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Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is responsible for a large part of carbon dioxide’s planet-warming effect

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Atlantic current shutdown is a real danger, suggests simulation

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Atlantic current shutdown is a real danger, suggests simulation

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Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark

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TOPSHOT - A man wades through floodwaters brought about by heavy rains at a residential neighbourhood in Propseridad town, Agusan del Sur province on southern Mindanao island on February 1, 2024. Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed six people in the Philippines, with one other person missing, rescuers said February 1. (Photo by Erwin MASCARINAS / AFP) (Photo by ERWIN MASCARINAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Forget what long-lived sea sponges say, focus on reaching net-zero

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Orcas trapped in the ice

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Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice off Japan

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Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive climate change?

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Hurricanes are becoming so strong we may need a new scale to rate them

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Activists at the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai in December 2023

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Global temperatures may have passed 1.5°C of warming a decade ago

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A floating solar power plant on the Cirata Reservoir, West Java in Indonesia

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Floating solar power booms in South-East Asia as land becomes scarce

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Chemistry

Light-sensitive molecules could make carbon capture more efficient

Molecules called photoacids could offer a more energy-efficient way to release carbon dioxide captured from the air in order to store or reuse it

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Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods

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Life

Four new emperor penguin colonies have been discovered

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Huge amounts of rock dust are being spread across farms to capture CO2

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Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global CO2 emissions

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