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Human-driven climate change has ‘slowed the Earth’s rotation’ and could affect how we measure time, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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The melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation – and it could affect how we measure time, according to a study. Although the disappearance of the ice has reduced the speed of the planet’s rotation, the Earth is still spinning a bit faster than it used to.…
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Dubai is hosting COP28 – but is it playing its part to tackle climate change? | Climate News
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Green desert. To my left, the waves of sand are broken by sparse scrubby trees. To my right, the towering skyscrapers of Dubai. But beneath my feet, a solar power station on top of a school. The petrostate is changing. Kings’ School Al Barsha provides some evidence, where 3,000 pupils study here beneath two megawatts…
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Climate crisis will change taste of beer and make it more expensive, say scientists | Climate News
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Beer quality is on a steady decline and is likely to cost more at the bar because of climate change, a new study has found. Experts said with falling hop yields, British and European drinkers should expect to see the cost of beer increase in the coming years. Researchers highlighted how the increase in agricultural…
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Microplastics in clouds may be contributing to climate change, research suggests | Science & Tech News
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Researchers have found tiny particles of plastic in clouds, where they may be contributing to climate change. Scientists collected water from the clouds surrounding Japan’s Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama at altitudes between 1,300-3,776m and then applied advanced imaging techniques to determine whether microplastics were present. Nine different types of polymers and one type of…
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PM’s U-turns weren’t really about net zero – but playing politics with climate change is a big risk | Politics News
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The prime minister denied that today’s net zero intervention was about politics. He insisted it was in no way an attempt to turn net zero into a wedge issue to win votes from those struggling to afford heating and transport costs. But looking at the details of what Rishi Sunak actually announced, it’s difficult to…
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Climate change: Longer, warmer summers could increase risk of mosquitoes carrying ‘fatal diseases’ in the UK, experts say | Science & Tech News
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Increasingly long and hot summers are raising the risk of disease-carrying mosquitoes becoming established in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned. The tiger mosquito, which transmits several fatal “tropical” diseases, has already spread to 13 countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) since first becoming established in Italy in 1990. Paris last…
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Why billionaires are drawn to ‘extreme tourism’ – and does money change our relationship with risk? | World News
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Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight will today fly the first ever paying customers to the edge of space. Taking off from New Mexico, Galactic 02 will take three passengers – an 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease and a mother and daughter duo who won their tickets in a sweepstake – 50 miles (80km)…
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LK-99: Could this superconductor ‘discovery’ really change the world? | Science & Tech News
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An extraordinary claim by scientists in South Korea has sparked wild hopes of a utopian future where no health condition goes undiagnosed, trains float above their tracks, and – most importantly – your phone’s battery life is incredible. LK-99 may sound like little more than a Star Wars extra, but has been tipped as a…
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Could a truck that’s powered by hydrogen and only emits water help in the climate change fight? | Climate News
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British trials have started of a heavyweight truck powered by a gas that’s lighter than air – and emits nothing but water. Sky News was given exclusive access to the first British designed and built heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to be fuelled by hydrogen as it was driven around the Horiba Mira test track in…
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This is how AI could change the future of journalism | Science & Tech News
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Sky News has been testing the limits of Artificial Intelligence to see what effect it could have on the future of journalism. Our experiment with having computers research, write and edit the news gave us mixed results – from pitching sensible stories about affordable housing to the bizarre claim that spilling milk can help the…