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Current emissions could already warm world to dangerous levels
New projections suggest the world could warm 3-7 degrees over coming centuries.
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August 2016 world’s hottest on record
That makes it the 16th ‘hottest on record’ month in a row.
Science & Environment
The silencing of the seas: how our oceans are going quiet
The oceans are filled with sounds produced by animals. However, a recent study shows that ocean sounds are diminishing due to nutrient pollution and ocean acidification.
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Rising sea levels could be good news for over-heated corals reefs
Rising sea levels caused by climate change could actually help some coral reefs survive.
Science & Environment
We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ already looks out of reach, so where do we go from here?
Science & Environment
A marine heatwave has wiped out a swathe of WA’s undersea kelp forest
A 10-week surge in ocean temperatures off the Western Australian coast has killed off large patches of kelp forest, the “biological engine” of Australia’s southern reefs.
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South Pole last place on Earth to reach 400ppm CO2
Antarctica has surpassed a global warming milestone, registering CO2 levels higher than any time in the past 4 million years.
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Moving Arctic solo raises climate awareness
A world-renowned Italian composer has played a melancholy solo piano performance on a floating platform in the Arctic Ocean to send a conservation message to world leaders.
Science & Environment
Australia simmers through hottest autumn on record
Autumn 2016 was Australia’s hottest, beating the previous record set in 2005.
Science & Environment
2016 likely to be the world’s hottest year: here’s why
Another month, another broken temperature record. Scientists are already confident 2016 will be the hottest year ever, a record only set in 2015.