It only takes just a fraction of a second to suffer a pretty serious burn. Asphalt and concrete in direct sunlight can often reach surface temperatures as high as 82 Celsius (180 Fahrenheit) on the hottest days, said Dr. Kevin Foster, who directs the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix. Forecasters predict another heat wave in...
Top UK officials had undeclared meetings with UAE ambassador at private parties hosted by billionaire Tory donor Michael Hintze, according to an Insight investigation by The Sunday Times. Hintze, a British-Australian hedge fund manager worth £1.7 billion, has given over £4 million to the Conservative party and founded the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a climate...
China announced on Monday that its air force will for the first time hold a joint exercise with its counterpart from the UAE, which is expected to further enhance military cooperation after the signing of a warplane deal between the two countries earlier this year, analysts said. In accordance with an annual schedule and the...
The ice sheets of Greenland are melting, and it could be worse than we thought. A new study suggests the ice sheets could be much more sensitive to human-driven climate change than previously estimated. Understanding the geological past of Greenland is vital for predicting sea-level rise, as a result of global warming. That’s because its ice holds enough...
Climate change, a global concern that continues to challenge nations worldwide, is significantly impacting Nigeria’s energy market. As Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, Nigeria’s energy sector is a critical component of its overall economic stability and growth. However, the increasing effects of climate change, including erratic rainfall patterns, rising temperatures, and extreme weather...
Approving the Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Atlantic would be a “death sentence”, climate activists have said. Regulators are considering granting the Norwegian company Equinor permission to begin exploiting one of the largest reserves of fossil fuels in the region. It would see up to 500 million barrels of oil pulled out...
In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research laboratories quickly mobilized to review historical specimens and found the fungus had been present in the country since at least 2013. In the years since, New York City has emerged as ground zero...
“Detention in horrific conditions, torture, deportation [and a] criminal conviction.” These are the risks climate activists could face if they protest at COP28, the international climate conference to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates in December, says human rights lawyer Ben Keith. Keith, who qualified as a UK barrister in 2004, focuses on a...
The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as droughts and large-scale floods, and other climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report published Thursday. Asia is the world’s most disaster-impacted region, with 81 weather, climate and water-related disasters...
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters Breakingviews) – A merger of two companies can be a headache; a merger of two countries even more so. The state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and $15 billion OMV (OMVV.VI), 32% held by the Austrian state, are in talks to merge the two petrochemical companies they cross-hold, Borouge (BOROUGE.AD) and Borealis, into an entity...