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After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain’s weather even more extreme?
Scientists are monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation using robotic floats and satellite data, concerned it may weaken or shift as the planet warms, potentially bringing more extreme weather to Britain.
How the UK’s extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
The UK’s extreme heat is prompting a debate about air conditioning and home adaptation, as traditional brick buildings trap warmth and exacerbate health risks for vulnerable residents during intensifying heatwaves.
The problem with telling people the world is ending
Research shows that messages emphasizing dread and catastrophe, while attention-grabbing, often fail to motivate real action and may instead paralyze people into inaction on major threats like climate change.
US workers facing deadly heat embrace tactic that targets major brands’ reputations
US workers in agriculture and other hot industries increasingly use reputation-targeting campaigns against major brands to secure heat protections, as federal and state efforts stall amid record temperatures.
Higher temperatures fuel gun violence. Now we know how much is from climate change.
Research estimates that approximately 2,000 shootings in major U.S. cities between 2021 and 2025 are attributable to high temperatures made more likely by climate change.
Floods: Building boom in Nepal and India’s Uttarakhand puts 300,000 people in path of potential Himalayan disasters, study suggests
A study reveals that approximately 300,000 people in the Himalayan region now live in areas vulnerable to potential disasters, with construction in high-risk zones surging significantly since 2016.
‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets
Countries concluded biodiversity negotiations at Cop17 in Yerevan with vows to meet nature targets, though officials and activists are calling for significant reforms to ensure governments follow through on commitments.
How the biggest renewable energy project in US history finally got built
The largest wind farm in North America began operating in June, generating electricity for over 1 million homes across the Southwest through a 550-mile transmission line connecting to California and Arizona.
World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
The UN says the world must cut carbon emissions by 18% within four years and 45% by 2035 to limit temperature rise to 1.7C, though the window for meeting the 1.5C target has closed.
This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?
Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic archipelago warming seven times faster than the global average, faces rapid glacier loss, permafrost thaw, contaminated water supplies, and increased avalanche danger.
Trump’s EPA is letting America’s leakiest oil and gas companies off the hook
The Trump EPA is rolling back Biden-era methane regulations on oil and gas operations, eliminating monitoring requirements and emission controls that the administration says will save the industry billions in costs.
COP17: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan
Countries completed their first global review of biodiversity goals at COP17 in Yerevan, finding that nature loss reversal targets will not be met without rapidly accelerated action and increased funding.