The wildfires and melting ice that science warned us about are here
15 January 2020
News reports of long-predicted disasters are starting to sound familiar. Scientists, too, must carry on repeating calls for rapid cuts to carbon emissions
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Antarctica's doomsday glacier is melting. Can we save it in time?
15 January 2020
A massive research effort is under way to understand Antarctica's Thwaites glacier before it is too late. If it collapses, it could trigger catastrophic sea level rise, putting London and New York at risk
Captured carbon dioxide could be used to help recycle batteries
13 January 2020
We have to capture carbon dioxide to slow climate change, but instead of simply burying it we could first use it to extract useful metals from old electrical equipment
Area of Amazon affected by wildfires predicted to grow by 2050
10 January 2020
Wildfires in the Amazon in Brazil are projected to worsen, with double the amount of an important region of forest affected by 2050
