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Tibetan plateau, Qinghai province, China

Environment

Warmer winters mean world’s highest places may store less carbon

At high altitudes, global warming is having its strongest effect on winter temperatures – and that might mean soils there store less carbon than we expected

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (14768605x) A restaurant is surrounded by sand bags as the city prepares for Hurricane Milton in Bonita Beach, Florida, USA, 08 October 2024. According to the National Hurricane Center's Live Hurricane Tracker, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on the west coast of Florida on the evening of 09 October. After rapidly intensifying into a Category 5 storm on 07 October, Milton is expected to weaken as it reaches shore but will still bring significant weather impacts across the state. Florida prepares for landfall of Hurricane Milton, Fort Myers, USA - 08 Oct 2024

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How hurricanes like Milton spawn tornadoes

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Once we pass 1.5°C of global warming, there is no going back

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Environment

Extreme hurricane season is here and it is fuelled by climate change

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The Park Fire burns through the night on July 30, 2024 near Chico, California

Environment

Growing number of Earth's ‘vital signs’ endangered by climate change

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Earth

El Niño pattern can bring wet weather to UK one year later

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Environment

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an 'astounding' rate

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Bill Gates in What?s Next: The Future with Bill Gates. Cr. Netflix ? 2024

Technology

Bill Gates's Netflix series offers some dubious ideas about the future

Culture

Foraminifera, shells, debris. Mediterranean sea.

Environment

Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common

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Coral bleaching

Environment

Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

Coral reefs around the world are at risk of collapse due to rising temperatures and acidifying oceans, but the natural adaptability of some species may help buy time

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Environment

Jet contrails may cool the planet by day and warm it by night

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Environment

Geoengineering is now essential to saving the Arctic's ice

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Environment

Jet stream shifts are linked to fires, failed harvests and the plague

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Environment

Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests

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