Higher temperatures make it difficult for fig tree pollinators
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCHERS from Uppsala University and elsewhere have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. The findings show that the wasps lived much shorter lives at high temperatures, which would make it difficult for them to travel the long distances between the trees they pollinate. Fig trees are very important […]
Risk of multiple climate tipping points escalates above 1.5°C global warming
Reading Time: 3 minutesMULTIPLE climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science. Even at current levels of global heating the world is already at risk of passing five dangerous climate tipping points, and risks increase with each tenth of a degree […]
Heat and humidity, the life-threatening twins
Reading Time: 2 minutesWITH the rising effects of climate change, heat waves have become more severe and intolerable around the world, posing dangerous health issues such as heat exhaustion, heat strokes, severe dehydration, and heat cramps which could even be fatal. Many places around the world have registered record-breaking high temperatures this year such as India, the UK, […]
Upfront with BBC’s Frozen Planet II
Reading Time: 8 minutes Life on thin ice with a mix of wonder, fun, and a blunt lesson on climate change FOR people living remotely away from the large expanses of land in the Arctic and Antarctica, the tundra regions may seem nothing more than bare white plains and peaks, so unvaried and humdrum. But Frozen Planet II […]
Reducing emissions in Malaysia – Methane as a Policy Priority?
Reading Time: 3 minutesReducing emissions in Malaysia – Methane as a Policy Priority? BY YONG JIE WONG, MATTHEW ASHFOLD & HELENA VARKKEY THE climate clock is ticking, and our time is running out. Failure to take the steps needed in the next few years to limit global warming to 1.5°C will push the world further into cascading and irreversible climate effects on the […]
Climate change vs air pollution: Two sides of a coin
Reading Time: 3 minutesAIR POLLUTION is considered to be one of the largest factors contributing to climate change. We are unenlightened that conversely – as climate change also causes air pollution and both can be portrayed as two sides of a coin. Associate Professor Dr Yusri Yusup, an atmospheric physicist from the field of Environmental Technology based in […]
What’s with that ‘Save the Soil’ campaign of Sadhguru?
Reading Time: 3 minutesA LONE MAN is riding a motorbike from London to India on a mission to save one of the natural resources that are tightly knit with climate mitigation – soil. He is not an environmentalist nor an activist. He is probably the coolest spiritual leader in the current age. Fondly known as Sadhguru, Jaggi Vasudev embarked […]
NGO: Declare climate emergency now
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN environmental coalition, Gabungan Darurat Iklim Malaysia (GDMY) is calling for a climate emergency declaration in Malaysia by September 16 this year. “I believe it is high time to declare a climate emergency as going into ‘relax mode’ each time after a flood disaster is not a right thing.” “Looking back at the flood trends, since 2013, […]
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 […]