Damian Carrington
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Philosopher’s tears for climate fears
Global warming is the chief suspect in the case of the ever-worsening, ever-deadlier typhoons.
Poison ban is good for bees
Europe has banned widely used pesticides in a bid to save pollinators and boost food production.
Melting ice is Earth’s warning signal, and we cannot ignore it
Ice is the white flag being waved by our planet, under fire from the atmospheric attack being mounted by humanity.
Scientists warn melting Arctic ice releases banned toxins
An unknown amount of trapped persistent organics pollutants trapped in ice, poses a threat to marine life and humans as temperatures increase.
Industrial giants cash in on carbon
Some of Europe’s largest industrial companies gained billions of euros from the carbon-emission rules they lobbied fiercely against.
Calculating the human factor
Scientists have found that global warming makes floods between two and three times more likely.