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‘The future is in our hands’ scientists say, as 2024 becomes first year to pass 1.5C global warming threshold | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Last year was the warmest on record, the first to breach a symbolic threshold, and brought with it deadly impacts like flooding and drought, scientists have said. Two new datasets found 2024 was the first calendar year when average global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale.…
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Warming effect of jet contrails can be cut for a few pounds per ticket, says study | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Tweaking the routes of a small number of planes could reduce the warming effect of contrails by half and cost less than €4 per ticket, according to a study. Contrails (or condensation trails) are the lines left in the sky when warm, moist exhaust fumes from an aircraft mix with the cold air to produce…
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2024 on track to be first year to exceed the 1.5C warming threshold | Science, Climate & Tech News
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This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, likely averaging 1.55C to above pre-industrial levels, the EU earth observation agency said. The record heat has primarily been fuelled by climate change, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said, turbo-charging dangerous weather like deadly flooding in Spain, ferocious hurricanes Helene…
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Chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is ‘virtually zero’ on current trends, UN warns | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is “virtually zero” on current trends, according to the UN’s environment body. This year’s Emissions Gap Report finds that emissions of greenhouse gasses in 2023 were the highest on record. More concerning, the rate of growth since 2022 was nearly twice as fast as in the decade…
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‘Sudden stratospheric warming’ forecast to hit northern Europe in January – but experts unsure where it will strike | UK News
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The UK could find itself in the deep freeze in January due to a change in wind patterns high up in the atmosphere – the same phenomenon that blew in the bitterly cold Beast from the East in 2018. However, forecasters are warning it is too soon to tell where in Europe the cold weather…
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Extreme global warming could eventually wipe out humans, first-ever supercomputer climate models warn | Science & Tech News
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Extreme global warming will likely wipe all mammals – including humans – off the face of the Earth in 250 million years, according to a new scientific study. Temperatures could spiral to 70C (158F) and transform the planet into a “hostile environment devoid of food and water”, the research warns. The planet would heat up…
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Red fire ants: They have a painful sting and could be heading to the UK thanks to global warming | Climate News
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Red fire ants, a destructive invasive species, whose sting is painful and causes irritation and allergic reactions, could be heading to the UK thanks to global warming, scientists have warned. The insect has reached Europe for the first time, researchers from Current Biology have said, after they found nearly 90 nests in Italy. Their report said:…