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Greenhouse gases drive Australia’s bushfires
Australia’s bushfires are feeding on heat from the climate change happening in the tropics, but its government doesn’t want to know.
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Penguins in peril as winds change and heat rises
New weather patterns in the warming Antarctic are leaving thousands of penguins in peril, prompting calls for them to be specially protected.
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Himalayan melt rate doubles in 40 years
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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Wilderness – saved today, sold tomorrow
While scientists call for more protection for wild things, governments have removed protection from wilderness areas the size of Mexico.
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Arctic sea ice loss affects the jet stream
The jet stream affects northern hemisphere climates. And global warming affects the behaviour of the jet stream. Prepare for yet more extremes of seasonal weather.
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Siberia expects mass migration as it warms
Scientists mapping the effects of increased temperature and rainfall across Siberia say it could expect mass migration in a warmer world.
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Cloud forests risk drying out by 2060
For the world’s cloud forests, the future is overcast. Some face fiercer storm and flood: they could even lose their unique clouds.
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Fast Arctic melt could cost $70 trillion
Polar change, notably the fast Arctic melt, could impose huge costs on world economies. New evidence shows how rapidly the frozen north is changing.
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Ocean warming speeds vary with depth
10 January, 2019 − The world’s oceans are a vast reservoir of heat, a slow register of natural climate change − and ocean warming speeds differ widely.
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