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The Earth could enter ‘hothouse’ conditions due to climate issues including Amazon rainforest dieback, reduction of northern hemisphere snow cover and loss of polar ice sheets – even if carbon emission reductions are met. ...
Removing tens of thousands of obsolete dams across Europe would boost wildlife populations and benefit communities, according to a new report. Only 40 per cent of Europe’s waterways are in good condition. The...
The sweltering weather experienced across Europe this summer is a direct result of climate change, according to new research. The temperatures could be a sign of things to come. Climate change more than...
Liverpool’s City Council is aiming to be the first city in the UK to become ‘climate positive’ by the end of 2018. Climate positive means that the city will remove more carbon dioxide from...
An analysis by GreenBiz has found that among 35 large development and commercial banks, most were unable to convey their overall climate progress. The transparency of their ‘brown’ investments was in most cases not...
A new study from Stanford University shows that Americans are overwhelmingly in favour of reducing global warming and expanding renewable energy capacity. But they don’t realize just how many people share their beliefs. ...
A warming of just 2 degrees Celsius will be enough to trigger a sea-level rise of more than 6 metres. This was the conclusion of researchers who participated in a workshop in Bern, Switzerland....
For the first time in history, more people live in cities than in rural areas. Ninety per cent of this urban expansion takes place in developing countries, and much of it occurs near natural...
As summer temperatures continue to rise, the increased use of air conditioning to cool buildings could take its toll on human health, a new study has warned. Up to a thousand additional deaths are...
As a team of international researchers investigate ice flow speed in northern Greenland, they are correcting models that predict sea level change. Ice is a material that can flow like a very viscous liquid....
Billions of people in thousands of cities around the world will be at risk from climate-related heatwaves, drought, flooding, food shortages, blackouts and social inequality by mid-century, finds new research. The report The Future...
Machine learning techniques could help create accurate predictions of global warming by better representing clouds, a new study has found. A major challenge in current climate prediction models is how to accurately represent clouds...
Rising sea levels due to climate change could put up to 2.4 million homes and businesses totalling $1 trillion at risk by the end of the century, according to a new report released on...
Climate change will alter our living conditions, especially in densely populated cities. Trees and green areas can have a cooling effect and protect against flooding. How can green infrastructure be taken into account in...
A team of researchers has found dolomite crystals where there shouldn’t have been any. Until recently, researchers who found the mineral dolomite in sea and lake sediments had assumed that it was formed mainly...
Global warming can be limited to 1.5°C by dramatically transforming the way we move around, heat and cool our homes, and buy and use devices and appliances in our cities, according to new research...
Numbers of mountain gorillas are on the rise in the Virunga Massif, one of two remaining habitats of the critically endangered species. The positive results come following a two-year survey in the transboundary area...
Institutional investors with more than $26 trillion in assets are urging world governments to scale up climate action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. “The global shift to clean energy is underway,...
A new study from Stanford University shows that the global economy is likely to benefit from the ambitious global warming limits agreed to in the Paris Agreement. Climate mitigation could save trillions in damages....
Puffin numbers on Britain’s remote Farne Islands may have fallen by an average of 12 per cent, according to the National Trust. The struggling seabird population could have dropped by as much as 42...
