Coup d’œil

Warning after intensification of storm aided by unusually hot ocean waters in much of Beryl’s path. Hurricane Beryl, which slammed into Texas on Monday after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean, was supercharged by “absolutely crazy” ocean temperatures that are likely to fuel further violent storms in the coming months, scientists have warned.

World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds

James Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s

Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists

Selon James Hansen – le scientifique des Etats-Unis qui a alerté le monde sur l’effet de serre dans les années 1980 – le monde est en train de basculer vers un climat surchauffé jamais vu l’existence de l’homme, parce que «nous sommes de sacrés imbéciles» pour ne pas avoir réagi aux avertissements concernant la crise climatique.

le scientifique qui a tiré la sonnette d’alarme sur le climat dans les années 80 annonce le pire pour l’avenir. James Hansen, qui a témoigné devant le Congrès sur le réchauffement de la planète en 1988, affirme que le monde s’approche d’une « nouvelle limite climatique ».

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’

Several US states say news that Exxon scientists predicted global heating accurately strengthens their lawsuits against company

The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found.

Planned drilling projects across US land and waters will release 140bn metric tons of planet-heating gases if fully realised, an analysis shared with the Guardian has found. The study, to be published in the Energy Policy journal this month, found emissions from these oil and gas “carbon bomb” projects were four times larger than all of the planet-heating gases expelled globally each year, placing the world on track for disastrous climate change.