Increased lightning hazard ‘almost guarantee’
Climate change, urbanization and rising population likely to intensify human exposure to lightning
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Read article: Increased lightning hazard ‘almost guarantee’
Coffee harvests face risk from rising heat
Global coffee harvests, which provide the drink of choice for millions and the livelihoods of many more, are in peril, not least from rising temperatures
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Extreme rainfall events can be correlated over thousands of kilometres, study reveals
Unexpected “teleconnections” across the equator have also been observed
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Massachusetts carbon tax ‘would save 340 lives’
Air pollution cuts from local climate policy would benefit health too
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Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ water crisis due to migrating moisture corridor
Analysis highlights vulnerability of dry regions to climate change
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Carbon cycle changes
2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report looks at North America’s sinks and sources
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Climate change brings extreme weather
Scientists release Explaining Extreme Events of 2017 report
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Ocean warming speeds vary with depth
The world’s oceans are a vast reservoir of heat and ocean warming speeds differ widely
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Winters are ‘getting sick’
Decline of snowpack in California Sierra could dry out reservoirs and exacerbate forest fires
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Svalbard freezes as Arctic warms
More rain means thicker ice under winter snowpack
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