The pace of glacier thawing on the roof of the world has doubled in 40 years, scientists say, with the Himalayan melt rate affected by climate heating.
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Doubled raw materials use is climate risk
24 October, 2018 − We’re using more and more raw materials to build the world anew: our demands will almost have doubled by 2060. That’s bad news for the climate.
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Read moreWell-fed world can slow warming too
12 October, 2018 – The well-fed world scientists say is possible by 2050 could also halve global warming emissions. But it would have to lose its appetite for meat.
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Read moreArctic currents change as ancient Pacific did
26 April, 2018 – Changes in Arctic currents today appear to reflect similar changes thousands of years ago – in the North Pacific. Scientists think they may be linked.
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Read moreClimate refugees may reach many millions by 2050
20 March, 2018 – Climate refugees, people fleeing climate change’s impacts by moving to new homes, may number over 140 million by 2050, the World Bank reports.
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Read moreUN forest project ‘does more harm than good’
14 March, 2018 – A UN forest project is fuelling conflict over land, threatening local people and failing to slow deforestation, researchers say.
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Read moreTrump confused on climate’s security threat
19 November, 2017 – The new US national defence strategy appears to leave President Trump in two minds on the risk from climate’s security threat.
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Read moreAsia can gain by welcoming refugees
2 August, 2017 – Welcoming refugees instead of seeing them as a drain on national economies could offer huge opportunities to Asian countries’ private sectors.
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Read moreStark warning on Atlantic cooling
24 February, 2017 – Climatologists say there is an almost 50% chance that the Labrador Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean will cool rapidly within the next decade.
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Read moreExxon predicts energy demand up 25% by 2040
6 January, 2017 – A quarter more energy will be required in 23 years’ time due to population growth, and oil will remain the primary source, report estimates.
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