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Cop27 climate summit: window for avoiding catastrophe is closing fast

The effects of global heating could soon reach a tipping point, but scientists fear that the meeting in Egypt will become bogged down in recriminations t has been an alarming time for climate scientists. One by one, the grim scenarios they had outlined for the near future have been overtaken by events: extreme storms, droughts, floods […]

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Thin fish, small catches: can Japan’s sushi culture survive climate crisis?

Global heating is warming waters, changing salmon and tuna migration – and hurting fisheries There is little at Shiogama seafood market to suggest that Japanese consumers could one day be deprived of their favourite seafood – from giant crab’s legs simmering in a winter nabe hotpot to spheres of salmon roe resting on a bed of rice […]