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Norway's Svalbard archipelago viewed from a satellite

Environment

2022 was Europe’s hottest summer but warmer years are likely to come

Europe had the hottest summer on record and the second warmest year ever in 2022, according to the latest European State of the Climate report

Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.

Life

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

A well for hydrogen production in Geneva, Nebraska

Earth

World’s first drilling project to seek natural hydrogen hits a snag

A field of soya beans that has been hit by drought

Environment

Europe to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change

Cars on a flooded street in Dania Beach, Florida on 12 April

Environment

Florida floods: How much rain has fallen and could it happen again?

Environment

Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants

People in Cape Town, South Africa, refill water bottles at Newlands Spring in January 2018 amid the city's drought

Environment

Rich people use so much water that it is threatening the global supply

Environment

US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

Environment

Climate change may drive more hurricanes towards the US east coast

Environment

Higher temperatures are leading to more home runs in baseball

Since 2010, around 500 home runs in Major League Baseball can be attributed to the lowering of air density on hotter days

Environment

Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supercharged storms

Environment

How comedy could help save the planet

Environment

Polar ice sheets may retreat much faster than previously thought

Environment

The UK is making five big bets in the hope of hitting net zero by 2050