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    Liz Truss after being announced as Britain's next prime minister in London, September 5 2022. Credit: REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo.

    Factcheck: Why fracking is not the answer to the UK’s energy crisis

    The UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss has used her first major policy address to announce an end to the moratorium on fracking in England. Annou...Read More

    UK policy| Sep 9. 2022.
    Wymeswold Solar Farm, the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, is based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. Image ID: DGHCKE. Credit: Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo.

    Factcheck: Is solar power a ‘threat’ to UK farmland?

    The “threat” posed to UK farms by the expansion of solar power has emerged as a campaign issue for the final two candidates in the race to become...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Aug 25. 2022.
    不断上涨的水位淹没房子蒙斯那么重oon rains cause major floods in Philippines

    Factcheck: No, global warming has not ‘paused’ over the past eight years

    A decade ago, many in the climate community were fixated on an apparent “pause” in rising global surface temperatures. So many studies were publi...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Jul 14. 2022.
    Oil platforms flaring in Brent Oil Field, North Sea

    Factcheck: Can new UK oil and gas licences ever be ‘climate compatible’?

    英国由history in November 2021 by helping to secure the first mention of the need to tackle fossil fuels in a global climate agreement, at the ...Read More

    yabo 11选5 | Feb 24. 2022.
    The Nandi Devi mountain in Uttarakhand is the source of the Rishi river, which flooded this week

    Factcheck: Did climate change contribute to India’s catastrophic ‘glacial flood’?

    On Sunday 7 February, a sudden flood devastated a Himalayan valley in the Indian province of Uttarakhand. It tore through two hydroelectric dams, kil...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Feb 9. 2021.
    A remote control pointed to a smart tv showing a selection of on-demand video streaming services

    Factcheck: What is the carbon footprint of streaming video on Netflix?

    The use of streaming video is growing exponentially around the world. These services are associated with energy use and carbon emissions from devices...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Feb 25. 2020.
    A car transporter carries new Tesla Model 3 vehicles along the highway, California, US. Credit: Andrei Stanescu / Alamy Stock Photo. R6HR26

    Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change

    Update 7/2/2020: The lifecycle emissions figures were revised to reflect more recent data on electricity carbon intensity and battery manufacture. ...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | May 13. 2019.
    Iceberg floating in ocean water of Smith Sound in the high arctic of Nunavut, Canada, mid summer.

    Factcheck: Is 3-5C of Arctic warming now ‘locked in’?

    Update – 22 March 2019: In response to this factcheck and feedback from other experts, both the UN Environment report and press release have been up...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Mar 16. 2019.
    Glaciologists measuring the rate of movement on the Kangerdlussuaq glacier, Greenland. Credit: Steve Morgan / Alamy Stock Photo. DFB4EE

    Factcheck: What Greenland ice cores say about past and present climate change

    A misleading graph purporting to show that past changes in Greenland’s temperatures dwarf modern climate change has been circling the internet sinc...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Mar 5. 2019.
    Wildfire at Buckhorn Summit, California, US. 30 July 2018.

    Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires

    In the midst of record or near-record heatwaves across the northern hemisphere this summer, deadly wildfires have swept through many regions, such as ...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Aug 9. 2018.
    Great white shark breaching on seal decoy, False Bay, South Africa. Credit: Nature Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo. F13YX6

    Factcheck: Will climate change bring great white sharks to UK waters?

    Last week, many news publications reported on “a new study” claiming that climate change could lead several shark species to move into UK waters. ...Read More

    xinyabo购彩 | Jul 23. 2018.
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