Don't miss: An explorer visits the world's artificial islands
13 May 2020
Online exhibitions, artificial island explorers and whether art and culture can thrive on the internet, all in this week's guide to what’s worth checking out
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Kelp is coming: How seaweed could prevent catastrophic climate change
13 May 2020
From providing a green alternative to plastics to reducing methane emissions and sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, seaweed could be the secret ingredient we need to clean up our planet
Can higher CO2 levels boost plant life enough to dent global warming?
13 May 2020
Increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may be boosting vegetation for now, but climate change is set to more than wipe out any gains, says James Wong
The focus on coronavirus is essential, but we can’t forget the climate
13 May 2020
The coronavirus pandemic may be the biggest crisis most of us have faced, but we can’t afford to tackle our crises one at a time and let politicians off the hook on climate change
UK plan for green heating will take 1500 years to hit 2050 target
11 May 2020
Details of a UK plan to reduce carbon emissions by switching to green heating sources falls a long way short of a 2050 target set by government climate advisers – at the proposed funding rate, it will take 1500 years
Climate change has already made parts of the world too hot for humans
8 May 2020
Global warming has already made parts of the world – including cities in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates – hotter than the human body can withstand
A Japanese nuclear power plant created a habitat for tropical fish
6 May 2020
A small increase in water temperature near a Japanese nuclear power plant allowed tropical fish to colonise the area, suggesting global warming will drastically alter some marine ecosystems
