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Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands
A study by development thinktank ODI Global has found that Caribbean nations suffered $53.2bn (£40bn) in economic damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000 and 2024, accounting for over 90% of the $57bn total losses recorded across 39 developing island nations worldwide. The findings, which also link the climate crisis to more than 190 deaths a…
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Caitlin Clark erupts for 32 points as Fever hold off Storm to complete season-series sweep
Caitlin Clark scored 32 points to lead the Indiana Fever to a win over the Seattle Storm, completing a sweep of the season series between the two teams. The result underlines Clark’s continued impact as a scoring threat for Indiana and extends the Fever’s dominance over Seattle this season, with the victory coming on the…
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Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
A new study suggests that organic, free-range eggs have a greater climate impact than eggs from caged hens, as free-range systems require more birds to produce the same number of eggs, since caged hens are more efficient producers. This challenges the common assumption that higher-welfare farming methods are automatically better for the environment, and researchers…
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Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy
Queensland and the Northern Territory have rejected federal Labor’s proposal to force AI datacentres to use renewable energy, deepening a dispute over how Australia manages the rapid growth of the power-hungry technology. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants binding national standards requiring datacentres to generate renewable energy, minimise water use and offset their power consumption, but…
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Doc Talk Podcast: Director Sara Dosa On Her Oscar Contender ‘Time And Water’, Elegy For Iceland’s Disappearing Ice
Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast features director Sara Dosa discussing her documentary “Time and Water,” an elegy for Iceland’s vanishing glaciers and a widely tipped contender for this year’s Oscars. The film draws on the writings and family history of Icelandic poet Andri Snær Magnason, who was previously commissioned to memorialise the country’s first lost glacier,…
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Forget ‘Blade Runner,’ Netflix’s 2-Season Sci-Fi Masterpiece Changed the Genre Forever
Netflix’s 2018 series Altered Carbon, adapted from Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 novel, is being highlighted as a sci-fi successor to Blade Runner that pushes the genre’s social commentary further. The comparison comes as Blade Runner’s own universe expands again with the upcoming Blade Runner 2099, described at San Diego Comic-Con as a self-contained limited series…
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As Spain battles wildfires, its politicians battle over climate change’s role
Wildfires that broke out across Spain last week have burned an estimated 200,000 acres, with fire crews still working to bring the blazes under control. The disaster has become a political flashpoint, with Spanish politicians clashing publicly over how much responsibility to assign to climate change, reflecting a wider European debate about how to discuss…
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Photos: Spain and France’s battle record wildfires
Wildfires raging across Spain and southwestern France have forced around 330,000 people to flee their homes and holiday sites, as record-breaking blazes tear through both countries. The fires, which intensified in late July 2026, have prompted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to declare that “the climate emergency kills”, underscoring growing concern that Europe’s rapid warming…
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More rail services in England set to slow as heatwave shrinks soil
South Western Railway is expected to announce reduced train speeds and timetable changes as prolonged drought conditions cause the soil beneath railway embankments to shrink, disturbing track alignment. This follows similar measures already confirmed by rail operators in the east of England, and reflects a wider pattern of the climate crisis increasingly disrupting Britain’s railway…