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Engineering firms explore plan to slow melting of Greenland glacier

21 October 2022

Companies are considering a major geoengineering project that would build a barrier to block warm seawater from reaching the base of Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland


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

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

13 December 2021

Netflix disaster-satire film Don’t Look Up is a cathartic and hilarious allegory of humanity's hapless efforts to deal with climate change.


Andreas Malm interview: Why climate protesters need to embrace unrest

Andreas Malm interview: Why climate protesters need to embrace unrest

27 October 2021

Given the scale of threat and the size of the organisations they are fighting, climate activists must move beyond civil disobedience to property destruction and even sabotage, says controversial campaigner Andreas Malm


Music for the planet

From Billie Eilish to Bessie Smith: A climate playlist for COP26

20 October 2021

COP26 is soon to get under way, so why not let our playlist be your soundtrack to the climate summit? We've got something for everyone


How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

24 February 2021

Let’s imagine you have inherited a fortune and want to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Here’s the best way to spend your money to make a difference to climate change, disease and poverty


Optimism can avert climate disaster, say duo who brokered Paris deal

Optimism can avert climate disaster, say duo who brokered Paris deal

11 March 2020

Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac led the 2015 Paris climate negotiations. They tell us why they’re hopeful for the future, and explain how fighting climate change is “the most exciting experiment in history”


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How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

11 December 2019

New Scientist was well ahead of the curve in 1979 when we warned that the 'so-called carbon dioxide greenhouse effect' threatened long-term climate change


Lake Baikal ice

The sparkling ice hummocks of the world’s biggest lake

6 December 2017

Temperature and pressure differences in the water of Russia’s Lake Baikal cause cracks to form, and great transparent slabs of ice rise off the surface


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