Human activities, mainly burning fossil fuels, are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, amplifying the natural greenhouse effect and making the pH of the ocean more acidic….
More: www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-chan…
Despite a deadly summer and science linking extreme weather events to global warming, the politics around climate change are in disarray and the planet is in worse shape than ever….
More: www.cnn.com/2018/08/04/world/climate-change-deadly-summer-wxc-in…
The long read: From vaccines to climate change to genocide, a new age of denialism is upon us. Why have we failed to understand it?…
More: www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/03/denialism-what-drives-peopl…
Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile…
More: www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/06/domino-effect-of-cli…
Number of king penguins on the remote Île aux Cochons has fallen from 2m to 200,000, warn scientists…
More: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/30/worlds-largest-king-pengui…
Facebook and Twitter are changing our behaviour for the worse. This August, we should seize the chance to take a break, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland…
More: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/04/social-media-detox…
Hot weather has touched all of the continent, but it has had the most impact in northern countries, unaccustomed to sustained heat, suggesting that hard years lie ahead….
More: www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/europe/europe-heat-wave.html
These 12 cities around the world are starting to go car-free….
More: www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/these-major-cities-are-starting-t…
Rising energy demand means use of fossil fuels is heading in the wrong direction…
More: www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/02/the-world-is-losing-the-war…