Climate change: Warming gas concentrations at new record high
Concentrations of key gases in the atmosphere that are driving up global temperatures reached a new high in 2017.
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Climate Change: Global Challenge Requiring Global Response
Continued growth in emissions of greenhouse gases around the world has caused abnormal and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and catastrophic torrential rains. These events are no longer just abstract future scenarios; they are happening today in all corners of the globe.
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Earth at risk of entering ‘hothouse’ state from which there is no return
Climate change made European heatwave ‘more than twice as likely’
While it is unclear how likely this scenario is, experts agree that were it to happen the runaway warming after this tipping point would be an existential threat to humanity.![Climate change made European heatwave ‘more than twice as likely’]()
