PARIS, France -- Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people -- 96 percent of humanity -- felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said. But some regions felt it far more sharply and frequently than others, according to a report based on...
PARIS, France -- Country climate pledges leave the world on track to heat by as much as 2.6 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations assessment Wednesday warning that emissions must fall 45 percent this decade to limit disastrous heating. The United Nations Environment Programme,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Hot weather has become a health risk for many nations, but new data shows that almost every child on earth will be affected by heatwaves by 2050, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. Children spend time in a spring during a heatwave near Jerusalem, on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has commended Ormoc City for emphasizing initiatives that address natural hazards and climate change, saying it could help the government raise awareness about what he called an "existential issue." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM...
CHURCHILL, Canada -- Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage. Polar bears observe a pod of beluga whales passing near the shoreline of the Hudson Bay near Churchill on August 9, 2022. Olivier MORIN...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday. This picture taken on September 2, 2022 above Ulrichen shows glaciologist and head of...
PARIS, France -- Even without any future global warming, Greenland's melting ice sheet will cause major sea level rise, with potentially "ominous" implications over this century as temperatures continue to rise, according to a study published Monday. Rising sea levels -- pushed up mainly by melting...
What do you get when you combine Filipino creativity with Japanese ingenuity? Or, in the real estate world, when you combine Japanese building technology and Filipino market knowledge? You only get the best of the best. This is perhaps the reason why two leading real estate companies in their own...
The Korean drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” topped Netflix’s weekly chart for the sixth time to become the most viewed title. Netflix released its weekly Global Top 10 for the most watched shows and films from Aug. 15 to 21. “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is the No. 1 title on Netflix...
Chinese International School Manila (CISM) and Domuschola International School (DIS), two highly reputed International Baccalaureate (IB) schools in Manila, have entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation (GSF). GSF schools offering the IB diploma having...
The Marcos administration welcomed anew increases in internet download speeds in both fixed broadband and mobile for the Philippines by Ookla Speedtest Global Index’s July 2022 report. The country’s fixed broadband median speed increased to 75.62Mbps from 68.94Mbps registered the month before....
Nickel miner Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI) registered a 34 percent drop in consolidated net income to P417.4 million for the first half of 2022 from the P640.8 million earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the results are...
