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A wildfire burns on a hillside at night, with the orange flames illuminating the dark sky. Houses and vegetation are visible in the foreground as the fire spreads across the landscape, a scene reflective of trends noted in the 2023-2024 State of Wildfires Report.
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PhD opportunities – State of Wildfires project
The successful candidates will be joining the State of Wildfires Project: an international network of fire scientists tackling the big...
A large plume of smoke is seen over Los Angeles in Koreatown during the Palisades wildfire in January 2025.
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Climate change drove extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, making burned areas around 30 times larger
Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according...
The clock face of Big Ben, part of the Houses of Parliament building in London, UK, against a cloudy sky and foregrounded by the silhouette of some shrubbery.
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MPs and public overestimate time left for climate action, study finds
A new study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet...
A red car on a road after a hailstorm, with rainwater and hailstones to the side of it
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Climate models show Europe’s severe hail risk may decline – except in the south
New high-resolution simulations suggest that while the frequency of severe hailstorms could drop across most of Europe by 2100, southern...
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Policy decisions, not just climate change, will shape China’s future flood risk
Land-use and development decisions may have a greater impact on coastal flood exposure in China than sea-level rise itself, according...
Dark stormy sky with fork lightning, and a few gleaming white wind turbines beside a long, straight road next to fields
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Extreme weather and climate risks to Britain’s Net Zero power grid
A new study in Carbon Management warns that extreme weather could disrupt Britain’s future electricity system, even with planned network...
Dynamic nighttime shot of electric bus in motion across London Bridge in London, UK. Photo by Mert Çelik via Pexels.
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The Tyndall Centre at 25 Years: UK must step up climate ambition shows anniversary assessment report
The UK now uses less energy than almost anyone anticipated 20 years ago, but opportunities to act on this potential...
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Our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference
Hear cutting-edge, evidence-based ideas and opportunities for urgent climate action at this 25th anniversary conference, hosted by the Tyndall Centre...