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Sea-level rise: a new method to estimate the probability of different outcomes – including a worst case

Here is a depressing fact: over the coming decades, sea-level rise will continue to threaten ecosystems, communities and cities. No matter how quickly we reduce our carbon emissions, our past emissions commit us to ongoing sea-level rise, given the long-drawn-out impact of climate warming on the oceans and ice sheets.…

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US Government Scientists Told To Halt Vital Climate Report Work

The Trump administration's directive to halt US scientists' work on a crucial global climate report raises concerns about the future of climate research.

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Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised

In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature

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Emily Mortimer to play Cressida Dick in show about Jean Charles de Menezes death

The Disney+ drama focuses on the police shooting of the Brazilian man wrongly suspected of being a terrorist after the 7/7 London bombings.

Evening Standard

Is climate change spiraling out faster?

A pioneering climate scientist says global heating is accelerating. Others say we can still reach climate goals

Salon

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

The Guardian - UK

Why Africa’s young scientists should help check the quality of climate change research

Scientific research is essential for addressing the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body, assesses the science on climate change through its regular assessment reports. These reports reflect scientific consensus on the causes and impacts of and possible solutions to climate change.

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Carbon dioxide rising at rates ‘incompatible’ with staying below 1.5C – study

Met Office says rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide are off-track for trajectories that keep global warming to 1.5C with no or little overshoot.

The Independent UK

Number of cyclones steady, but storms more intense due to climate change

While the number of tropical cyclones has remained steady over the past four decades, their intensity has significantly increased, according to international databases that confirm climatologists' projections.

Radio France Internationale

UK gambling with climate targets over carbon capture, say campaigners

Potential IPCC rule changes could award planned carbon savings from burning US wood pellets to the exporter, not the importer

The Guardian - UK

Rising desertification shows we can’t keep farming with fossil fuels

Three-quarters of Earth’s land has become drier since 1990.

The Conversation

Plans to stabilise Earth’s climate rely on emerging carbon removal technology – we need to get moving

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels continue to rise and 2024 is likely to be the world’s hottest year on record.

The Conversation

On climate change, the international court of justice faces a pivotal choice

What legal obligations do states have to fight climate change? Should high-emitting countries be held responsible for the harm they’ve caused? And should states safeguard the climate for future generations?

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Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation

The collapse of critical ocean circulation could bring major droughts and freezing temperatures across Europe

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The Guardian - UK

This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning

As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

LiveScience

Key Atlantic current is weakening much faster than scientists had predicted

A current key to stabilizing climates across the Atlantic and beyond could be one-third weaker by 2040, a new study has revealed.

The Conversation

We have officially advised our university to ditch carbon offsets – and focus on cutting emissions

As climate and Earth scientists, we are acutely aware that action on climate change is desperately needed. It is now almost certain that 2024 will not only be the warmest year ever recorded, but also the first year that will be 1.5°C warmer than pre-industrial levels.

The Conversation

US politics has long shaped global climate action and science – how much will Trump’s opposition matter?

US president-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he will again withdraw his country from the Paris agreement and perhaps the UN climate process altogether. The uncertainty this has created was palpable in the negotiation rooms and hallways of the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where I wrote this.

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Inverse

Climate Scientists Argue That It’s Time To Plan For the Worst Case Warming

Scientists argue that halting the increase in annual emissions is a first step — and shouldn’t be our only focus.

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We passed 1.5°C of human-caused warming this year (just not as the Paris agreement measures it)

Human-caused global warming has just nudged past 1.5°C, according to a new method we have developed. That’s approaching 0.2°C higher than previously thought.

The Independent UK

Officer who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes days after 7/7 bombings unmasked after almost two decades

Speaking out for the first time in 20 years, officer C12 revealed he had to wash bone fragments out his hair following the shooting

The Conversation

The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much

Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the Arctic. This region is warming two to four times faster than the global average.

The Conversation

Overshooting 1.5°C is risky – that’s why we need to hedge our bets

The global response to climate change has gained momentum since the 2015 Paris agreement, yet it remains inadequate to meet the scale of the challenge. That agreement established the goal of holding global warming to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. To achieve this,…

LiveScience

'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf

A visualization from space of the Gulf Stream as it unfurls across the North Atlantic Ocean.

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The Climate Crisis Is Driving Bankers to Quit Their Jobs in Disillusionment

Wells Fargo and others pledged to achieve net-zero and invest in sustainable financing. Instead, they kept funding fossil fuels.

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