2022 was UK’s warmest year on record, says Met Office
2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK, the Met Office has confirmed, with experts warning the unprecedented heat is a s
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Joe Biden must declare a climate emergency. And he must do so now
We’ve passed into a ferocious new phase of global heating with much worse to come. Biden must declare a climate emergency.
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Jetting off to the sun? The adverts are selling you a ticket to climate disaster
Even with lethal wildfires licking around southern Europe’s holiday hotspots, airlines such as Ryanair are still flying people toward
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The Guardian view on climate science: warming oceans are a warning of the chaos ahead
What was long predicted is now happening. Earth’s weather systems are increasingly disrupted and destructive, as a consequence of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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We are watching the brutal reality of what climate scientists told us would happen. How will we respond?
How to respond to the avalanche of record-breaking extreme weather and temperatures terrorising the planet?
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We can’t afford to be climate doomers
Stanford engineering professor and renewable energy expert Mark Z Jacobson tweeted the other day, “Given that scientists who study 100% renewable energy systems are unanimous that it can be done
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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 tempera
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Can slag heaps help combat the climate crisis?
As recent extreme weather events in the northern hemisphere have demonstrated, global heating is so far advanced that we will have to rely on some forms of carbon capture to prevent the worst impacts of the climate emergency.
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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, would bring catastrophic climate impacts.
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‘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 a
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Jim Skea to take helm at IPCC as world enters crucial climate decade
The British professor Jim Skea has been elected to head the UN’s climate expert panel, taking the helm of the organisation charged with distilling the best science to guide global policy in a crucial decade in human history.
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Victoria announces ban on gas connections to new homes from January 2024
Gas connections will be banned in new homes and government buildings built in Victoria from next year.
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The French solar power pioneer who was light years ahead
The French solar power pioneer who was light years ahead Augustin Mouchot’s solar-powered engine caused a stir at the World Expo in 1878 but it came too soon
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The truth about heat pumps and the power needed to run them
The way we heat our homes is changing. As the world moves away from fossil fuels, we will be saying goodbye to our gas fires and boilers - and instead electrifying the heating systems in our homes.
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Here’s the truth about Sunak’s plans for the North Sea: he will sell out the planet to the dirtiest bidders
To understand this moment, we have to recognise that there is an existential struggle on both sides.
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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 crisis awareness-raising campaign.
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‘Silent killer’: experts warn of record US deaths from extreme heat
The punishing heatwaves that have scorched much of the US could result in a record number of heat-related deaths this year, experts have warned, amid a spike in hospitalizations from collapsing workers.
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Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush
The billionaire Australian mining tycoon and investor Andrew Forrest has led international condemnation of the UK’s new oil rush, saying he would pull his major i
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Climate activists target Woodside CEO’s home in protest, company claims
Climate activists have targeted the family home of Woodside Energy’s boss in what the company cla
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Excessive heat: Why this summer has been so hot
It is hot. Very hot. And temperatures show no signs of easing. Nearly a third of Americans - over 113 million people - are under some form of heat advisory, the US National Weather Service said.
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