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Three species of weasels, once common in North America, are likely in decline, including a species…Flood risk will rise as climate heat intensifies
A warmer world will be a wetter one. Ever more people will face a higher flood risk as rivers rise… -
234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming…
This week, hundreds of scientists from around the world are finalizing a report that assesses the…Climate explained: how the IPCC reaches scientific consensus on…
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- Tim Radford
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Fossils from around 56 million years ago warn of the dwarfing effect that dramatic global warming can have on mammal species.
- Tim Radford
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Maldives have been dangerously weakened by coral bleaching caused by global warming and El Niño events.
- Terry Macalister
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Campaigners are calling for European banks to pull the plug on the controversial Southern Gas Corridor project due to Azerbaijan’s human rights record.
- Jim Erickson, University of Michigan
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More than 50 million years ago, when Earth experienced a series of extreme global warming events, early mammals responded by shrinking in size.
- Kieran Cooke
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Donald Trump’s proposed budget for next year would devastate science
- Tim Radford
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Field experiment on a special area of US grassland shows how climate change could disrupt the delicate life cycle of ecosystems.
- Tim Radford
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By 2100 much of Europe faces severe coastal flooding and sea level rise averaging over 50 centimetres, even with stringent greenhouse gas cuts, scientists say.
- Kieran Cooke
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Climate change and a $10bn-dollar development scheme in the Maldives pose double danger for the Indian Ocean tourist paradise,
- Tim Radford
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Research into natural causes of summer loss of Arctic sea ice reveals human responsibility for drastic changes to the region’s ecology.
- Tim Radford
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A dangerous mix of human-caused devastation and cyclic drought could start a vicious circle of forest dieback in the Amazon.
- Alex Kirby
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A new scheme that pumps filtered air into homes aims to improve life for people in urban China and reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide.
- Tim Radford
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US-based research has found that even a modest switch to a more vegetable-based diet could lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
- Alex Kirby
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Researchers say improved education levels of future populations are a key factor in predicting climate change impacts on humans.
- Tim Radford
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Europe can expect mounting coastal climate damage during this century, scientists say, with similar problems affecting the rest of the world as well.
- Alex Kirby
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New analysis of how some of the severest droughts can travel thousands of kilometres could help save many lives in future.
- Alex Kirby
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Destruction of the Guiana Shield’s tropical rainforest in South America is linked to increased gold mining as the precious metal’s price rises.
- Tim Radford
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Drought and unsustainable practices are placing forests at risk, yet they are crucial to the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming.
- Tim Radford
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The northern hemisphere is experiencing a much earlier spring due to global warming, causing problems for plants and wildlife as the natural cycle goes out of sync.
- Tim Radford
- Read Time: 3 mins
New studies show the effect of climate change on fish in the Amazon, and find evidence that human impact on the rainforest goes back thousands of years.
- Tim Radford
- Read Time: 4 mins
Between 1992 and 2012, humans were more responsible than natural causes for wildfires in the US, due to population growth, urban expansion and global warming.
- Tim Radford
- Read Time: 3 mins
It may be a staple of many national diets, but bread’s climate impact, mainly through its dependence on fertilisers, is massive, researchers find.
- Tim Radford
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How much summer sunlight strikes the Earth’s far north helps to reveal when an Ice Age will occur, scientists say, aiding understanding of human history.
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