Warming seas may hit seafood availability

Warming seas may hit seafood availability

An upcoming report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will delve into how climate change is affecting the planet’s cryosphere and oceans, including marine ecosystems. Dr Phillip Williamson, one of the authors involved in the report, noted...
Sponge cities and walls to manage water levels

Sponge cities and walls to manage water levels

The fight against rising waters is an existential one for China’s economic heart of Shanghai. Its low-lying geography has made it uniquely vulnerable to rising sea levels and periodic flooding. A 2012 study found that it was the most vulnerable of nine cities...
Indian city faces double whammy of heavy rain

Indian city faces double whammy of heavy rain

Flooding in Mumbai has happened nearly every year in the past decade, with dozens having lost their lives. Even normal levels of rain are trapped by excessive construction and crumbling drainage systems that cannot deal with the flow. In addition, the sea has moved...
Battle against rising tides

Battle against rising tides

JAKARTA Two weeks ago, Ms Cin Hua, almost lost her granddaughter to a flood caused by seawater overflowing onto land in North Jakarta. Low-lying coastal plains such as those at Kerang Hijau village in North Jakarta are vulnerable to storm surges, coastal erosion and...
Climate change will hit GDP of all nations

Climate change will hit GDP of all nations

Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold, by the year 2100, economists said in a new report. The report suggested that wealth and cooler temperatures are no protection from climate change’s economic toll if...
Iceland commemorates first glacier loss

Iceland commemorates first glacier loss

Iceland was yesterday set to honour the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. A bronze plaque was to be unveiled in a ceremony to mark Okjokull in the west of...