The largest ever recorded leap in the amount of carbon dioxide laden in the world’s atmosphere has just occurred, according to researchers who monitor the…
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‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns
The world is on the verge of a climate abyss, the UN has warned, in response to a Guardian survey that found that hundreds of…
View More ‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
“Sometimes it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken,” says the climate scientist Ruth Cerezo-Mota. “After all the flooding, fires, and droughts of…
View More ‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despairWorld’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels this century, blasting past internationally…
View More World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C targetUK public invited to dance for worms to help assess soil health
Dancing for worms may seem an odd pursuit, but an environment charity is calling for people across the UK to charm the creatures from the…
View More UK public invited to dance for worms to help assess soil healthEndangered red handfish returned to the wild off Tasmania after heatwave rescue – video
Scientists have returned 18 red handfish to Tasmanian waters months after they were removed to protect them from record high sea temperatures. Marine ecologist Dr…
View More Endangered red handfish returned to the wild off Tasmania after heatwave rescue – videoPoorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader
Poor countries must demonstrate clearer accounting and transparency to back up their calls for trillions of dollars of climate finance, the president of global climate…
View More Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leaderWeather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil
Torrential rainstorms in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have caused the worst flooding the country has seen in 80 years, many deaths…
View More Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in BrazilUK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers
The UK has installed a record number of public electric car chargers this year, as companies race to keep up with the growing number of…
View More UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargersCop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan
This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation…
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