The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get
Record heat, storms and floods reveal new extremes made possible by climate change.
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There’s nothing ‘wild’ about most wildfires – humans start them and have made them more dangerous
The names we give wildfires can obscure our role in them.
Where have all the wasps gone this summer?
And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.
Extreme heat may keep millions from exercising, linked to 500,000 early deaths yearly
Rising heat is making everyday exercise harder, with modelling studies suggesting long-term impacts on activity levels and population health.
Winners and losers in a hotter ocean
Fish will follow the plankton.
Why hotter summers are bad for the UK economy
Just one degree of temperature rises can curb economic growth by 2.4%, research has found.
Octopus numbers exploded around the UK’s south‑west coast in 2025 – a new report explores this rare phenomenon
Climate-driven shifts in ocean and atmospheric dynamics underpin these recent blooms in octopus numbers in UK waters.
UK drought: crop harvests at severe risk of collapse
Complex systems require multiple indicators. A UK food resilience index could identify developing weaknesses in the food system before they become failures.
Will tornadoes and waterspouts thrive as Earth heats up?
Climate change is providing more fuel for violent storms – but twisters are complicated.
Vanishing waters in a warming world
Bad news for the rivers and the lakes that we’re used to.
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