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Firefighters battle the Holy Fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest, Los Angeles, California, 10 August 2018. ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo. PDXJ0A
Firefighters battle the Holy Fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest, Los Angeles, California, 10 August 2018. ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo.
Aug 20. 2018. 20:00:31

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…

Wildfires | Daisy Dunne
Dead sea fan coral, Caribbean sea. Credit: Helmut Corneli / Alamy Stock Photo. M731Y2
Dead sea fan coral, Caribbean sea. Credit: Helmut Corneli / Alamy Stock Photo.

Restricting global warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ risk of marine heatwaves

Ocean warming | Aug 15. 2018.
A crop of Elephant Grass (Miscanthus) growing in a field in Worcestershire, England, UK. Credit: John James / Alamy Stock Photo. BDPD0M
A crop of elephant grass (Miscanthus) growing in a field in Worcestershire, England, UK. Credit: John James / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: Why BECCS might not produce ‘negative’ emissions after all

Guest posts | Aug 14. 2018.
A crack appears across the Pine Island Glacier, a major ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
A crack appears across the Pine Island Glacier, a major ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Credit: NASA.

Scientists find ‘natural pulses’ in recent melting of West Antarctic ice sheet

Antarctic | Aug 13. 2018.
DN1ENH Aberystwyth Wales UK, Wednesday 18 December 2013. At the peak of the tide, gale force winds bring massive waves crashing onto the seafront at Aberystwyth on the west Wales coast. Winds are expected to increase in severity throughout the day, peaking at 50-60mph by the late afternoon. A yellow weather warning is in place for large parts of Wales today with the Met Office warning of high winds and heavy rain that could cause localised flooding. Gusts of up to 70mph are expected in exposed coastal areas. Photo Credit: keith morris/Alamy Live News
Coastal flooding in Aberystwyth, Wales, 2018. Credit: Keith Morris/Alamy Live News.

Coastal flooding in Europe ‘could cost up to €1 trillion per year’ by 2100

Floods | Aug 13. 2018.
Sir David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist. Credit: Jeff Gilbert / Alamy Stock Photo. FDW7WY
Sir David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist. Credit: Jeff Gilbert/Alamy Stock Photo.

The 2004 lecture that finally convinced David Attenborough about global warming

Features | Aug 13. 2018.
Wildfire at Buckhorn Summit, California, US. 30 July 2018.
Wildfire at Buckhorn Summit, California, US. 30 July 2018. Credit: Tribune Content Agency LLC / Alamy Stock Photo.

Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires

Factchecks | Aug 9. 2018.
Kaya, Burkina Faso. The Sahel region is regularly affected by droughts. Credit: Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo. DRYCY3
Kaya, Burkina Faso. The Sahel region is regularly affected by droughts. Credit: Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo.

Solar geoengineering could ‘fail to prevent damage to crop yields’

Geoengineering | Aug 8. 2018.
Giant Panda cub in the forest, Qinling, Shaanxi, China. Credit: Keren Su/China Span / Alamy Stock Photo. BR5YCF
Giant Panda cub in the forest, Qinling, Shaanxi, China. Credit: Keren Su/China Span / Alamy Stock Photo.

Climate change not the only threat to giant pandas, study says

Wildlife | Aug 7. 2018.
Boonsboro forest, Maryland, US. Credit: Joseph Thomas / Alamy Stock Photo. J90GD7
Boonsboro forest, Maryland, US. Credit: Joseph Thomas / Alamy Stock Photo.

Methane uptake from forest soils has ‘fallen by 77% in three decades’

Plants and forests | Aug 6. 2018.
D7C2M5 Silhouette tree in front of a sunrise. English countryside.
Credit: Tim Gainey/Alamy Stock Photo.

State of the climate: 2018 set to be fourth warmest year despite cooler start

State of the climate | Aug 1. 2018.
Harvesting yam plants in the Hhohho region of Swaziland, Africa. Credit: Edwin Remsberg / Alamy Stock Photo. FDHF9B
Harvesting yam plants in the Hhohho region of Swaziland, Africa. Credit: Edwin Remsberg / Alamy Stock Photo.

Global carbon tax in isolation could ‘exacerbate food insecurity by 2050’

Food and farming | Jul 30. 2018.
Reservoir in Llwyn Onn, South Wales, UK is severely depleted due to the heatwave. 24 July 2018. Credit: Andrew Bartlett / Alamy Stock Photo. PAKHDC
Reservoir in Llwyn Onn, south Wales, UK is severely depleted due to the heatwave. 24 July 2018. Credit: Andrew Bartlett / Alamy Stock Photo.

Climate change made 2018 European heatwave up to ‘five times’ more likely

Attribution | Jul 27. 2018.
DAILY INFOGRAPHIC

Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2017

Every day, dozens of scientific journals publish new climate change research that is shared across the world via the internet. These journal papers make headlines in news articles…
Features | Jan 24. 2018.
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UK hit by climate extremes and government must act, poll says

A new poll commissioned by the environmental legal charity ClientEarth suggests that, as the Press Association reports, “almost two-thirds of people think the UK is being hit by…

Daily Brief | Aug 20. 2018.

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