The long-term shift in global temperatures and weather patterns driven by human activity.
When the next strong El Niño arrives, it will build on top of an unprecedented baseline. The last one made 2024 the first calendar year to average above 1.5 °C globally. Each successive event sets its record not because the ENSO pulse itself is larger, but because the floor keeps rising.
Everyone knows spring is arriving earlier. It gets talked about every March and April, but autumn is arriving later too, and by roughly the same amount.
Millions of teenagers are genuinely worried about climate change. Some are doing the big things - protesting, going vegan, badgering their parents to switch energy supplier. But one quietly practical idea is gaining traction: a plug-in portable battery bank, charged overnight on cheap electricity, used to power your bedroom setup during the evening peak. Does it actually reduce carbon emissions? And does it save any money? We ran the numbers for both the UK and the USA.