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16 08 2023 | 01:12

‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries

Wildfires were burning in at least nine countries across the Mediterranean on Tuesday as blazes spread in Croatia, Italy and Portugal, with thousands of firefighters in Europe and north Africa…

16 08 2023 | 00:43

Ice ages and climate change

Most of us are aware that the world is getting warmer. Most of us are also vaguely aware that the world was much colder in the past. The world has gone through ice ages. 20,000 years ago, all of…

16 08 2023 | 00:42

Southern Europe and north Africa count heavy cost of wildfires

After more than a week of fierce wildfires, once again southern Europe is counting the heavy costs to livelihoods and its environment, as the extreme heat recedes and temperatures drop by up to 10C…

16 08 2023 | 00:30

Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests

The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists…

16 08 2023 | 00:29

The lesson from the Greece wildfires? The climate crisis is coming for us all

Asurreal video filmed by a tourist in “the most perfect location in Greece” last week, posted to show how “a weekend trip turned into survival mode in 24 hours”, could easily pass for a TV climate…

16 08 2023 | 00:21

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The hefty carbon footprint of global shipping networks that crisscross our oceans and keep the world’s economy afloat will come under scrutiny this week, as countries wrestle over measures to slash…

16 08 2023 | 00:18

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record

The era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world’s…

16 08 2023 | 00:14

Hottest June kills UK fish and threatens insects

The UK's hottest June on record caused unprecedented deaths of fish in rivers and disturbed insects and plants, environment groups have warned. Nature is being "pounded by extreme weather without a…

16 08 2023 | 00:12

The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Africa

The struggle for environmental justice in Africa is complex and broad. It is the continuation of the fight for the liberation of the continent and for socio-ecological transformation. It is a fact…

16 08 2023 | 00:08

Anxious hydrogen market holding back on investments due to EU uncertainty

The hydrogen industry is cautious about making final investment decisions in Europe as EU regulators struggle to complete the bloc's regulatory puzzle. 

15 08 2023 | 23:40

Wind, hydrogen and solar fused in Portugal's punchy new energy transition plan

Portugal has more than doubled its 2030 goals for installed capacity for both solar energy and electrolysers used for green hydrogen, while bumping up its ambitions for onshore wind.

15 08 2023 | 23:33

Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?

Very unusual”, “worrying”, “terrifying”, and “bonkers”; the reactions of veteran scientists to the sharp increase in north Atlantic surface temperatures over the past three months raises the question…

15 08 2023 | 23:17

Spain eyes massive solar and wind boosts under new energy plan

Spain has raised its targeted 2030 reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 32% up from a previous goal of 23% due, in large part, to a raising of expectations on how much solar PV and wind can be…

14 08 2023 | 14:02

Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites

This Monday, 3 July 2023, was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

14 08 2023 | 13:43

Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests

Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests.

14 08 2023 | 13:05

Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge

The government is drawing up plans to drop the UK’s flagship £11.6bn climate and nature funding pledge, the Guardian can reveal, with the prime minister accused of betraying populations most…

06 08 2023 | 13:10

Ocean temperatures around Australia 0.5C above June average as UN declares an El Niño

Ocean temperatures around Australia last month were 0.5C above average, as the UN’s weather agency declared the world was now in an El Niño. El Niño events influence weather extremes around the…

06 08 2023 | 13:07

Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog

The UN’s nuclear watchdog has approved plans by Japan to release more than 1m tonnes of water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, despite objections from local…

06 08 2023 | 13:01

‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power

In the early 20th century, Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla dreamed of pulling limitless free electricity from the air around us. Ever ambitious, Tesla was thinking on a vast scale, effectively looking…

06 08 2023 | 12:25

Memo reveals pressure on UK climate finance pledge

The government looks set to break its flagship £11.6bn climate and nature funding pledge for developing countries, an internal government document seen by the BBC says. The document details how the…