Is the Earth warming? Is this warming is caused by pollution? Will the change in climate bring violent weather, storms, floods, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, desertification of large areas etc.? All these issues are exciting and controversial. It is logically so because we are talking about a problem with serious implications on the lives … [Read more…]
The rate of climatic change that is occurring in our planet is happening at an alarming rate. What is even more damaging is the fact that we try to look away from the dangers that are lurking for us. We often try to deny the fact the time is running out. And the alarming part … [Read more…]
The researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand have revealed their measurements of global average cloud height in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In the ten-year period, the global cloud height has dropped by 1%, or around 30 to 40 metres everywhere in the world. These numbers may seem insignificant, but … [Read more…]
From the 16th to the 19th century the world faced a period of very cold winters which led to poor crops, famines and many other problems that made life on Earth more difficult. Although it wasn’t a real ice age the term ‘Little Ice Age’ was coined later. It is not absolutely clear what caused … [Read more…]