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How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe

For decades, the oceans have absorbed much of the excess heat caused by greenhouse gases. The latest observations suggest they are reaching their limits, so how worried should we be?

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Environment

Controversial idea to save corals would replace them with new species

News

Environment

Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes

News

We are risking a heat disaster for athletes at the Olympics in Paris

Environment

We are risking a heat disaster for athletes at the Olympics in Paris

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Aerial view of south London including London Bridge, The Shard skyscraper and River Thame

Environment

Making roofs white or reflective is the best way to keep a city cool

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RXCYW8 Air conditioner units on a roof of industrial building

Environment

Cool solutions could head off the climate-damaging rush for air con

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Taylor Roades: Rust River Earth Photo 2024 Shortlisted Entry 2023 was the hottest year on global record and the Arctic is disproportionately affected by these elevated temperatures. The remote Western Brooks Range of North West Alaska has recorded a 2.4 degree increase in temperature since 2006. Permafrost, the layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year is thawing at an unprecedented rate, exposing the bedrock and all metals that have been frozen within it, to the elements. Tukpahlearick Creek and its tributaries are now flowing bright orange with oxidized iron and sulphuric acid. The change to water quality, and risks associated with metals in the water pose dire threats to ecosystems downstream that rely on these waters, and are symbolic of the far reaching consequences of climate change.

Earth

Photos of a rusting Alaskan river win New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ Editors Award

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2X4HHK9 extreme heat wave 2024

Environment

Don't be fooled by El Niño's end – net zero is more urgent than ever

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2A1B24J Global Climate Strike London

Environment

Old-fashioned pessimism might actually help us fight climate change

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WW4018 Planes at Las Vegas airport

Environment

We can't get to net zero without tackling inequality

Inequality is a major obstacle to sustainability. The super-rich are an environmental horror story that we can't ignore, says Graham Lawton

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Environment

The world just experienced the hottest February on record

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Earth

Stark mountain landscapes exposed in Canada as glaciers shrink

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Physics

Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

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Environment

Forget what long-lived sea sponges say, focus on reaching net-zero

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