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Greece: Athens closes Acropolis and schools as heatwave strikes
2024-06-12 in Sky NewsAn excessive heat warning has been issued by Greece's weather service from Wednesday morning to 8pm on Thursday, with forecasts saying Athens will see conditions just below 40C (104F).
Dozens dead and roads turned into rivers as Brazil hit by record-breaking floods
2024-05-03 in Sky NewsRains have battered the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with dozens missing and thousands more displaced as floods destroy roads and bridges. In some cities, water levels have been at their highest since records began.
Temperatures in parts of Spain up to 16C higher than normal
2024-04-14 in Sky NewsTemperatures across the Iberian peninsula are up to 16C higher than normal, leaving locals swapping umbrellas for ice creams.
Climate report issues 'red alert' warning after record-breaking temperatures caused 'misery and mayhem' in 2023
2024-03-19 in Sky NewsSome of the consequences of climate change will be "catastrophic for civilisation" without urgent action, according to the annual report. In 2023, the global average surface temperature reached a level just below the threshold that scientists believe will result in chaos for the planet.
Radical idea to protect 'doomsday' Thwaites Glacier with 62-mile long curtain divides scientists
2024-03-06 in Sky NewsThe drastic idea has been praised by some scientists as "highly aspirational", while others have branded it "dangerous, illusionary and distracting".
Tagged under: Ice Melting | Antarctic | Geoengineering
Edward Burtnysky on climate crisis: 'We should be screaming fire… but we're rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic'
2024-03-02 in Sky NewsLandscape photographer Edward Burtynsky's work explores human impact on the surface of the planet, shooting the Coast mountains in the Canadian province of British Columbia, soil erosion in Turkey, and coal mines in Australia for his latest exhibition, New Works.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Activism | Media | Canada
'Campaigns of misinformation' around heat pumps says energy minister amid record number of installations
2024-01-20 in Sky NewsThe Climate Show with Tom Heap explored potential issues surrounding heat pumps and spoke to installers, customers, industry insiders, gas backers and even government ministers to confirm or debunk them.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation
Hottest 12 months in 125,000 years - how extreme weather broke more records in 2023
2023-12-04 in Sky NewsSevere conditions brought turmoil across the world, impacting small towns and major cities, as storms, heatwaves, floods, and droughts claimed many lives and destroyed communities.
Tagged under: Climate Data | Extreme Heat | Climate Change
Former Sky News boss John Ryley says he 'failed' on climate change coverage
2023-11-18 in Sky NewsThe ex-executive, who has co-edited a new book featuring essays from academics and journalists on the challenges of reporting the subject, argues newsdesks are not taking seriously enough their responsibility to alert the public to what is happening.
PM's U-turns weren't really about net zero - but playing politics with climate change is a big risk
2023-09-22 (or before) in Sky NewsWhatever Rishi Sunak says, the details of his changes in climate policy suggest he is thinking about politics, not the environment. In a year which is currently on course to be the warmest in human history, that's a pretty big risk to take.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Rishi Sunak | Net Zero
Norway: More evacuations could be ordered after Storm Hans floods swamp homes and cause power cuts
2023-08-16 (or before) in Sky NewsAt least three people were killed after Storm Hans battered northern Europe earlier this week, causing transport disruption, flooding and power cuts.
Climate change: Antarctica could become planet's 'radiator' due to 'extreme' weather, fear scientists carrying out government review
2023-08-07 in Sky NewsThere is a danger Antarctica "stops acting as a refrigerant for the planet, and it starts acting as a radiator", one of the scientists involved has warned.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change | Antarctic
World has lost battle to stop glaciers melting and sea level rising, UN meteorological chief says
2023-06-09 (or before) in Sky News"We have lost this glacier melting game and sea level rise game," Professor Petteri Taalas tells Sky News.
Tagged under: Sea Level
Minister 'pretty fed up' with sewage spills after water firms issued apology
2023-05-22 (or before) in Sky NewsUntreated sewage was pumped into England's rivers and seas at least 301, 091 times last year, according to data from the environment agency - a situation the environment secretary agreed was not "acceptable".
Tagged under: Rivers
Thailand issues 'don't go out' warning as heat index hits record 54C
2023-04-29 (or before) in Sky NewsParts of Asia have been struggling with unseasonably high temperatures for April, with power outages and shortages as demand soars.
Europe could see repeat of last summer's severe droughts, scientists warn
2023-04-05 (or before) in Sky NewsScarce snow in the Alps, warm temperatures and a widespread lack of rain have scientists worried about a second summer of widespread drought.
Tagged under: Drought
Rich polluting countries like UK must 'fast forward' net zero target by a decade, demands UN chief
2023-03-20 (or before) in Sky NewsAs the most comprehensive review of everything known about climate change so far paints a bleak picture of inaction and dangers, scientists argue there are still grounds for hope.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Net Zero
Brunt Ice Shelf: Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
2023-01-23 in Sky NewsThe British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said the calving happened a decade after scientists first detected the growth of vast cracks in the ice. They relocated the Halley research station 23km inland in 2016 after what they called Chasm One began to widen.
Tagged under: Ice Melting | Antarctic
The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed on an industrial scale - and the Brazilian election could decide its future
2022-10-23 (or before) in Sky NewsThe Amazon rainforest is being destroyed on an industrial scale - and the Brazilian election could decide its future
Tagged under: Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Sellafield: An inside look at the most hazardous building in Western Europe as work to remove radioactive sludge begins
2022-06-10 (or before) in Sky NewsThe most recent estimate by the Public Accounts Committee is that decommissioning the UK's nuclear sites will exceed £132 billion and take more than 120 years - so can the government justify a new nuclear programme if it costs this much to clean up the last one?
Tagged under: Nuclear Power
Wildfires break carbon emission records in US, Siberia, and Turkey, as climate change fans intense blazes, says EU monitoring service
2021-12-08 (or before) in Sky NewsClimate change is producing more intense wildfires which are, in turn, emitting higher levels of CO2, says the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Climate Change | Russia
COP26 news live: Emotional Alok Sharma 'deeply sorry' – as Glasgow pact receives mixed reactions
2021-10-28 (or before) in Sky NewsLatest COP26 news as: 200 countries reach agreement after 15 days of talks; COP president "deeply sorry" as India's request leads to watered down language on coal.
The Daily Climate Show: Sky News programme dedicated to global crisis is launching this week
2021-04-06 (or before) in Sky NewsThe show will put people at the heart of its journalism and will hear from those impacted by climate change as well as experts.
Tagged under: Climate Change
Attenborough's stark warning on climate change: 'It's already too late'
2021-02-23 (or before) in Sky NewsThe veteran broadcaster tells the UN Security Council the climate crisis is the "biggest threat to security" humans have faced.
Tagged under: Climate Change | David Attenborough
Climate change: New forecasts predict rising average temperatures, a warming Arctic and more Atlantic storms
2020-07-09 (or before) in Sky NewsThe analysis suggests annual global temperatures at least 1C above pre-industrial levels in each year between 2020 and 2024.
Tagged under: Arctic | Predictions | Climate Change
Don't 'demonise and ostracise' us in climate change debate, says BP
2019-11-23 (or before) in Sky NewsActivists, who posed as living statues and doused themselves in oil, say the British Museum should be ashamed of its links to BP.
Tagged under: BP | Activism | Climate Change
Rising temperatures will make Hajj pilgrimages to Mecca dangerous, says study
2019-08-22 in Sky NewsA UK Muslim charity says the research shows it is "now or never" to take up the fight against climate change.
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