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We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures

A decline in low-lying cloud cover means Earth is absorbing more solar radiation, which could explain 0.2°C of missing heat scientists have been struggling to account for

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The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

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The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

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Stalagmites at Oregon Caves National Monument

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What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

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Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future

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Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models

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Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters

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Robot balloons are snapping centimetre-resolution photos of the US

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Morocco - Tafilalt Oasis - On July 2019 a wildfire spread over 3km across the palm grove burning more than 10,000 trees of which 2500 were palm trees. Summer wildfires are due to a combination of extreme temperatures and lying dead trees. which can easily catch fire in the summer months.

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Images reveal how climate change is upending life in Morocco's oases

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Images contain stitched photos to create a panorama. Top: Historical panorama image from the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1967 (reference n. NP051261), shows the glaciers Kongsbreen and Kronobreen merging and surrounding Colleth??gda Island, outside Ny ??lesund, Svalbard. Bottom: Panorama image taken from the same position by photographer Christian Aslund on the 24th August 2024. Greenpeace has commissioned photographer Christian Aslund to continue a project he began in 2002 - to carry out visual research of glaciers in Svalbard and document their retreat over time. While sailing aboard the Greenpeace vessel ???Witness???, Aslund revisited glaciers he first documented in 2002 as well as photographing others, new to this project. The Arctic has been warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, due to

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Striking photos highlight the stark reality of Arctic glacier melt

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2XMXH3D London, UK. 30th July 2024. UK Weather: Heatwave sunset over St. Paul's Cathedral and Tower Bridge ends a warm Tuesday. The UK may have its hottest day of the year so far, as temperatures are expected to top 30C (86F) today. Credit: Guy Corbishley/Alamy Live News

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Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change

By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in urban centres - that's just one reason why mayors will be essential to addressing the climate crisis, making vital adaptations to cities to make them more bearable in a warming world

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Vaclav Smil's take on how to feed future populations has one big flaw

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Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?

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Countries are cheating their way to net zero by overrelying on forests

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Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice

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