4 h. ago The world is experiencing record heat – this is why it’s about to get worse

The climate crisis is already displacing millions of people from their homes as they seek to escape extreme weather events, desertification and drought, writes Alicja Hagopian. With Donald Trump ordering billions of dollars of cuts to climate aid projects, the poorest and most vulnerable countries face even greater risks

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29 h. ago Scientists shielding farming from climate change need more public funding. But they're getting less

Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly accelerated by freezing or pausing support for a variety of research programs financed by the USDA, EPA and other organizations

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43 h. ago Storm system threatens up to 70 million people in Midwest as tornado warning issued

Winds could reach 60 to 70 mph

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43 h. ago Heather burning ban on peatland to be expanded under Government plans

Healthy peatlands can help tackle climate change, reduce flood risk, improve water quality and support rare wildlife.

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53 h. ago How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shockFlora Montejo always dreamed of buying her own home. After almost three decades working as a nurse, the 68-year-old invested her retirement savings in a two-storey house in San Agustín, a working-class suburb of the Mexican resort town of Acapulco.Montejo’s retirement dream was shortlived. Not long after moving into her newly remodelled home, Hurricane John dumped record levels of rainfall on Acapulco, triggering landslides and flash floods after calm creeks turned into roaring rivers. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago "I'm coming back tonight": My £120 'Extreme Day Trip' with a 4.30am start and horrific weather

With its rich history and delicious food, Reykjavik quickly won me over - and it had to be quick says Greta Simpson.

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64 h. ago Dozens of police officers batter down door of pacifist Quaker meeting house to arrest activists 'discussing climate change and Gaza'

More than 30 police officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held at the Westminster Meeting House at around 7.30pm on Thursday, March 27, according to Youth Demand.

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3 d. ago Quakers say London police arrested six people at meeting on climate change, Gaza

Quakers say London police arrested six people at meeting on climate change, Gaza  CNN

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5 d. ago Just Stop Oil says it is quitting direct action in shock statement

Just Stop Oil has announced it is to cease direct action, with a final protest in Parliament Square on April 26.

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5 d. ago South Korea moves national treasures to safety as ‘worst wildfires in history’ kill 26

Fires damage historic temple structures and artefacts in Uiseong

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5 d. ago Climate change taken off America’s global threat list for the first time in over a decade

The reason for the switch remains unclear as climate change continues to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events

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6 d. ago The European Union urges citizens to stockpile supplies to last 3 days in case of crisis

The European Union is urging citizens across the continent to stockpile food, water and other essentials to last at least 72 hours as war, cyberattacks, climate change and disease increase the chances of a crisis

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6 d. ago Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it

The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted When Donald Trump won November’s election, a small team working on a key new US government tool charting impacts of the climate crisis scrambled into action. They hastily renamed the resource to remove the word “climate” and quietly released it without fanfare in December, before Trump’s return to the White House. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Here Is a Gale Warning review – five tumultuous decades of catastrophic art

Kettle’s Yard, CambridgeA flag hoisted in 1971 looms over a show that references to George Floyd, Inuit women and spear-bearing Amazons – to a droll soundtrack from Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer One gusty afternoon in 1971, the artist Rose Finn-Kelcey hoisted a flag above Alexandra Palace in London. Silver lamé letters on a black background, spelling Here Is a Gale Warning, sounded the alarm for an unspecified emergency. A half century later, Finn-Kelcey’s act, a video of which flickers above one of the two main galleries at Kettle’s Yard and gives this exhibition its title, no longer seems so enigmatic. From climate change to economic precarity to rising fascism, we are living in an age of concurrent catastrophes. The future is here, the storm already blowing.Artists have always responded to the exigencies of their times, but these days it’s museums that are uniquely under pressure. Public campaigns to make institutions more diverse and accessible have mounted...

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6 d. ago Foods at risk of vanishing from supermarket shelves in the UK in just 10 years

From coffee and chocolate to carrots and parsnips, here are some of the foods in danger of disappearing from supermarket shelves within the next 10 years as a result of climate change and rising costs

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7 d. ago After Lahaina fire, Hawaii residents address their risk by becoming 'Firewise'

Since the 2023 Maui fires that destroyed Lahaina, communities across Hawaii have sought ways to protect themselves from more destructive fires wrought by decades of climate change, urban development, and detrimental land use policies

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7 d. ago UK experts urge prioritising research into 24 types of deadly pathogen families

UK Health Security Agency’s tool highlights viruses and bacteria, many not yet seen in the country, that could pose biosecurity riskDeadly disease-causing organisms from pathogen families that include bird flu, plague and Ebola pose a threat to health in the UK and should be prioritised for research, government experts have said.The first tool of its kind from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) lists 24 types of viruses and bacteria where a lack of vaccines, tests and treatment, changes due to the climate crisis or growing drug resistance pose a biosecurity risk. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago A decadelong climate lawsuit saw plaintiffs grow from childhood to adulthood. Now, it's over

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition filed by young climate activists who argued that the federal government's role in climate change violated their constitutional rights

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8 d. ago From deluges to drought: Climate change speeds up water cycle, triggers more extreme weather

Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the environment

Society

9 d. ago Track and feud: Queensland to announce third 2032 Olympic stadium plan in four years. Will this one stick?

The widely expected construction of a new 60,000-seat venue at Victoria Park will take a chunk of the largest green space near the inner cityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Patching led the construction of the largest-ever Olympic stadium. It took 30 months to finish the designs for Sydney’s 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, build it, and hold its first major event.“That’s not going to happen [in Brisbane],” Patching said. “The climate’s changed, the building environment has changed, [and] goodness knows how we’re going for resources.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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