A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.

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Google Makes a Major Quantum Computing Breakthrough | Scientific American

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Google’s ‘Willow’ Chip Makes a Major Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

Google’s new chip, Willow, has achieved the exponential suppression of errors. The advance is substantial, but Willow remains far from delivering...

Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record:

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Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Average global temperature in November was 1.62C above preindustrial levels, bringing average for the year to 1.60C

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down

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‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down

Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad

Our climate continues to change, with devastating results, and yet, our politicians seem incapable of action. At least five dead amid ‘devastating’ flooding as Storm Bert batters UK:

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At least five dead amid ‘devastating’ flooding as Storm Bert batters UK

Major incident declared in Wales and all of Great Britain hit by power cuts due to rain, floods and wind

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‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries:

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‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries

Targeted research must be launched urgently to save sea creatures and plant life, oceanography centre warns

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SpaceX’s Starship Soars in 6th Test Flight but Skips Booster Catch | Scientific American

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SpaceX Starship launches banana to space, skips giant rocket catch on 6th test flight (video, photos)

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The oil companies have been denying the effects of burning fossil fuels for 70 years - even though they knew the truth! Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show:

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Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests

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Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find:

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Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find

Pollution is affecting the climate, biodiversity, ecosystems, ocean acidification and human health, according to analysis

The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much:

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The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much

We wanted to find out how much carbon and nitrogen is being released from the northern permafrost. Here’s the region’s first full greenhouse ga...