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A view of mountain habitat, with blooming pink rhododendron flowers in the foreground, with grassy slopes and craggy peaks in the distance below a sky with scattered clouds

Plants are spreading up mountains faster than thought in North America

15 February 2023

From Mexico to Canada, mountain plants are moving upslope to cooler elevations. In some mountain ranges, the upward climb is as fast as 112 metres per decade

Pastoralists from the local Gabra community walk among carcasses of some of their sheep and goats on the outskirts of a small settlement called 'Kambi ya Nyoka' (snake camp) suspected to have succumbed due to sudden change in climate in Marsabit county January 29, 2022. - A devastating drought in Kenya late-last year, that appeared to give way to flash storms that yielded flooding and chilly weather conditions in early 2022, has seen pastoral communities in the east african nation's arid north lose their livestock, first to drought and then floods and cold. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change causing widespread and irreversible impacts, says IPCC

28 February 2022

A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change, largely from extreme heat, heavy rainfall, drought and fire

UK warned its failure to adapt to warming threatens net zero target

15 June 2021

The UK government has been warned its failure to adapt to climate change impacts is endangering the country’s goal of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050