From the Arctic Circle to tropical Africa, abnormal heat is bringing mayhem and destruction and costing lives.
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Arctic heating races ahead of worst case estimates
Arctic heating is happening far faster than anybody had anticipated. The ice record suggests this has happened before.
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Human climate change causes Arctic’s record heat
The coldest place in the Arctic has experienced record heat. Climate change has made this 600 times more probable.
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Food shortage may finish polar bears by 2100
How long polar bears can survive depends on how long they can last without food. And that may be: not long enough.
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Fewer blizzards for North America as snow lessens
A warming world means milder winters and softer springs. It will also mean fewer blizzards, with milder impacts.
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Can batteries help to limit bushfire horrors?
The Australian inferno has yet to reach its worst, but already minds are seeking ways to reduce the bushfire horrors. Could batteries help next time?
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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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