The aurora borealis has lit up the night sky with rare sightings across the UK, Europe and the northern hemisphere. The northern lights were spotted…
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The perfect storm for small talk? Weather forecasters aim at long-range accuracy
The mainstay of casual conversation – the unexpected state of the weather – is under existential threat. Scientists plan to make forecasts so accurate they…
View More The perfect storm for small talk? Weather forecasters aim at long-range accuracyAtmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on
The storm raged over California for more than five days. As the powerful atmospheric river made landfall, furious winds and torrential downpours ripped trees from…
View More Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is onWorld ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says study
The climate crisis threatens to roll back decades of progress towards better health and governments are ill-prepared to stop it, the World Meteorological Organization has…
View More World ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says studyHeat denial: influencers question validity of high temperatures
As thermometers creep upwards, it has become harder and harder to deny the reality of the climate crisis. Some, however, are questioning whether temperatures are…
View More Heat denial: influencers question validity of high temperatures‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
The record-shattering heatwaves, wildfires and floods destroying lives in the US, Europe, India, China and beyond in 2023 have raised an alarming question: have humanity’s…
View More ‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?Risk of hot summer in UK is more than twice normal figure, forecasters warn
Temperatures have soared above 30C for the first time this year – and meteorologists forecast the chance of Britain experiencing a hot summer is now…
View More Risk of hot summer in UK is more than twice normal figure, forecasters warnResearchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in Somalia
A team of researchers in Canada say they have discovered two new minerals – and potentially a third – after analysing a slice of a…
View More Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in SomaliaOrigin site of oldest Martian meteorite ‘Black Beauty’ named after WA mining town
Artificial intelligence has helped pinpoint the exact origin site of the oldest Martian meteorite, in a discovery researchers say provides clues about the planet’s early…
View More Origin site of oldest Martian meteorite ‘Black Beauty’ named after WA mining townBurning planet: why are the world’s heatwaves getting more intense?
When the temperature readings started to come through from Antarctic weather stations in early March, scientists at first thought there might have been some mistake.…
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