Let’s heed the warnings of climate change, unlike in Titan tragedy - South China Morning Post
Climate change: as the Titan disaster shows, there’s no ignoring basic science | South China Morning Post
Wayne Pridelson rests at a Salvation Army cooling centre in Tucson, Arizona, which on July 26 set a new record of 40 consecutive days of 100-plus-degree-Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) temperatures. Photo: AFP
Wayne Pridelson rests at a Salvation Army cooling centre in Tucson, Arizona, which on July 26 set a new record of 40 consecutive days of 100-plus-degree-Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) temperatures. Photo: AFP
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.