Why Methane Matters?
Reading Time: 2 minutesTWO new signs of large natural methane gas leakages, which scientists on the spot are ascribing to warming conditions, underline the urgency of ensuring that human activity does not further increase the problem by pushing average global temperatures even higher. Researchers from Stockholm University on the icebreaker Oden in the Arctic Ocean reported from the site that “vast […]
Methane and Global Warming
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY DR ZELINA ZAITON IBRAHIM ON November 2, 2021, the United States, the European Union, and partners, formally launched the Global Methane Pledge during the twenty-sixth Conference of Parties meeting (COP26). Malaysia has joined the Pledge. More than 100 countries have committed to reducing global anthropogenic methane emissions across all sectors, by at least 30 percent […]
Flash floods, temperature spike indicators of climate change in M’sia
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor answers to these questions, The Petri Dish editor-in-chief DR MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN spoke to Dr Noorashikin Md Noor – a research fellow at Earth Observation Centre, Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Flash floods have become a common phenomenon, there is no distinct rain season and temperatures are higher than what it was 40 years ago […]