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How long until 2C warming?Sea robots show Arctic climate change

Underwater robots have uncovered new evidence about life in the Arctic.

8 June 2018

How much time is left to meet the Paris climate agreement? Earth in a timeglass

Dr Phil Goodwin and Professor Ric Williams ran 100 million simulations of carbon emissions and warming to find out.

4 Jun 2018

Hay Trans.MISSION Q&A with Chris Haughton and Dr Emily Shuckburgh Chris Haughton and Dr Emily Shuckburgh

Dr Emily Shuckburgh worked with author and illustrator Chris Haughton to show how scientists measure the impacts of CO2 over time.

26 May 2018

Dan Binns and Professor Ally Lewis Hay Trans.MISSION Q&A with Dan Binns and Professor Ally Lewis

Nicola Davies and Professor Ed Hawkins Hay Trans.MISSION Q&A with Nicola Davies and Professor Ed Hawkins

Scientists carrying a core from the sea bed Mining for answers in the ocean's archives

Scottish peatland Securing the UK's natural carbon storage

Offshore wind farm Building an offshore wind farm

Whale's tail fin Painting underwater pictures with sound

Housing adjacent to crops growing Skin of the Earth

Bees working together Helping species on the move

People enjoying the city sunshine How cities draw the heat

Saiga calf Secrets of sudden death of 200,000 antelopes in Central Asia

Plastic cup floating in ocean On the way to plastic-free oceans

Polar bear leaping gap in sea ice Our changing Arctic

Scottish seal sat on a rock Seals and our shores

Iliustration of air pollution Where does bad air come from?

Items in a shopping trolley Your tropical food trolley

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