31 January 2023
A modelling study of 93 European cities suggests that more than 2600 human heat-related deaths over just three months could have been prevented if these places increased their average tree coverage from 15 per cent to 30 per cent
29 July 2022
Since 1951, the gap between night and day temperatures has closed by 0.41°C, and simulations show that the bulk of this warming is due to greenhouse gas emissions
7 July 2021
The recent deadly and record-breaking heatwave in North America would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, according to scientists
11 February 2020
Even if we limit warming due to climate change, the number of extremely hot days followed by intensely hot nights could jump four times to 32 days in northern hemisphere summers by 2100
3 July 2019
Lessons from the deep past reveal that human-induced warming could create more extreme conditions than Earth has ever experienced
20 March 2019
Deforestation in the Amazon could have a similar local warming effect to decades of climate change-driven temperature rises
12 December 2018
From past temperature change to future sea level rise, climate science is full of conflicting numbers. Here’s our guide to the ones you can and can’t trust
4 July 2018
Better climate models and fast computers are helping us see how our carbon emissions are already causing severe weather events
19 April 2018
Blowflies repeatedly blow bubbles of saliva, which look like brown bubble gum – and it turns out this odd behaviour helps them keep cool
19 March 2018
In the coming decades Russia will experience worse heatwaves than the 2010 event, which killed 55,000 people, while the US will bake in the West and Great Lakes regions
