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Earth’s climate will warm 15 per cent more than we thought

6 December 2017

Climate models have always offered a range of possible temperature rises, but it turns out the ones that best fit what’s happened so far all predict even greater warming
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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