Guest post: How ‘urban heat islands’ will intensify heatwaves in UK cities

The UK experienced several tropical nights during a record-breaking heatwave in August. Central London recorded a high daily minimum temperature of 22C due, in...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #39, 2020

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Greenland to lose ice far faster this century than in the past 12,000 years

The scale of loss from the Greenland ice sheet will be higher this century than in any other over the past 12,000 years, a...

“Huge efforts” required to meet existing 2030 climate targets

30 September 2020  Ireland will fail to meet its EU 2020 climate targets and “huge efforts” will be needed to meet existing 2030 targets, the...

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