sea level rise

UN: Clean freshwater availability declining in half of nations worldwide

Climate change

UN: Clean freshwater availability declining in half of nations worldwide

Lakes, rivers, and aquifers degrading in half of world’s countries, putting the health and livelihoods of billions of people under threat, UN warns

clock 28 August 2024 • 5 min read
'Whitehall has not been paying enough attention': MPs warn 1.5 million UK homes and businesses face threat from rising seas

Climate change

'Whitehall has not been paying enough attention': MPs warn 1.5 million UK homes and businesses face threat from rising seas

Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to 'throw our full toolbox at understanding changes in the Arctic better' in order to address threats posed by rising seas and extreme weather

clock 13 October 2023 • 5 min read
London flood defence plan brought forward by 15 years due to growing climate threat

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London flood defence plan brought forward by 15 years due to growing climate threat

Environment Agency unveils updated Thames Estuary 2100 plan to accelerate London's flood defences in response to worsening climate threat and rising seas

clock 17 May 2023 • 4 min read
Climate change made UK's record July heatwave 10 times more likely, scientists warn

Climate change

Climate change made UK's record July heatwave 10 times more likely, scientists warn

Snap analysis comes as Met Office also warns hotter temperatures are fast becoming 'new normal' in the UK

clock 29 July 2022 • 5 min read

Climate change

Met Office: 'Undeniable warming trend' impacting UK weather

Climate study reveals average UK temperature in 2019 was 1.1C higher than between 1961 and 1990, with evidence of seasonal shifts already impacting the natural world

clock 31 July 2020 • 3 min read

Climate change

Rising seas: Work begins on £40m tidal defence scheme in Great Yarmouth

Upgrades to flood defences in Great Yarmouth will help protect the town against flooding driven by climate change

clock 13 January 2020 • 1 min read

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Be prepared: Energy, food and medicine at risk from rising seas, engineers warn

Sobering report from Institution of Mechanical Engineers warns governments and businesses are ill-prepared for sea level rises expected this century

clock 12 November 2019 • 3 min read

Climate change

IPCC: Rapidly rising seas and warming oceans threatening livelihoods, scientists warn

Latest sobering assessment from world's top scientists details the damage being wrought by climate change on the world's oceans, glaciers, and ice sheets

clock 25 September 2019 • 7 min read

Climate change

Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought - study

The pace of ice loss has increased four-fold since 2003 as enormous glaciers are depositing ever larger chunks of ice into the Atlantic ocean, where it melts, causing sea levels to rise

clock 22 January 2019 • 3 min read

Climate change

Ilulissat: A town at the frontier of our changing climate

Gareth Redmond King's recent trip to the Arctic opened his eyes to how changes to the region's climate is set to impact life around the world

clock 23 March 2018 • 6 min read