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The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
Matthew England, UNSW Sydney; Alex Sen Gupta, UNSW Sydney, and Alistair Hobday, CSIRO The world’s oceans are the…
‘Green’ home features can earn developers 18% more, then save homeowners money in the long term: new study
Tom Keel, Deakin University and Ameeta Jain, Deakin University For years, builders and developers have treated “sustainable” homes…
What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism
Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could…
What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism
Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could…
Reduce, remove, reflect — the three Rs that could limit global warming
NASA Johnson/flickr, CC BY-NC Dante McGrath, University of Cambridge Since 2019, the UK has been committed to the…
Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years
NASA, CC BY-NC-ND Steven Sherwood, UNSW Sydney; Benoit Meyssignac, Université de Toulouse, and Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University How…
Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire
Aliraza Khatri’s Photography/Getty Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney Is climate action a lost cause? The United States…
Study: Atlantic Ocean’s Key Current System Hasn’t Weakened in 60 Years
At a Glance A new study on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) challenges previous predictions about the…