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Natural feedbacks will warm world an extra 20 per cent this century
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (419+ words) Alec Luhn is a journalist focused on climate, conflict and migration whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The New York Times, Scientific American, TIME, WIRED, CBS News radio and VICE News television. He has reported…...
Super El Ni??o set to cause 'terribly dangerous' drought in the Amazon
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (405+ words) Madeleine Cuff is an environment reporter at New Scientist, covering the science of climate change, its impacts and solutions to the crisis. Her beat also ranges across wildlife, conservation and the natural world. Before joining New Scientist in October 2022, Madeleine…...
The UK just had its hottest summer ever
1+ week, 5+ day ago (389+ words) The UK’s dry, hot and sunny summer has provisionally entered the record books as the hottest season for the country since records began in 1884. The average temperature for the months of June, July and August was 16.5°C (61.7°F), the national…...
Hot weather in the UK is now almost as deadly as a cold snap
2+ week, 4+ day ago (350+ words) Winter has traditionally been the most deadly season in the UK. But that is changing thanks to searing summer heatwaves, with the number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales each year now rivalling deaths from cold weather. Across England…...
Fate of the AMOC may depend on how quickly CO2 rises
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (655+ words) The fate of a critical ocean current may depend more on how fast our planet heats up than the temperature level we ultimately end up with. Earth could warm by more than 5°C above pre-industrial levels but still enjoy a…...
We must adapt to climate change while also tackling the root cause
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) When your house is on fire, should you call a firefighter, an architect or a politician? OK, that’s an easy one – but what about when the world is on fire? That is a question many of us will be wrestling…...
Why sitting under a parasol is barely cooler than being in the sun
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (458+ words) During all the recent extreme heat, you may have found yourself feeling really hot even while in the shade of a parasol or beach umbrella. Well, it isn’t just you – calculations suggest that parasols reduce the effective temperature only by…...
How Europe can make its landscapes more fire-resilient
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (624+ words) Alec Luhn is a journalist focused on climate, conflict and migration whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The New York Times, Scientific American, TIME, WIRED, CBS News radio and VICE News television. He has reported…...
This El Niño will be the hottest by a huge margin
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (625+ words) The planet-warming super El Niño now developing will almost certainly be the strongest ever, breaking the record by an unprecedented margin. Out of hundreds of simulations by 14 forecast models, 90 per cent predict the El Niño will reach a sea surface…...
Can everyone live a ‘good life’ without destroying the planet?
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1240+ words) April Reese is an award-winning freelance science writer and editor based in Aveiro, Portugal. Her reporting from across Europe, the American Southwest and beyond has appeared in Scientific American, Audubon, Nature, Science magazine, bioGraphic, High Country News, Aeon and other…...