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The world's oceans experienced significant damage throughout the first year in which global temperatures temporarily exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, a new study led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has found.

Ocean heat damage now occurs all year-round, not just in summer

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The world’s oceans experienced significant damage throughout the first year in which global temperatures temporarily exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels,…

Last month was the joint-third warmest April recored on record, says ECMWF

Last month was the joint-third warmest April on record, says ECMWF

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The European Centre for Medium–Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)’s latest Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) report has said that last month…

Professor Benjamin Santer, honorary professor at the University of East Anglia (UEA), and one of the first scientists to identify the human impact on Earth's climate back in the 1990s, has criticised a major US government report that makes 'demonstrably incorrect' claims about the role of human activity in global warming.

Climate scientist calls out ‘demonstrably incorrect’ US environmental claims

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Professor Benjamin Santer, honorary professor at the University of East Anglia (UEA), and one of the first scientists to identify…

Researchers at Stanford University test the Aerodyne Tildas hydrogen analyzer, the world's first commercialized H2 analyzer, used in the lab to measure hydrogen concentrations. (Photo credit: Rob Jackson, Stanford University)

Hydrogen industry will need to address leakage issues ahead of long-term adoption

7 months ago7 months ago5 mins

The hydrogen industry will need to address the potential environmental impacts from leakage, as well as how it interacts with…

The southern hemisphere ozone hole, located over the Antarctic, developed early this year, reaching an area of approximately 15 million square kilometres a week earlier than last year, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

Southern hemisphere ozone hole developed early this year, says CAMS

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The southern hemisphere ozone hole, located over the Antarctic, developed early this year, reaching an area of approximately 15 million…

Artificially cooling the Arctic and Antarctic, a 'solution' put forward by some entrepreneurs and think tanks to tackle global warming, would not be viable and could cause irreversible harm to the planet, according to a new paper published in the Frontiers in Science journal.

Artificially cooling the polar regions could cause irreversible harm, study finds

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Artificially cooling the Arctic and Antarctic, a ‘solution’ put forward by some entrepreneurs and think tanks to tackle global warming,…

Researchers at UCLA and the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez in Santiago, Chile, have found that the duration of heatwaves is accelerating at a rate faster than global warming.

Duration of heatwaves outpaces that of global warming, study finds

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Researchers at UCLA and the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez in Santiago, Chile, have found that the duration of heatwaves is accelerating…

Efforts to reduce air pollution in Eastern Asia, particularly in China, may have unintentionally accelerated global warming over the past decade and a half, a new study by the CICERO Centre for International Climate Research has found.

Air pollution cleanup in Asia likely accelerated global warming, study claims

12 months ago12 months ago3 mins

Efforts to reduce air pollution in Eastern Asia, particularly in China, may have unintentionally accelerated global warming over the past…

January 2025 was the warmest January on record, globally, with an average surface air temperature of 13.23°C, 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average, new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has revealed.

January 2025 was the warmest on record

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January 2025 was the warmest January on record, globally, with an average surface air temperature of 13.23°C, 0.79°C above the…

An AI-driven study has suggested that even with rapid decarbonisation, global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius is inevitable, with the hottest years of this century set to 'shatter' recent temperature records.

Hottest years this century will ‘shatter’ temperature records, study finds

2 years ago8 months ago3 mins

An AI-driven study has suggested that even with rapid decarbonisation, global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius is inevitable, with the…