Earth’s greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out of control – new study

We modelled the climate during this period and discovered episodes of intense ocean heating.

Paul Wignall, Professor of Palaeoenvironments, University of Leeds • conversation
Sept. 16, 2024 ~7 min

The UK and Ireland’s climate was tropical 26 million years ago - here’s why that matters now

Reconstructions suggest that rainfall rates may exceed 1.4m per year as a new norm. This would have massive implications for the future of food security in the UK and Ireland.

Matthew Pound, Associate Professor, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Sept. 12, 2024 ~5 min


Humans and animals will overlap on nearly 57% of Earth by 2070

The human-wildlife overlap is expected to increase across more than half of Earth’s land by 2070, researchers report.

U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 12, 2024 ~8 min

Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds

The personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and lower incomes,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 12, 2024 ~7 min

Wind powers a record summer for renewable energy in Britain

A blustery August saw gas generation more than halve compared with 2023.

Iain Staffell, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London • conversation
Sept. 11, 2024 ~7 min

Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth

Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.

Wanyun Shao, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Alabama • conversation
Sept. 11, 2024 ~7 min

Expert: Rising global temps are the ‘new baseline’

Cities around the world are becoming unbearably hot, putting workers, the young, and older adults at risk. Experts say it's a "new normal."

Robert C. Jones Jr. - U. Miami • futurity
Sept. 10, 2024 ~8 min

El Niño may have ended, but its legacy is greater hunger in sub-Saharan Africa

El Niño tends to cause heatwaves and droughts in southern Africa particularly.

Lotanna Emediegwu, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
Sept. 10, 2024 ~6 min


South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes and might never return.

Jacob Levi, Institute of International Health, Charité – Berlin University of Medicine • conversation
Sept. 10, 2024 ~8 min

Climate Group: Summer 2024 Was Hottest on Record

VOA Learning English • voa
Sept. 9, 2024 ~5 min

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