EnvironmentCollapse of key ocean current may release billions of tonnes of carbon If the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shut down, the knock-on effects could release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO2, raising global temperatures even further 51¶¯Âþ
EnvironmentRecent decades of European floods are among the worst in 500 years The years 1990-2016 rank among the worst periods of flooding in Europe in five centuries, according to an assessment of historical letters, annals and legal records 51¶¯Âþ