Concrete and asphalt as well as scarce vegetation in urban areas lead to higher temperatures, study showsExposure to deadly urban heat has tripled since the 1980s, and now affects nearly a quarter of the world’s population, a study has found.Scientists…
California beaches closed as ‘devastating’ oil spill threatens wildlife
An estimated 126,000 gallons leaked from an underwater pipeline in one of the largest spills in recent state historyTemperatures in southern California surged on Sunday, but Huntington state beach was devoid of the umbrellas and beach blankets that wou…
Birmingham to become a super-sized low-traffic neighbourhood
Council plans to divert car traffic from city via a ring road while providing more buses and cycle linesBirmingham has announced what it calls a “transformative” transport plan that will see the car-centric city becoming a super-sized low-traffic neigh…
The Montana couple taking on wildfires – in pictures
Samsara Duffey spends months scouring the horizon for blazes as a fire lookout while her husband, Mark, who is based about 280 miles away, parachutes out of planes to fight fires as a member of an elite squad of smokejumpers. In the western United Stat…
Drivers clash with Insulate Britain activists blocking three London roads
Protesters stop traffic at Hanger Lane, the Blackwall tunnel and Wandsworth BridgeInsulate Britain activists have staged three morning roadblocks in central London, leading to dozens of arrests and confrontations with drivers stuck in heavy traffic at …
India: nine people die in farmers’ protests against new laws
Conflicting accounts about how violence broke out around vehicles reportedly part of minister Ajay Mishra’s convoyNine people have been killed in violent clashes during a protest by hundreds of farmers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in a d…
山火事が起きやすい「火災気象」の日が、米国で急増している：研究結果
米国では大規模な山火事が頻発している。こうしたなか、実際に山火事が発生しやすい条件が揃う「火災気象」と呼ばれる日が増加していることが、このほど発表された研究結果から明らかになった。加速する地球温暖化が背景にあることから、温暖化の勢いを緩和しない限り事態が悪化する一方との声も専門家からは上がっている。
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Celebrating Cumbria’s west coast – in pictures
Internationally renowned photographer Vanessa Winship named emerging artist Phoebe Kiely as her pick of new talent, and the West Coast Photo Festival will bring them together for the first time Continue reading…
Sicilian coffee dream a step closer as climate crisis upends farming
As temperatures rise, one family hopes to establish the world’s northernmost coffee plantationFor more than 30 years the Morettino family had been trying to produce their own coffee on a small piece of land in Sicily. And for 30 years they had failed.B…
‘There’s tar everywhere’: large California oil spill fouls beaches and kills wildlife
Crews scramble to contain 126,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled in waters off Orange county before it spread further into wetlandsOne of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while c…