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EnvironmentHideCub found alone in US woods now being raised by wildlife staff in bear costumesTwo-month-old black bear, who was starving in a California forest, is youngest cub the San Diego
center has cared for10h agoTrump signs executive orders to spur US ‘nuclear energy renaissance’11h agoCalifornia hummingbird beaks transformed by feeders: ‘more tapered and longer’Trump’s
‘big, beautiful’ spending bill, from tax cuts to mass deportationsFury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissionsTrump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up
bills and pollution emissions, experts warnGodfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’All storiesFacebookCO2 trackerHide The most
important number of the climate crisis: 425.2
atmospheric CO2 in parts per million, 21 July 2024
75.2above safe level
27.1in past 10 years
280300320340360380400420 parts per million1960199020142024Safe level: 350ppmLatest: 425.2ppm 280300320340360380400420 parts per million1960199020142024Safe level: 350ppmLatest: 425.2ppm
Source: NOAA. Chart baseline is 280ppm - the preindustrial average. Safe level a stabilisation scenario set out by IPCC. Daily average CO2 value at Mauna Loa. Latest newsHideZoo welfare
standards for Britain get first update since 20121h agoLabour MPs press for right to roam policy in England after supreme court ruling1h agoLabour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all
new homesSebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81America's dirty divideHideMexico factory that imports US toxic waste to relocate after Guardian
reportMysterious bags of ‘hazardous’ materials appeared in Mexico. Then we found moreCanadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff warLawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at
Portland racetrack after Guardian storyOur unequal earthHideTrump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’Stained, warped and terroir rich: the global and
shockingly sustainable lives of wine barrels Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research showsTrump tariffs to hit small farms in Maga heartlands hardest,
analysis predictsThe age of extinctionHideHow an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmareFires drove record loss of world’s forests last year,
‘frightening’ data shows‘I was watching osprey for five hours a day’: how the world fell in love with nature live streams…… commentsTen dead in ‘brutal’ attacks by Isis-linked militants on
Mozambique wildlife reserveSeascapeHideChris Packham calls sea bass labelling in UK supermarkets a ‘dereliction of duty’The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bassSouth Korea’s female
freedivers: TV has made stars of the haenyeo but what is their real story?I’m obsessed with protecting seals: ‘The flying ring toy was deeply embedded in her neck’OpinionHideWe bear the
brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global responseSurangel Whipps Jr…… commentsThe Guardian view on protecting the Amazon: forest defenders must have
supportExtinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring backOliver HaynesAustralia’s climate targets are only as good as the action behind them. We need to aim
higherAmanda McKenzie…… commentsMultimediaHide‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesGallery16Week in wildlife: blue waterfowl, a rescued baby orangutan
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