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Damian Carrington

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Damian Carrington is The Guardian's Environment editor

72 Articles

Brace yourself for hellish El Niño heat waves this year

Scientists say the phenomenon, coupled with the growing climate crisis, is likely to push global temperatures off the charts.
Race to a Safer World
News | February 1st 2023

H-bombs or chicken bones? The race to pinpoint the start of the Anthropocene

Humanity is now a "geological superpower" and declaring a new epoch is critical to tackling its impact, scientists say.
Race to a Safer World
News | January 19th 2023

Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year

Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people, study finds.
Race to a Safer World
News | January 17th 2023

Whales ingest millions of microplastic particles a day

Blue whales consume up to one billion particles over a feeding season with as-yet-unknown impacts on their health.
Race to a Safer World
News | November 7th 2022

The U.K. has a ‘ghost flight’ problem

Exclusive: Data shows the tally at 5,000 empty ghost flights in the U.K. since 2019 and a further 35,000 flights have operated almost empty, with climate campaigners calling the revelations shocking.
Race to a Safer World
News | October 4th 2022
pipes sit in front of a construction site

Scores of new pipelines around the world 'dramatically at odds' with climate goals

More than 24,000 kilometres of pipelines are planned around world, showing "an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals."
News, Energy | September 28th 2022

Fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled worldwide in 2021, analysis finds

Government support for fossil fuel companies amid huge profits is a "roadblock" to tackling the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency says.
Race to a Safer World
News, Energy | September 7th 2022

Monstrous sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap ‘now inevitable’

The loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27 centimetres regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists say.
Race to a Safer World
News | September 1st 2022

U.K. and U.S. banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’

Ukrainian campaigners call for an immediate end to investments, cut funds for Russia's war and help avoid climate breakdown.
Race to a Safer World
News | August 30th 2022

Global heating in the Arctic ‘off the scale’

New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average.
Race to a Safer World
News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2022
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