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This data image shows the monthly average sea surface temperature for May 2015. Between 2013 and 2016, a large mass of unusually warm ocean water--nicknamed the blob--dominated the North Pacific, indicated here by red, pink, and yellow colors signifying temperatures as much as three degrees Celsius (five degrees Fahrenheit) higher than average. Data are from the NASA Multi-scale Ultra-high Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (MUR SST) Analysis product.

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Extreme marine heatwaves are now normal for the world’s oceans

Since 2014, more than half of the ocean surface across the globe has recorded temperatures considered extreme compared with a historical average

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 06: Climate protestors gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march on November 6, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Day seven of the 2021 climate summit in Glasgow will focus on nature. While on the outside tens of thousands of climate protestors will attempt to hold the governments to account by marching through the streets of Glasgow. The 26th "Conference of the Parties" and represents a gathering of all the countries signed on to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement. The aim of this year's conference is to commit countries to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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The UK still won’t say how much CO2 its Net Zero Strategy will save

Bloomstrandbreen 1936 (top) and 2009

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Svalbard glacier ice loss projected to roughly double by 2100

TOPSHOT - The sun sets near a windmill in Palmdale, California where temperatures reached 106 degree Fahrenheit (41.1 degrees Celsius) today, July 12, 2021. - Wildfires were burning across more than one million acres of the western United States and Canada on Monday, as scorching temperatures held their grip on areas reeling from a brutal weekend heat wave. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

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Climate change made the past 7 years the warmest on record

Aerial view of the Pantanal wetlands, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil on March 8, 2018. - The Pantanal is the largest wetland on the planet located in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, covers more than 170,500 km2 and is home to more than 4,000 species of plants and animals. This ecosystem is at risk of collapsing if the rivers' headwaters are not protected from the advance of monoculture plantations, waterways, hydroelectric plants and deforestation warn scientists and activists. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Eugenia LOGIURATTO (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Record levels of greenhouse gas methane are a ‘fire alarm moment’

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Fix the Planet newsletter: 11 climate solutions to watch in 2022

Photo taken in Loppi, Finland

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Peatlands in peril: The race to save the bogs that slow climate change

Australia, Northern Territory. Solar reflectors which give power for the people of Hermannasburg in Northern Territory.

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2022 preview: High-voltage supergrids could power the world

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We must capitalise on the public’s renewed focus on climate change

A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, U.S., August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RAP9BI0EP

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2021 in review: Weather records aren’t just broken, they’re smashed

Record-shattering fires, freezes and rainfall around the world made it all too clear that extreme weather is fast becoming the new normal

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In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice

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Collapse of doomsday glacier in Antarctica could begin within a decade

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Don’t Look Up review: The funniest climate change movie so far

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Will paused Cambo oil plans mark the decline of North Sea drilling?