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Warming seas threaten Antarctic ecosystems, scientists warn

With ocean temperatures rising, marine biologists are racing to understand the fate of species that depend on freezing conditions.

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Next three years likely to make 1.5C global heating inevitable

The rate of human-caused warming per decade has increased to nearly 0.27 degrees Celsius, painting 'a depressing picture'.

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Experts predict up to 19 named storms this Atlantic hurricane season

A normal season has 14 named storms, seven of which strengthen to hurricanes and three power up further to major hurricanes.

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Seasonal allergies seem worse? Climate change might be to blame

Studies that link worsening allergies in Europe with climate change and elevated concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere.

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Europe just experienced its hottest March on record

Early spring weather is starting to feel more and more like summer, say campaigners who want to see polluters pay.

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Pollution is masking the real extent of global warming, study says

The findings will help develop more accurate climate models to predict future climate change.

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How the weather may affect young people’s mental health

Hot weather played a role in Spain, while colder temperatures seemed to affect young people in the Netherlands.

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Where in Europe could see the most temperature-related deaths by 2099?

A new study debunked theories climate change could be ‘beneficial’ for temperature-related deaths as Europe warms.

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2024 the first year to exceed 1.5°C and hottest on record

Experts say the world is now ‘teetering on the edge’ of passing the crucial 1.5°C warming limit.

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2024 will be the hottest year on record, scientists confirm

Last month was the 16th out of the last 17 where global average temperatures have exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times.

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Alps snowfall dropped by a third in 100 years, new study shows

The study is one of the first to cover the entirety of the Alps over a long period, revealing a much wetter picture from 1980 onwards.

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Can Paris’s historic zinc roofs be adapted to rising temperatures?

Over 60 per cent of roofs in the French capital are made of the sheet metal.

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2024 set to be the first year above 1.5C of global warming

Unless the impossible happens 2024 will be the hottest year on record.

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Scientists warn collapse of key ocean current could be ‘catastrophic’

AMOC collapse would bring severe global climate repercussions, with Europe bearing the brunt of the consequences.

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Spain is moving from a Mediterranean to desert climate, study says

Summer has increased by an average of 36 days across Spain over the last 50 years.

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Finnish Lapland is on track for a record-breakingly hot summer

Wildfires in the vast wilderness of Lapland are set to get more frequent by the end of the century due to climate change.

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Half a billion children exposed to extreme heat, UNICEF reports

United Nations analysis reveals that millions of children across the globe are at risk of heat-related issues, in part thanks to climate change.

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Italy and Germany are facing 40C temperatures this week

Both countries have issued widespread heat alerts for potential health risks.

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‘Hottest weekend of the year’: Italy and Spain brace for extreme heat

A weather system that has moved up from Africa is causing prolonged extreme heat across Italy that will peak this weekend.

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Dubai hit by dangerous ‘feels like’ temperature of 62C

This perilously high figure is due to the combination of intense air temperature and high humidity generating a heat index far hotter than the recorded air temperature.