Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report. The report from scientists and conservationists warns the world is also “on the brink” of reaching other tipping points, including the dieback of the Amazon, the collapse of major ocean currents and the loss of ice sheets. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/O0bGgzr via IFTTT
Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells Guardian that permission needs to go further; Putin labels as ‘foreign agents’ wives who want their husbands back. What we know on day 829 Air raids were declared in Russia’s Belgorod city on Saturday morning. It comes after the White House approved strikes using US-supplied weaponry into border areas of Russia used for attacks on Ukraine. Belgorod lies north of Kharkiv , which has been under intensified Russian attack. In an interview with the Guardian , Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said he still needs to be able to use “powerful” long-range weapons that could hit targets inside deep Russian territory – which the White House has refused to approve. Shelling killed five people and wounded others in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday, the Russia-installed local regime said. Independent verification was not possible and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia exchanged 75 prisoners of war e...