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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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Shortage of male turtles could be solved by splash of cold seawater

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Melting Arctic glaciers expose new sources of planet-warming methane

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Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu

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The uncomfortable reality of life on Earth after we breach 1.5°C

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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Launching a huge dust cloud from the moon could ease global warming

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The first breach of 1.5°C will be a temporary but devastating failure

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Satellite view of volcanic ash cloud

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2022 Tonga eruption means we may hit 1.5°C of global warming earlier

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2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (13007378a) A cow grazes on the dried-up bed of a natural pond on a hot summer day, amid the ongoing heatwave in New Delhi, India on June 27, 2022. The intense and prolonged heatwave has damaged the wheat crop, and made conditions for people who work outside very difficult. Climate scientists say the prolonged heatwave is undoubtedly the result of global heating. INDIA-WEATHER-HEAT, New Delhi - 27 Jun 2022

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Most days could be dangerously hot for 5 billion people by 2100

The majority of days every year could become dangerously hot in many parts of the world if warming reaches 3°C by 2100

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Europe’s extreme drought is exacerbating food and energy crises

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Polar bears adapting to climate change by hunting on freshwater ice

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Extreme global warming could see major ocean life extinction

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Climate change may increase the spread of viruses between land mammals

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