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Monday, December 1, 2025
TopicGlobal warming

Topic: Global warming

Moss can survive space, and AI can alter poll results

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Is it too late? Researchers warn West Antarctic Ice Sheet at ‘extreme risk’ of collapse

Studies reveal Antarctic ice crisis, brainless robots powered by air, the power of ‘desert cherries’ in fighting diabetes, and the link between gut microbes and heart disease.

How the rich are fuelling emissions even as they cut them at home

The wealthiest 1% around the world accounts for 15% of all emissions attributed to consumers, but if their carbon footprint is measured by the assets they own, their share jumps up to about 40%.

‘One death every minute’: Hot weather is killing more than half a million people in a year

Scientists fear that parts of the world are nearing so-called physiological tipping points, when it’s so hot and humid that people can no longer survive.

The universe’s missing mass may not be entirely invisible. Dark matter may have ‘fingerprints’

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Polluters are starting to pay attention to UN’s methane warnings

The gas has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the short-term, which also means that cutting down its emissions is one of the fastest and most effective ways to limit climate change.

Swiss glaciers record 4th-largest reduction after snowfall and heatwave

Switzerland has had its worst decade of ice melt on record, with one quarter of glacier volume lost since 2015, glaciers below 3,000m above sea level suffered in particular this year.

Trump calls climate change ‘greatest con job’ in UN General Assembly address

By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling

A fiery side-effect of melting glaciers & paging Dr Droid for gallbladder surgery

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

WMO warns Asia warming twice as fast as global average

The WMO Secy-Gen states the State of the Climate in Asia report shows 'extreme weather is already exacting an unacceptably high toll' on the flora, fauna & livelihood of the region.

On Camera

There’s pollution, violence, volcanic ash on my screen. And yet an email is more stressful

Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.