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The "last glacial period" saw huge, rapid climate changes. Our new research found they happened all around the world, and each time within just a few decades. Ellen Corrick, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne John Hellstrom, U-Series Geochemistry Specialist, University of Melbourne Russell Drysdale, Associate Professor , University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The aim is to reduce insect-borne diseases but environmental groups warn of unforeseen consequences.

New research has found Greenland lost more than a million tonnes of ice every minute in 2019, a trend which could result in a catastrophic sea level rise

• Greenland ice sheet lost a record 1m tonnes of ice per minute in 2019

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Implementing a carbon price in line with the global temperature limits of the Paris Agreement could expose nearly a third of mines worldwide to higher costs, with gold mining operations in South Africa seen bearing some of the greatest impacts, analysis released Thursday showed.

The snake, bird and cat, from Swansea University's collection, are at least 2,000 years old.

In a record breaking 2019, Greenland lost enough ice to cover the UK with over 2m of melt water.

Climate-driven loss is likely to be the worst for centuries, and is pushing up sea levels

The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows.

The climate crisis is heating the Arctic at double the rate in lower latitudes, and the ice cap is the biggest single contributor to sea level rise, which already imperils coasts around the world. The ice sheet shrank by 532bn tonnes last year as its surface melted and glaciers fell into the ocean and would have filled seven Olympic-sized swimming pools per second.

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A European scientist association has called on the EU to factor in the full lifecycle of emissions from wood pellets under the ETS, a move that could drastically increase costs for biomass-burning utilities such as RWE, Uniper, and Vattenfall.

Poland could achieve climate neutrality by 2056, only six years after the EU as a whole plans to reach net zero emissions, a Polish economic think-tank report has found.

EUAs dropped below €26 Thursday on a bearish auction result and wider macroeconomic worries, extending the previous day's decline as officials said the ongoing ETS registry outage would be short-lived.

Fossilised leaves suggest some plants may adapt to grow more quickly as CO2 levels rise.

Legend warns monarchy and building will crumble if resident birds flee fortress

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A lack of tourists is driving the ravens at the Tower of London to boredom and causing them to fly away.

Legend has it the monarchy and the Tower of London will fall if its six resident ravens leave the fortress.

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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority says the Dounreay facility will be ready for redevelopment by 2333.

The EU ETS registry system is expected to be repaired and back online on Friday, the European Commission said in a note Thursday in response to an outage that has prevented trade in carbon units.

The crisis left at least 12 dead and exposed tens of thousands of children to lead poisoning.

Campaigners who say the striking desert plant is endangered hope the state will act but officials complain of ‘red tape’

Efforts to win endangered species protections for the imperiled Joshua tree in California are encountering entrenched opposition from local officials, who say the added protections may prevent real estate development and economic growth.

On Thursday, the California fish and game commission (FGC) will vote on a petition that, if approved, will grant the yucca plants temporary protected status for a year while the agency conducts a study.

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The Western Australian government has launched an initiative to attract investment in projects that can cut emissions and earn carbon credits in the state’s national parks and reserves as part of its COVID-19 recovery plan.

In a nationwide blitz, gas companies and their allies fight climate efforts that they consider an existential threat to their business

When progressive Seattle decided last year to wipe out its climate pollution within the decade, the city council vote in favor was unsurprisingly unanimous, and the easiest first step on that path was clear.

About one-third of the city’s climate footprint comes from buildings, in large part from burning “natural” gas for heating and cooking. Gas is a fossil fuel that releases carbon dioxide and far more potent methane into the atmosphere and heats the planet. It is plentiful and cheap, and it’s also a huge and increasing part of America’s climate challenge.

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