The rise of firefighters‑for‑hire exposes the inequality of climate‑driven disasters
Private firefighters in affluent LA neighbourhoods are a sign of an increasingly privatised response to disasters.
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Why it’s so hard to detect the fingerprints of global warming on monsoon rains
Kerala floods show the relationship between climate change and extreme rainfall is complex.
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.
IPCC report: global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C – we need deeds not words
We need specific action now to make net zero emissions by 2050 possible.
Growing bigger prickly hedges can reduce the chance of extreme weather – and a lot more
Prickly hedges capture large amounts of carbon dioxide, and are great homes for insects.
How climate change is making North Atlantic tropical storms worse
Warming ocean water is ‘rocket fuel’ for increasingly destructive hurricanes.
The climate crisis is making gender inequality in developing coastal communities worse
Sea-level rises and storm surges don’t discriminate, but societal structures do.
Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing?
A future of heat and strife or humanity’s finest hour – our response to climate change today will define the 21st century.
Heat from the Atlantic Ocean is melting Arctic sea ice further eastwards than ever before
The link between melting sea ice and extreme weather has been known for a while, but now it’s happening further afield.
Grounded aircraft could make weather forecasts less reliable
More than one million weather observations were made by aircraft each day in 2019. Since the pandemic started, these have dropped by 90%.
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