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The Arctic is heating up 3.5 times faster than the global average, raising alarms over geopolitical tensions, melting ice, and threats to UK security, according to new warnings by scientists and officials.
This shift is accelerating sea ice loss, exposing previously inaccessible areas to shipping, military operations, and extraction of oil, gas, and minerals. As Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits the region, he emphasized that the Arctic’s transformation is not only an environmental issue but also a national security concern for the UK.
Lammy announced new funding for Arctic research and AI surveillance in cooperation with Iceland to better monitor hostile activity. Experts say melting Arctic ice will disrupt weather patterns in the UK, raise sea levels, and increase risks to critical infrastructure. With greater access through the Northern Sea Route, countries like Russia and China may expand their presence near European waters.
The United Nations' World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) also warned that Arctic temperatures could reach 2.4°C above recent averages in the next five years. This contributes to a global trajectory dangerously close to breaching the Paris Agreement’s 2°C warming limit—once considered a distant threat. Unless major changes occur, the world is heading toward more extreme climate impacts, migration, and instability.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
Australian researchers have created a groundbreaking “biological AI” platform that could revolutionise drug discovery by rapidly evolving molecules within mammalian cells.
Australian researchers have pioneered a low-cost and scalable plasma-based method to produce ammonia gas directly from air, offering a green alternative to the traditional fossil fuel-dependent Haber-Bosch process.
A series of earthquakes have struck Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon, leading authorities to advise residents to evacuate from buildings as a precaution against possible aftershocks.
The U.S. economy faces a 40% risk of recession in the second half of 2025, JP Morgan analysts said on Wednesday, citing rising tariffs and stagflation concerns.
As Greece swelters under an intense heat wave, electricity demand and wholesale prices have soared to record highs, straining the national grid and pushing infrastructure to its limits.
From Hawaii’s fiery lava fountains to Italy’s ash-filled skies, it may feel like volcanoes are erupting everywhere in 2025. With nearly 50 eruptions already this year, many are asking, is the Earth getting more active? The truth is far less alarming, and far more fascinating.
Greece’s fir forests are vanishing as climate change fuels extreme heat, prolonged drought, and pest outbreaks, leaving once-lush mountains scarred by dying trees.
Storms and rising seas are washing away Barcelona’s man-made beaches, putting tourism and coastal life at risk, according to residents in the area. In Montgat, locals say their summers by the sea are vanishing.
The United Nations' top court has declared that failing to curb emissions violates international law, marking a historic moment for global climate justice and setting the stage for future legal action against polluting states.
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