Life on earth under risk, we need a global change
BY NAGEHAN ALÇI COLUMNS AUG 07, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A man rides away from an advancing fire in Çökertme village, near Bodrum, Muğla province, Turkey, Aug. 2, 2021. (AP Photo) The climate […]
World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024, UN weather agency says
Firefighters works at a forest fire in a burned national park at the Dutch-German border near Herkenbosch, Netherlands, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo) The world could see annual global temperatures […]
Syrian refugees in Jordan beware: Sub-zero temperatures, snow forecast for next week
By Hana Namrouqa – Jan 20,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian refugee walks back to his family’s tent after collecting wood to be used for heating, at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, some 90km northeast of Amman, on Wednesday (AP photo by […]
Cyclone Mahasen Fizzles as It Hits Bangladesh
Source: NY Times. COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely, meteorological officials said. At least 18 deaths related to Mahasen were reported in […]
World Bank fears devastating 4.0 degree global warming
WASHINGTON: ARAB NEWS The World Bank has warned that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor. Issuing a call for action, the World Bank tied the future wealth of the planet — and especially developing […]
Jordan: It rained !!! Cooler, clearer weather forecast as unstable conditions break
Royal Jordanian diverts flights to Amman Marka airport due to dust, winds by Hana Namrouqa Jordan Times AMMAN — The unstable weather conditions that have affected the Kingdom over the […]
Global Warming Makes Heat Waves More Likely, Study Finds
Source : NY Times. Some of the weather extremes bedeviling people around the world have become far more likely because of human-induced global warming, researchers reported on Tuesday. Yet they ruled it out as a cause of last year’s devastating floods in Thailand, one of the most striking weather events […]