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New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño
Apostolos Voulgarakis, Technical University of Crete and Matthew Kasoar, Imperial College London Wildfire is a phenomenon that has…
How likely would Britain’s 40°C heatwave have been without climate change?
A member of the Coldstream Guards succumbs to the heat, June 2022. Lois GoBe/Shutterstock Ben Clarke, University of…
Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticides
Monarch butterflies cluster on a eucalyptus tree at Pismo State Beach’s Monarch Butterfly Grove in California. Ruby Wallau/Getty…
How forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in a few generations – animated maps reveal climate lessons for tree-planting projects today
Trees like these near Traverse City, Michigan, remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away. Owen…
Heatwave: why extreme weather forecasts have improved so much
Neil Hall/EPA Rob Thompson, University of Reading The UK has recorded its hottest ever temperature, passing 40℃ for…
Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up
Stephen Burt, University of Reading Sleeping at the height of summer can sometimes feel impossible. And with gruelling…
Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods
Shutterstock Sally Thompson, The University of Western Australia; Anneliese Sytsma, Colorado School of Mines; Dana Ariel Lapides, Simon…
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather phenomenon baking large parts of the country
The first day of summer 2022 brought soaring temperatures across a large part of the United States. National…
Is Migaloo … dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years
Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University It’s that time of year again, when the humpback highway is about to hit…
Ice world: Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip
The front of Thwaites Glacier is a jagged, towering cliff. David Vaughan/British Antarctic Survey Ted Scambos, University of…