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‘They were hanging on by the skin of their teeth (before the human industrial era) and then we came along and klapped them with guano mining, commercial fishing and now heat stress. We hope their resilience will them through, but that could depend on how warm the world gets.’ – Professor Guy Mi...

Imagine the view from the western coastline of southern Africa during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) over twenty thousand years ago: in the distance you would see at least fifteen large islands – the largest 300 square kilometres in area – swarming with hundreds of millions of marine birds and penguin colonies.

Scientist Guy Midgley calls for action on avoiding a climate disaster from an African perspective

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Weather or meteorological events that would be classified as “extreme” have not declined in severity

This January and February were the warmest first two months of any year on record in the Triad and much of North Carolina.

It is an interesting study that volcanic eruptions caused cooling of temperatures as found in the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, and it has reduced temperatures by 3 degrees Celsius or 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The conclusions were based on the research of Thailand’s Pornampai Narenpitak at the National

The controversial theory of solar geoengineering is at the centre of a growing body of climate research in Asia.

Permitting reform has become one of the most talked-about, divisive policy debates in climate and energy circles. What do these experts say?