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Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up

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10 August 202215 February 2023

Sleeping at the height of summer can sometimes feel impossible. And with gruelling heatwaves becoming more common, the nights can be sweltering, with no cooling breeze to relieve the discomfort. At…Read More >

Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up

Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves

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8 August 202215 February 2023

With our planet heating up, we all need help coping with increasing temperatures in our day-to-day lives. The UK provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature, 40.3℃, on July 19 2022, and records…Read More >

Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves

Heatwave Britain hits 40.3°C – here’s how scientists know when a temperature record has been broken

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25 July 202215 February 2023

The UK has experienced its hottest day on record, as provisional data showed the temperature soared to 40.3°C at Coningsby in Lincolnshire. This surpassed the previous record of 38.7°C set in Cambridge…Read More >

Heatwave Britain hits 40.3°C – here’s how scientists know when a temperature record has been broken

Climate activism has so far been fairly peaceful: here’s why that might change

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13 July 202215 February 2023

Climate change is perhaps the most serious threat to life on this planet. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), climate change has already caused heatwave, drought and flood deaths across…Read More >

Climate activism has so far been fairly peaceful: here’s why that might change

Extreme heat warning: what first-ever Met Office alert means

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21 July 202125 August 2022

Summer 2021 will mark a turning point in how heat is seen by the public and communicated by experts. For the first time in its 167-year history, the UK’s Met…Read More >

A ‘polluter pays’ food tax would hit poor households hardest

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16 October 201815 November 2021

The food we consume and its production has a huge carbon footprint – so should food be taxed according to the emissions it produces? On World Food Day, Dr Ariane…Read More >

IPCC 1.5℃ report: here’s what the climate science says

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8 October 2018

We must take urgent action on an unprecedented scale to keep global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees C says the IPCC’s new report, released today. Reading Professor Keith Shine…Read More >

Why clear skies over the Pacific are speeding up climate change

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8 June 201815 November 2021

Global warming is accelerating as time passes. Models predict that trend is set to continue even if we manage to rein in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere – but…Read More >

Can fairness create a green future?

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2 November 201712 November 2021

By Lydia Messling, University of Reading It isn’t just polar bears being affected by climate change – people all over the world are already being negatively affected by changes to…Read More >

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