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Six-fold increase in polar ice losses since the 1990s
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice faster than in the 1990s and are both tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case climate warming scenario.
Tropical forests’ carbon sink 'already rapidly weakening'
The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.
Global species loss could be halved
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics, a new study reveals.
Helping a heavy industry reach net-zero
Scientists have secured funding to investigate ways the UK steel industry can be decarbonised within 30 years.
Clearing up cloudy climate predictions
UK scientists are taking to the skies as part of a major international research campaign to better understand the behaviour of clouds and their role in climate change.