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‘Prepare for the unthinkable’ warning over autumn flooding forecast
More frequent and intense weather extremes are expected as a result of climate change, with Wales facing the prospect of wetter, wilder winters more often.Meanwhile, this year scientists are monitoring the El Niño event over the Pacific Ocean -...
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Surrey County Council exceeds its tree planting target
Surrey County Council has committed to 1.2 million trees being planted by 2030, representing one for every resident.The authority's report looked at the progress of its climate change delivery programme over the past five years. It said the council...
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Data centers make heat all year long – here’s how the ground can hold onto it until winter
Moones Alamooti, Assistant Professor of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, University of North Dakota -
You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air...
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We blasted mobile homes with hurricane-force winds to test how they fail – and found clues for making affordable housing safer
It’s 9:15 in the morning. The wind is roaring at 110 miles per hour (177 kph); the sound is deafening. Dust swirls through the air. We are watching a single-wide manufactured home rock back and...
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Moment Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour
The computer scientist behind groundbreaking research that helped land Nasa's astronauts on the Moon, has died aged 90.Margaret Hamilton was a trailblazer in her field, leading the team who developed the software for Nasa's Apollo missions, which coined the...
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Beagle 2: How a British scientist used Britpop’s Blur to reach Mars
Pillinger was born in Kingswood near Bristol and completed his degree at Swansea University. He gained international recognition for his lunar research before moving to Cambridge University, where he analysed meteorites found in Antarctica that were believed to have...
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World’s largest penguin colony hit by climate-driven decline
There is an unexpected element of this story that also adds to the picture of how - and why - this region is changing: While the chinstrap population has been declining, the number of macaroni penguins on the island...
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Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water
Assistant warden Tara McEvoy-Wilding said 2026 had been eye-opening and the "brown, sad and crispy" vegetation was a visual reminder of how dry it had been."This year feels like the real first year people have been noticing climate change,"...
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Trust warns of ‘tangible’ climate threat to North Yorkshire heritage sites
Protecting all heritage sites from the impact of climate change "just may not be possible," according to a National Trust manager.Justin Scully, manager of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, said extreme heat, heavy rainfall and wildfire risk were already...
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‘This is despicable’: Amy Acton responds to Ohio attack ad
Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor of the US state of Ohio, has called an attack ad against...
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