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Every new UK home should have air conditioning, say Liberal Democrats
Exclusive: Party says housing stock ‘woefully unprepared’ for extreme heat and new rules for builders must be setAll new UK homes should be built with...
Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy
Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is...
Here's how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat
America’s offshore wind farms have already shown their ability to keep electricity flowing during brutal winter storms. Now, the clean energy resource has proved it...
Firefighters in France battle to prevent huge blaze from approaching Bordeaux
Efforts to contain wildfire that has consumed an area of four times the size of Paris impeded by windy conditionsEurope wildfires live – latest updatesAuthorities...
Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation as fires rage
Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250,000 people flee...
How to keep cool in a heatwave: 25 tips from the people who know best, from a Rio lifeguard to an Egyptian archaeologist
For some, scorching days and humid nights are just the norm. So how do they stay chilled and comfortable?Luis Pacherrez Antón is president of Agroperu...
Scorching US heat wave to hit 70 million people with third 'heat dome' in month
Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwestAbout 70 million people in the US are...
Hydrological Threshold for Optimizing Wetland Climate Mitigation
Abstract Wetland carbon cycling reflects an intrinsic balance between CO2 sequestration and anaerobic methane production, though hydrological drivers remain insufficiently quantified. Here, we synthesize eddy...
Mass Loss From Thwaites Glacier Continues Even Without Ocean Melting
Abstract Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers dominate Antarctica’s sea‐level contribution. However, it remains unclear whether their ice loss is driven by anomalously warm present‐day ocean...
Extreme Events Reshape Flood Hazards Through Sediment‐Induced Channel Change in Southern Taiwan
Abstract Extreme precipitation events can cause long‐lasting changes to river systems, altering flood hazards beyond the initial disaster. We investigate how Typhoon Morakot (2009) impacted...
Accelerating Ground‐Based Aerosol Retrieval From Shortwave Radiation Using Tabular Foundation Models
Abstract Retrieving aerosol optical properties from broadband surface solar radiation measurements presents a challenging inverse problem that has yet to be fully explored. This study...
Multi-century cooling after net-zero greenhouse gas emissions
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02700-2How global temperatures change after net-zero emissions are reached is highly uncertain. Here the authors constrain this...
Tracking the status of global evidence
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02720-yAssessing the status of adaptation is important to target support and determine priority gaps. Here I look...
Less than net zero needed to stabilize climate
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02708-8Global temperature change over long times after cessation of greenhouse gas emissions is not well constrained. Now,...
New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea
Exclusive: Blunder at Rosebank, UK’s biggest undeveloped oilfield, comes as government considers granting licenceProduction at Britain’s biggest undeveloped oil and gasfield could be delayed for...
Wildfires force more than 250,000 people to evacuate in France and Spain
Hundreds of firefighters battle blazes as strong winds drive fires towards Bordeaux and smoke prompts health warnings in MadridUnrestrained wildfires in Spain and France have...
Firefighters in Spain and France battle raging wildfires – video
Footage shows the extent of the devastation caused by wildfires in Cenicientos, in the Madrid region of Spain, on Friday. Members of Spain’s military emergency...
In Michigan, the price of energy is on the ballot and both parties know it
Christine Waugh-Fleischmann, an art teacher who said she spends up to $200 a week on gas driving to see her grandchildren, is a Democratic voter...
Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears
Major incident declared over blaze which started 11 days ago as wind strengthensA major incident has been declared over a wildfire that has been raging...
This drug could help end the HIV epidemic. Its rollout has hit speed bumps
One shot of lenacapavir can protect for 6 months—but aid cuts and uncertain demand mean little drug has reached the countries that most need it...
France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – live
Officials in Spain warn winds could worsen fires on SaturdayTell us: have you been affected by wildfires in Europe?Here are some of the latest images...
'Without us, they are doomed': volunteers save fish from French rivers drying up in heatwaves
Fish being moved to oxygenated flowing water further downstream as water levels drop across countryAlong the Odet River in Brittany, fisher Mathieu Le Bouter and...
FDA committee votes to make peptides more widely available
The loosely regulated molecules could soon become easier to buy, despite unknowns about their risks
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