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The data is in. 2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the period before widespread industralisation. More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements, made by thousands of people over many decades, have been condensed into a single…

In September 1933, American meteorologist Joseph Kincer asked a simple question: is the climate changing? So began the effort to understand the scope of humanity’s interference with the climate.

The striking graphic shows a series of 'warming stripes' which indicate how average annual temperatures have spiked since 1884.

It comes as the UK recorded its warmest year on record

Earlier this week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report, bringing together six previous assessments on the state of the Earth’s climate.

Nada Farhoud says the Championship club should be celebrated for getting the football world talking about the climate crisis with their choice of kit

Championship side Reading are taking on Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup, and the second-tier side are attempting to send a message with their shirt sleeves

When it rains, it pours. Make hay while the sun shines. Save for a rainy day. Come rain or shine. The English language is overflowing with phrases about the weather, especially rain, or the lack of it. Fascination with the weather seems embedded in the UK’s national identity, but there…