Fracking prompts methane spike, US study finds

14 August 2019 Increasing methane concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere over the past decade is likely linked to emissions from the fracking industry, a new US study...

Climate change threatening global food supplies, IPCC

August 8th, 2019 A circular, exacerbating relationship between land degradation and climate change is threatening global food supplies, the United Nations said today.  It was one of many findings...

July heatwave ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change

August 6th, 2019 Last month’s European heatwave would have been “extremely unlikely” without climate change, a new analysis has found.  According to a report released by the World Weather...

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