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UN warns window for limiting warming to 1.5C is closing fast ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai.

In September, the world passed 1.5°C of warming. Two months later, we hit 2°C of warming. It’s fair to wonder what is going on.

Kadeeja Farha, a Plus Two student, has achieved success due to Kerala's Weather Station programme. She was part of a team that produced a research paper, which was noticed by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. She was accepted to Delhi University and is now being considered for admission to New…

A Guardian analysis reveals that a dozen billionaires produce as much greenhouse gases as more than 2 million homes

The spacecraft recently burned 10 percent of its total fuel in a single 43-minute maneuver as preparation for the double gravity assist.

The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of the desert in south-east Libya and south-western parts of Egypt, you’ll spot pieces of yellow glass scattered across the sandy landscape.

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold

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Over 100 women scientists, including a handful of astronomers, have set sail to Antarctica.

The length of a second depends on how you're measuring it.

The 1% aren’t just the biggest climate wreckers, they also greatly influence how the world responds to the crisis, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit