Warmer

Climate change is not only making Georgia hotter but also increasing the likelihood of snake bite, according to a new study. Every degree Celsius of daily temperature increase corresponds with about a 6% increase in snake bites, researchers…

Zhu Feng, executive dean of the school of international studies at Nanjing University, said the next US presidential election cycle could add more uncertainties to the Taiwan issue, potentially doing further harm to ties. “It might further…

PARIS: Global oceans were warmer last month than any other May in records stretching back to the 19th century, the European Union's climate monitoring unit reported on Wednesday (Jun 7). Sea temperatures at a depth of about 10m were a…

SYDNEY: Australia's populous east coast is likely to have a drier, warmer winter, the weather bureau said on Tuesday (May 23), as it forecast the likelihood of an El Nino weather pattern could be twice as high this year. Drier weather…

On a controversial trip to Taiwan, Liz Truss, Britain’s prime minister for 44 tempestuous days, met President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday and called for an “economic NATO” to counter Chinese coercion.Ms. Truss’s visit has been denounced by…

Imtiaz Khan remembers the rains of his childhood as being light and providing welcome relief from the summer heat. A heavy shower, he said, would arrive only about once a month during the rainy season.Now 48, and president of the Carli Bay…

Climate changes are conjuring a whirlwind ride that seems to present some creatures opportunities to thrive. Scientists scripting supercharged scenarios caution the difference between seasonal coping and long-term adaption is vast -- and…

There was a time when Burnaby Mountain, and the areas around it along B.C.'s south coast, was a warmer, less mountainous region where palm trees grew, according to new research that identified plant fossils unearthed at the site more than…

The Current16:13‘Warmer’ transplant lungs stay viable longer, say scientistsWhen Rick Collins qualified for a double lung transplant, he was told that once a donor organ became available, he would have 90 minutes to get to the hospital. But…

Three engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have invented a fabric that concludes the 80-year quest to make a synthetic textile modeled on Polar bear fur. The results, published recently in the journal ACS Applied Materials…