Alarming numbers A new study has shown that by 2050, climate change could lead to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths. By examining World Health Organization (WHO) data from 2000 to 2022, a research team from the Catholic University of Argentina looked at how rising temperatures impact physical activity. The findings were published in The […]

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That doesn’t sound good A supercomputer has predicted when humans will become extinct. Though climate change is always in the news and becoming a priority for governments to tackle, its long term impacts could be devastating not just on the environment but on our species as well. With this in mind, a supercomputer has analysed […]

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Prepare for a hot year A leading government climate adviser has warned that rising temperatures will become “the new normal” in the UK, as she appealed for better preparing for the impacts of climate change. Professor Rachel Kyte told the BBC that “this is our future, encapsulated in data. Now the question is ‘how are […]

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The capital city has been dubbed ‘unliveable’ and ‘the hottest city in the world’ It’s pretty hot in the UK right now, maybe too hot, but just when you think 25C in the muggy, grey English heat is bad, spare a thought for those living in the hottest city in the world. We all know […]

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It’s not looking good… Climate experts have issued a wake up call to the UK in the country’s starkest warning yet. Top government advisers must prepare for an increase of at least 2 degrees within just 25 years. This limit is hotter and sooner than previous official advice, and even worse than the 1.5C level […]

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Happy Sunday! Humankind has just a quarter of a century left before we’re all wiped out, apparently. 13 years since those doomy days of 2012, which saw the Mayan calendar misinterpreted by what seemed like half of the world’s population who convinced themselves that natural disasters would extinguish all life on our planet, Oxford University […]

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