Record-breaking heatwaves in north-west India and Pakistan are 100 times more likely to occur because of climate change, according to a new study by the UK’s Met Office. Temperatures once predicted to happen every 300 years could now occur on average three times every decade. Pakistan and India have suffered …
Read More »Climate change threat in Congo as vast carbon-rich peat slab faces development – BBC News
In central Africa a giant slab of carbon-rich peat land, discovered by a team of British and Congolese scientists, is under threat from oil companies and farming. The carbon must be kept in the ground to avoid accelerating climate change, but some plots have already been sold for oil exploration. …
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