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The North Atlantic jet stream - a thick, dark line of cloud above a dark sea

The North Atlantic jet stream is one of the main regulators of the European climate: an intense westerly airflow that guides storms toward the continent. New evidence suggests this system is changing.

Eruption stages of Hunga

An international assessment report provides definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022.

Rising sea water partially submerges a footbridge and has flooded a nearby road. There is an orange caution sign in the foreground.

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions.

Dotson Ice Shelf with sea in front

A glacier in Antarctica is committing “ice piracy” – stealing ice from a neighbour – in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists. 

A group of researchers and community members sitting around a table

Researchers in the UK and Indonesia are working together to help communities fight the health and environmental impact of peatland fires.