‘7.6 billion mugs of tea a second’: a new way to make sense of the heat pouring into our oceans
Most of the heat from global warming ends up in the oceans, not the atmosphere.
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Hosepipe bans make climate change more tangible – but restrictions can provoke resistance
A hosepipe ban succeeds where abstract messaging often fails, because it turns a distant risk into a visible, felt experience.
Explainer: what is heat stroke?
Nearly two weeks into the longest heatwave in seven years, the UK has been basking in temperatures of up to 32C. But while the weather is welcome for many, not everyone is so lucky - researchers estimated…
Think before you flush: expert advice on how and when to save water at home
The heatwave in May meant people started to use more water to stay cool, and on their plants.
As severe drought hits, the UK’s food system faces crisis – here’s how to change that
Our entire food system needs a redesign to cope with increasing threats to resilience over the long haul.
The cooling divide: how air conditioning is creating a new climate inequality
About 4% of UK homes have air conditioning, concentrated in wealthier households.
Summer 2023 was northern hemisphere’s hottest for 2,000 years, tree rings show
On a regional scale, global warming exceeded the Paris agreement’s upper climate target in the northern hemisphere.
Making cities cooler is a no brainer – so why are we doing so little about it?
How to move beyond the warm words about tackling urban heat islands to doing something about them.
The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get
Record heat, storms and floods reveal new extremes made possible by climate change.
There’s nothing ‘wild’ about most wildfires – humans start them and have made them more dangerous
The names we give wildfires can obscure our role in them.
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