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Environment’s winners and losers in 2024 – as 2025 set to be hottest year on record | Science, Climate & Tech News
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This year’s climate was good news for parts of the country’s environment, but for some wildlife the weather’s effect was negative, the National Trust has said. We look at the winners and losers of the wet and mild weather seen over the past year. Winners Image: Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. Pic: National Trust/PA Heather at…
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‘The coral in the coalmine’: Seas around Great Barrier Reef hottest in 400 years | Climate News
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Temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have soared to their highest in 400 years, a new study has found. It said the “unprecedented” heat on the sea surface around the natural wonder is driving increasingly frequent mass bleaching events that are putting it in danger. Without stronger and faster action to tackle climate change, our…
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Previous decade ‘hottest on record’ with polar ice melting faster than in the last century | Climate News
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The previous decade was the hottest on record, with polar and mountain ice melting faster than in the 20th century, according to the UN’s weather agency. Between 2011 and 2020, the average global temperature was 1.1C above pre-industrial levels, according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Scientists have warned that permanent global…