Brexit and Covid have created the perfect moment for the politics of crackdown | John Harris
If you were wondering when the widely predicted post-Brexit dystopia might move beyond the imaginings of TV scriptwriters and into the real world,
Ana Raquel Nunes: ‘Extreme weather reveals the fragility of people and places’ | Climate change
Ana Raquel Nunes is a senior research fellow at Warwick medical school who studies the links between global heating and human health. She
The oldest tree in eastern US survived millennia – but rising seas could kill it | Trees and forests
A wizened eastern bald cypress dwells in an expanse of North Carolina’s wetlands. It lives among a cluster of eastern bald cypress trees
Converted offices pose ‘deadly risk’ in heatwaves, experts warn | Housing
The conversion of offices into flats in urban centres poses a “potentially deadly risk” to occupants as the intensity of heatwaves rises, experts
Baked barnacles, scorched cherries: the disastrous impact of heatwaves on plants and animals | Climate crisis in the American west
When forecasts foreshadowed the Pacific north-west’s devastating heatwave at the end of June, marine biologist Christopher Harley was alarmed and intrigued. Then came
The climate change horseman of the apocalypse rides out – cartoon
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In the shadow of Paradise, nearby residents make uneasy peace with fire | Wildfires
The Dixie fire was consuming vast swaths of land in the Sierra Nevada foothills, but in the nearby valley city of Chico, California,
Greenland: enough ice melted on single day to cover Florida in two inches of water | Ice
Greenland’s vast ice sheet is undergoing a surge in melting, with the amount of ice vanishing in a single day this week enough
Devastation Grips California as Dixie Fire Burns
The Dixie Fire continued to burn through Northern California at an alarming rate as firefighters struggled to contain the strong blaze amid record-breaking
Climate Chaos Is Avoidable. Here’s How.
You might have read some dismal headlines this week: On Tuesday, enough ice melted in Greenland to cover Florida in two inches of