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Human- induced climate change made the recent wildfires in Spain 20 times more likely
Read more: Human- induced climate change made the recent wildfires in Spain 20 times more likelyhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Incendios_de_2022_%28Our%C3%A9m%29.jpg Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to a new World Weather Attribution (WWA) study. The severe wildfires which have burned across France and Spain, and which now are affecting…
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Human-caused climate change driving global coral bleaching events
Read more: Human-caused climate change driving global coral bleaching eventsHuman-caused climate change, not El Niño, is the driving force behind all global coral bleaching events, argues new research published today in Oceanography. Over the past 40 years, the Climate Central- led paper found that human-caused climate change has been the main driver of coral bleaching risk. The paper argued, ‘Four global mass coral bleaching…
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Fossil fuel emissions have worsened European heatwaves
Read more: Fossil fuel emissions have worsened European heatwavesClimate change unequivocally to blame for record-shattering European heatwave The extreme June heat currently breaking records across Western Europe would have been impossible just a few decades ago according to a rapid attribution analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA). WWA scientists used both observed and forecast temperature data to analyse the hottest three-day period across…
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WMO: ‘Prepare for El Niño’
Read more: WMO: ‘Prepare for El Niño’El Niño is coming- and we are not prepared. By Storm surge by David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123271310 A new WMO El Niño/La Niña Update indicates an 80% likelihood of an El Niño event during June–August 2026. Probabilities for this to continue until at least November are near or above 90%. Although some uncertainty…
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Consultation continues on Hope Moor Wind Farm Proposal
Read more: Consultation continues on Hope Moor Wind Farm ProposalFirst steps in assessing the environmental impact for Hope Moor wind farm proposal taken in Yorkshire Fred. Olsen Renewables continue their public consultation on their proposals to build approximately 23 wind turbines on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, near to Richmond and Barnard Castle. This planned project would generate more than 150MW of renewable…
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European heat records are broken by spring heat dome
Read more: European heat records are broken by spring heat domeCredit @Tomer Burg The UK has just set a provisional new May heat record with 35.0C recorded in West London, exceeding the 34.8C reached yesterday. France has also seen record breaking heat with 36C recorded in the country’s southwest on Monday as a heat dome sits across much of western Europe. Friederike Otto, Professor of Climate Science,…
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Review of ‘Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home’ by Katharine K Wilkinson
Read more: Review of ‘Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home’ by Katharine K WilkinsonWilkinson’s book crackles with purpose and the potential of what might be possible. It reminds us that there is a ‘we’ at the heart of this journey and that we are bound and bonded by a common framework of humanity. ‘Climate Wayfinding’ is a book which encourages- even demands- time for reflection; time for strengthening…
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Review of ‘The Fate of the World: A History and Future of the Climate Crisis’ by Prof Bill McGuire
Read more: Review of ‘The Fate of the World: A History and Future of the Climate Crisis’ by Prof Bill McGuire‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.’ Shakespeare’s words, from over 400 years ago, seem shockingly relevant today, as we face an existential climate crisis, but we witness no…
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Review of ‘Green Thinking- Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics’ by Natalie Bennett
Read more: Review of ‘Green Thinking- Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics’ by Natalie BennettIn ‘Green Thinking’, Natalie Bennett calls for a deep, transformative, ‘breaking the chains’ moment, to move us away from outdated ideas which promote harmful outcomes. It challenges assumptions and models and really is a ‘breakthrough book’- the transformative model that we need for the 21st-century. She argues that, ‘We are in the Age of Shocks-…
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Halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being
Read more: Halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-beingImmediate call for global action to shift world towards a “Nature Positive” approach is published today in Frontiers in Science. Harvey Locke @2026 ‘Human activities are driving a global decline in biodiversity and are interfering with the natural processes essential for human well-being. Achieving climate and development goals is impossible without keeping nature intact.’ This…
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