people in two years in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Qatar has dispatched world cup home containers to earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria. The container homes were designed for last year’s world cup fans. According to the foreign office statement, the containers will be sent as part of current ongoing relief efforts in the country.
Amid the accusations of ‘weaponising gas’ to Europe, now Putin has been accused of weaponsing food by heads of world’s biggest fertiliser firms. The accusations came as a surprise to many as Turkiye and Russia sealed wheat deals several times, which UN recently praised. Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused supply issues and energy prices have skyrocketed.
The latest covid outbreak in the country has brought utter misery and chaos to millions of people. The latest study from the University of Peking has found astonishing figures as it claims that covid cases in China have dramatically surged to 900 million. The figures are expected to touch a jaw-dropping 1 billion mark by the end of April.
A report by the United Nations has revealed that the depleted ozone layer will recover in 43 years. The Earth’s ozone layer, which protects out earth from UV radiations, is recovering at a rate that will close the hole above Antarctica in 43 years, a UN study conducted every four years mentioned. The scientific assessment has shown optimism in the recovery and full healing of the Earth’s protective layer.
Twitter lifted its ban on several journalists it recently banned. The Washington Post, CNN, and the New York Times each had reporters who were banned from accessing the platform. The journalists were banned when they shared location data of Elon Musk. The ban was lifted after the second poll Musk conducted. 59% of 3.6 million participants chose to lift the restriction right away.
The world population hit the 7 billion landmark just 11 years ago. There are 7 billion more people on the planet as compared to 1800, when the population was only 1 billion. Four months back, the UN predicted that the population of our world will reach the 8 billion post by the middle of November.
