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1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows
Rising demand and climate crisis threaten entire mountain ecosystem, say scientists
Lees meerGreen party pledges to spend £100bn on tackling climate crisis
Exclusive: plans for ‘the climate election’ also include tax system overhaul and ending airport expansion
Lees meerMost countries’ climate plans ’totally inadequate’ – experts
US and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges – while Russia has not even made one
Lees meerRising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study
Figure based on new analysis of coastlines is more than three times previous estimate
Lees meerClimate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers
Permafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to use
Lees meer‘Tipping points’ could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear
IPCC report ‘underestimates potential of these key dangers to send Earth into spiral of runaway climate change’
Lees meerClimate change has turned Peru’s glacial lake into a deadly flood timebomb
Lake Palcacocha is swollen with water from melting ice caps in the Cordillera Blanca mountains. Below, 50,000 people live directly in the flood path
Lees meerUnderwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds
The base of the ice around the south pole shrank by 1,463 square kilometres between 2010 and 2016
Lees meerEarth is warming 50x faster than when it comes out of an ice age
A major new study includes some scary implications about how rapidly humans are changing the Earth’s climate
Lees meerScientists find glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests
‘Total surprise’ finding overturns conventional understanding of rivers
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