The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Labour dismisses Reform UK MSP candidates as ‘hopeless Tory rejects and oddballs’ as one is suspended – as it happened

Stuart Niven suspended after revelations he was struck off as company director, while other candidates have been accused of extremist statements including describing Humza Yousaf as ‘not British’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20

Arizona heatwave shatters records as temperatures soar to highest ever in March

Thursday saw a staggering 43.3C (110F) recorded in the Arizona desert, obliterating the highest March temperature ever noted in the US.

The Independent UK · Mar 20

Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of 'endangerment' finding central to climate fight

Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change

The Independent UK · Mar 19

Sargasso Sea: Exploring the unique North Atlantic sea with no shores

The idea of sailing endlessly across a seemingly infinite horizon of blue water with no sign of land in sight? No beaches of soft white sand or rocky cliffs and headlands to signal the edge. This is no sailor's worst nightmare; this is the Sargasso Sea, the only sea in…

The Times of India · Mar 17

Trump is weaponizing climate change

The Iran war shows how fossil fuels, conflict and planetary crisis are now inseparable

Salon · Mar 17

Seabirds struggled to raise chicks in the Hauraki Gulf this summer. What happened?

Some seabirds breeding in New Zealand’s largest marine park struggled to raise chicks this summer, most likely because climate change is forcing them to travel too far in search of food.

The Conversation · Mar 16

Sea levels around Africa are rising faster than the global average: what’s behind this alarming trend

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean height are one of the clearest indicators of how our planet is responding to climate change. Rising ocean surfaces signal warming temperatures, melting ice…

The Conversation · Mar 16

Why long-term climate choices are hard to make – a philosopher explains

A philosophical puzzle can help explain why some people and governments aren’t acting quickly enough to tackle climate change.

The Conversation · Mar 16

Climate finance has failed Africa twice over – how to fix it

The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis.

The Conversation · Mar 16

Is Net Zero a Mirage?

In the past decade, global climate policies have focused on achieving net-zero emissions. The premise here is not to bring emissions to zero but rather to achieve a balance in which the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere is no greater than what we remove. In this way,…

inkl · Mar 16