Humanity's tipping point? How the Queen's death stole a climate warning's thunder
Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months?
Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months?
Environment
May 5, 2023
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A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse by mid-century, according to a new study, and scientists have said before that such a collapse could cause catastrophic sea-level ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2023
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A world without sharks is a world less resilient to extreme climate events, scientists say.
Ecology
Feb 26, 2021
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The world is getting hotter, causing shifts in seasonal patterns and increasing the amount of extreme weather such as severe droughts and heat waves, which can affect crop yields and food supplies. A recent study led by a ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2023
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An opinion piece published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences urgently calls for more research into the specific pathways by which civilization could potentially collapse due to climate change.
Environment
Oct 7, 2022
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What worries one of the world's leading climate scientists the most?
Environment
Jul 23, 2021
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Morocco was hit by a fiery weekend heatwave that saw temperatures reach nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), the country's weather service said on Monday.
Environment
Jul 12, 2021
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Researchers who set out to test the widespread theory that the UK is experiencing an alarming plunge in insect numbers have found no evidence For "insect Armageddon."
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2019
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Fires have gotten larger, more frequent and more widespread across the United States since 2000, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led paper. Recent wildfires have stoked concern that climate change is causing ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2022
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Extreme hot spells made increasingly likely by climate change could overload urban power grids and cause roving blackouts as an ever-greater share of humanity opt to live in cities, scientists said Monday.
Environment
Feb 17, 2020
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