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Sea surface temperatures in March at 21.07C were the warmest observed for the 12th month in a row
Global average temperature rise in February reaches 1.77C above pre-industrial levels
Temperatures during 2023 likely higher than at any time in the last 100,000 years, say scientists
Decline in ice on freshwater lakes is being closely monitored for its links to climate change
Chances of keeping within 1.5C threshold put at a low 14%
Rio records hottest day of the year while Kenya, Somalia and Dubai are hit by severe flooding
Temperature peak in October follows four months in succession of exceptional weather
Brazil’s northwestern Amazonas declares state of emergency in 50 towns and cities as low rainfall hits ecosystem
Unprecedented dry spell plunges residents into crisis and highlights threats to rainforest’s role as carbon sink
Tree cover the size of Switzerland destroyed globally last year with Brazil top of the list for largest decline
...I was not too surprised to read Kenza Bryan and Steven Bernard’s piece from Friday about scanty ice coverage over North America’s Great Lakes this winter....
...But Bryan Comer, head of the International Council on Clean Transportation’s marine programme, said the industry’s efforts to improve its environmental record were “abysmal”....
...(Financière Agache, the family holding company of LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, was one of the main investors in the IPO.)...
...Meanwhile, BP has finally announced a new permanent chief following Bernard Looney’s abrupt departure in September after failing to disclose past relationships with company colleagues....
...Cartography by Steven Bernard...
...Harris in Manaus and Steve Bernard and Chris Campbell in London report India, Turkey, Brazil and South Africa are striving for a more multipolar, post-western world order in which they would be seen not...
...However, in the last two rematches — William McKinley vs William Jennings Bryan in 1900 and Dwight D....
...The Amazon: The complexities of the rainforest’s carbon credit market are being laid bare by a deepening scandal, writes Bryan Harris....
...A discordant day for the energy transition In May 2020, BP chief executive Bernard Looney told Moral Money about his eagerness to keep BP ahead of the energy transition curve, as the world looked to shift...
...LVMH’s big succession question With five children, Bernard Arnault faces difficult choices in divvying up his luxury empire and preserving his legacy, The New York Times reports....
...Kenza Bryan in London Javier Milei, a maverick libertarian economist, takes office in Argentina Ukraine’s requests for more aid are blocked by hold-outs in the US and EU Federal Reserve shifts its tone...
...Additional reporting by Carolina Ingizza Data visualisation by Steven Bernard and Keith Fray This article has been amended since original publication to correct the size of Brazil’s elderly population...
...Analysts at Bryan Garnier expect €2.2bn of Casino’s secured debt with banks to move to the new venture, and warn that Casino shareholders and unsecured creditors risk losing out....
...A David Shrigley poster might sit happily beside a Ben Nicholson etching; a Bernard Leach pot with a piece of found French studio pottery....
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