Global warming
Prince William, Al Gore to lead free TED talks on climate
The line-up of speakers also includes European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, teenage climate activist Xiye Bastida, actor Chris Hemsworth, and...
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Ramaphosa warns of 'catastrophic' impact of climate change on humanity
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that while the coronavirus pandemic was devastating, it was not the only problem facing the world. He said that climate change was a huge worry.
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Scorching temperature in US's Death Valley could be global high
The World Meteorological Organization said on Monday it would start the process to verify the reading of 54.4 degrees Celsius, which it said "would be the hottest global temperature officially recorded since 1931".
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Thunberg: World must 'tear up' old contracts, build new systems to save climate
The climate activist cited a UN study published in November that suggested planned investments to boost fossil fuel production are likely to push temperature goals enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement out of reach.
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South Pole warming three times faster than rest of Earth: study
Authors of the research said the natural warming trend was likely boosted by manmade greenhouse gas emissions and could be masking the heating effect of carbon pollution over the South Pole.
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Paris climate goals failure 'could cost world $600 trillion'
Under the landmark 2015 accord, countries pledged to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels in order to limit global temperature rises to 'well below' two degrees Celsius.
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Global warming causing 'irreversible' mass melting in Antarctica - scientist
The study showed the world could lose most of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which rests on the seabed and is fringed by floating ice, in a warmer world.
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Feel the heat: January 2020 warmest on record
A chart showing January global air temperature anomalies, compared to the 1981-2010 average.
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UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Johnson was to make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November.
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Trump rejects environmental 'prophets of doom'
The US president branded those warning of out-of-control global warming and other environmental disasters "the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers".
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Greta Thunberg joins thousands at climate protest before Davos
Thunberg is due to address the summit in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos next week with a call on governments and financial institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels.
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'Moment of crisis' has come on climate change: Attenborough
"We have been putting things off year after year, we have been raising targets and saying 'Oh well, if we do it within the next 20 years," he told the BBC.
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2019 was second-hottest year ever, more extreme weather coming - WMO
It showed that the average global temperature in 2019 was 1.1 degree Celsius (34 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, creeping towards a globally agreed limit after which major changes to life on Earth are expected.
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Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
Oceans absorb more than 90% of excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions and quantifying how much they have warmed up in recent years gives scientists an accurate read on the rate of global warming.
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2019 second hottest year on record - EU
Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that worldwide temperatures last year were second only to 2016, in which temperatures were boosted 0.12 degrees Celsius by an exceptionally strong El Nino natural weather event.
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Marine life under threat from plummeting oxygen levels
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels -- up from only 45 in the 1960s.
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Weak Arctic ice sees 56 polar bears descend on Russian village
The Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund said climate change was to blame, as unusually warm temperatures prevented coastal ice from forming.
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The year the world woke up to the climate emergency
Although scientists have warned for decades about the risk to humanity and Earth posed by unfettered burning of fossil fuels, in 2019 their message seems to have finally hit home.
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2010s the hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again
The World Meterological Organization said global temperatures so far this year were 1.1°C above the pre-industrial average between 1850-1900.
