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Watch: Thirty-five years of Arctic thaw in two minutes

NASA's scientific visualisation study has updated its animation to show not only how Arctic sea ice has less surface; It is also getting thinner.

Switzerland

Like Iceland, Switzerland to hold 'funeral' for lost glacier

The Pizol "has lost so much substance that from a scientific perspective it is no longer a glacier."

22 September 2019

Norway

Scientists have embarked on the longest-ever expedition to the Arctic

The MOSAiC expedition is a year-long project led by Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute which aims to learn more about the weather processes in the Arctic.

21 September 2019

Iceland

Scientists in Iceland fuse carbon dioxide into rock in a bid to combat

Iceland's glaciers are changing every year, so scientists are developing new ways to neutralize the harmful effects of carbon dioxide.

20 September 2019

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Worst-case scenario forecasts 7℃ hike in global temperatures by 2100

Global average temperatures could increase 7℃ above pre-industrial levels by 2100 no matter how hard humans try to stop it, a team of French scientists claim in their latest worst-case scenario modelling.

18 September 2019

World News

Buckle up! Researchers warn of more turbulence due to climate change

Potentially dangerous turbulence is becoming more common on transatlantic flights because of changes linked to climate change, according to a study.

World News

In photos: Europe sizzles as temperature records tumble

In photos: Europe sizzles as temperature records tumble

Switzerland

World temperatures hotter 'than at any point in the last 2,000 years'

"The speed of global warming has never been as high as it is today," a study released on Wednesday has found.

World

Belgium, Germany and Netherlands topple all-time highest temperatures

The heatwave gripping Europe has toppled all-time temperature records in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

World

The summer holidays are here, but are you more climate councious?

The summer is in full swing across Europe, but are people changing their travel plans to be more climate-conscious in the midst of the Green Wave? We spoke to a traveller who is going from Holland to the South of France by train because of his concerns about the environment.

World News

Heatwave: June 2019 officially hottest month on record

June 2019 has just been confirmed as the hottest month ever on record, according to Copernicus.

World

France's environment targets discussed

In France, the National Assembly will discuss its carbon neutral objectives this week. The new proposals will set a 2050 target for the country to be carbon neutral. It will also pledge to halve its reliance on nuclear energy by 2035 and close all its coal-fired power stations within 3 years.

Climate Now

Last month was one of the three warmest months of May in four decades

In partnership with Copernicus

Last month was globally one of the three warmest months of May since 1979, with extreme weather resulting in floods, heat-waves and melting Arctic ice

Brazil

How climate change is hitting livelihoods in Brazil's mangrove forests

A fisherman has been telling his story of how climate change is threatening his livelihood in Brazil's coastal areas.

Earth News

#GoodReads | Whale intelligence and one child's view on climate change

All the most inspiring content on sustainability issues from around the web last week.

World News

Parts of London could be submerged by the sea in the next 80 years

In a new study published by PNAS, experts said that there was a plausible chance that sea levels would rise by 2 metres by the year 2100.

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Glacier collapse sends large wave towards shore

A glacier collapse sent a large wave towards the shores of Iceland on Sunday, March 31.

World News

Climate change impacts accelerating, new report shows

“Climate change is moving faster than our efforts to address it,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Thursday as the World Meteorological Organization unveiled an alarming report.

World News

Arctic could be ice-free in the summer from as early as 2030: study

Man-made climate change and a natural shift in ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific are behind the acceleration.

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Belgian students demand climate protections

Thousands of students skipped school for the third week in a row and more than 30,000 gathered in the centre of Brussels to call for improved action on climate change.

24 January 2019