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An additional 290 million people could face malnutrition by 2050 if little is done to stop the rise of greenhouse gas emissions, a study...
Guest post: India’s emissions will double at most by 2030
Navroz K Dubash is a professor and Ankit Bhardwaj is a senior research associate at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)’s Initiative on Climate,...
Planting a mix of tree species ‘could double’ forest carbon storage
Forests containing several tree species could store twice as much carbon as the average monoculture plantation, research finds.
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Summer rainfall declines ‘primary driver’ of surge in US wildfires
Sharp declines in summer rainfall could be a “primary driver” of the record-breaking wildfires ripping across the western US, research shows.
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Restricting global warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ risk of marine heatwaves
Marine heatwaves could become 41 times more likely across the globe by 2100 than in pre-industrial times if little is done to stop greenhouse...
Guest post: Why BECCS might not produce ‘negative’ emissions after all
Dr Anna Harper is a research fellow and lecturer in climate science in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University...
Scientists find ‘natural pulses’ in recent melting of West Antarctic ice sheet
Natural ocean variability is heightening the rate of retreat of the West Antarctic ice sheet, a new study finds.
A 16-year study of ocean conditions...
Coastal flooding in Europe ‘could cost up to €1 trillion per year’ by 2100
The economic damage from coastal flooding in Europe could reach almost €1 trillion per year by 2100 without new investment in adaptation to climate...
The 2004 lecture that finally convinced David Attenborough about global warming
Sir David Attenborough’s long career as a presenter of BBC natural-history programmes first began in 1953 with a three-part series called “Animal Patterns”.
In the...
Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires
In the midst of record or near-record heatwaves across the northern hemisphere this summer, deadly wildfires have swept through many regions, such as the...
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