Climate change heightens risk of Indian farmer suicides
On a small farm in India's Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself.
New climate paradigm shift
UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024, official figures show
Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says
Report forecasts climate change to drive rise in heart disease
Researchers say 50,000 years of healthy life lost annually in Australia to weather-linked cardiovascular disease.
‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals
Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped
Mechanisms behind a steep rise in temperature
Mechanisms behind a steep rise in temperature
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate
Earth’s plants and soils reached peak carbon dioxide sequestration in 2008 but proportion absorbed has been declining since, study finds
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised
In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature
2°C crossed
Blog edited by Sam Carana, with news on climate change and warming in the Arctic due to snow and ice loss and methane releases from the seafloor.
Should people be told?
Should people be told?
Top yet contested climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by…
Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point
Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole
Earth shattered heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up?
Nature - Nature examines whether the temperature spike is a blip or an enduring — and concerning — trend.
Record levels of heat-related deaths in 2023 due to climate crisis, report finds
Almost half of global land area saw extreme drought for at least one month, according to Lancet Countdown
Weatherwatch: On the brink of overshooting the 1.5C climate target
Even temporarily passing the Paris 2015 limit will mean severe storms, heatwaves and floods
Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts
Record emissions, temperatures and population mean more scientists are looking into possibility of societal collapse, report says
Large French Alpine ski resort to close in face of shrinking snow season
Local people and businesses left ‘in lurch’ after council says it cannot afford to support or develop Alpe du Grand Serre
Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border
Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits
Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows
Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability
The Hague becomes world’s first city to pass law banning fossil fuel-related ads
Legislation makes it illegal to advertise fossil fuel products and services with a high carbon footprint
‘The Adriatic is becoming tropical’: Italian fishers struggle to adapt to warm sea
Sticky mucilage made of microalgae covers the surface and fishing is impossible as waters reach 30C
With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green
Despite warnings that climate change would create widespread desertification, many drylands are getting greener because of increased CO2 in the air — a trend that recent studies indicate will continue. But scientists warn this added vegetation may soak up scarce water supplies.
Extreme weather halts container traffic at Cape of Good Hope - Container News
Severe weather conditions near the Cape of Good Hope have halted box traffic this week, according to an analysis by LSEG Shipping Research.
Swiss Re says industry failed to estimate impact of extreme weather
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World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds
Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates
Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves
World ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January
Effect of El Niño phenomenon combined with human-driven global heating is causing increasing alarm among scientists
Revisiting the hot model problem
Despite a hot 2023 and the recent Hansen et al paper, there is still reason to doubt very high climate sensitivity models
Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary
Major US climate disasters occur every three weeks, report finds
Fifth National Climate Assessment says nowhere is safe from warming, but some communities are impacted harder than others.
Extreme weather events caused by global warming cost the country around US$150 billion in direct damages each year, says the climate report, released on 14 November. From 2018 to 2022, the United States experienced 89 climate disasters that each cost at least $1 billion in damages. That equates to one every three weeks, as compared with one every four months in the 1980s.
“Climate change is here,” says Arati Prabhakar, Biden’s chief science adviser and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. But Prabhakar says that the United States is stepping up to the challenge with significant new climate investments, “and this gives us hope that we can move at a scale that the climate notices”.