David Whittle

Why are El Niños getting stronger? 1,000-year-coral record points to climate change | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02717-9
#ClimateDiary

Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/climate-crisis-mountain-areas-glaciers-nepal-tibet?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ClimateDiary

Deaths in France surged 30% during hottest week of record June heatwave
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/03/deaths-france-surged-hottest-week-record-heatwave-june?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

UK weather: Temperatures forecast to exceed 30C as another heatwave is imminent - BBC Weather
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c621j44jwe1o

I used to revere the great experiment that is the United States. After Trump, I’m not so sure
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/03/united-states-constitution-donald-trump-washington-dc?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e2j0j87reo
#ClimateDiary

How does a collapsing glacier turn into a lethal wall of mud and water? An expert explains what happened in Nepal
https://theconversation.com/how-does-a-collapsing-glacier-turn-into-a-lethal-wall-of-mud-and-water-an-expert-explains-what-happened-in-nepal-290677

Nepal’s devastating floods reveal the danger of ‘cascading hazards’ in Himalayas
https://theconversation.com/nepals-devastating-floods-reveal-the-danger-of-cascading-hazards-in-himalayas-290655

China is changing the shape of global health. The terms are still up for negotiation | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02622-1

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will rewrite how we study the universe | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-roman-space-telescope-will-rewrite-how-we-study-the-universe/

‘Behind every case, a person’: the man leading DRC’s Ebola fight on the human cost hidden behind the numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/28/pierre-akilimali-drc-ebola-chief-outbreak-human-cost?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

What’s holding back Britain’s green energy revolution? – a visual story
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/britain-green-energy-revolution-a-visual-story?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tropical-storm-dolly-forms-in-the-atlantic/

How the brain learns to read is an evolutionary mystery—a new study offers clues | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-learns-to-read-is-an-evolutionary-mystery-a-new-study-offers-clues/

The addition of 'with a terrorist connection' to criminal charges is a very worrying trend.
Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/28/seven-charged-damaging-trump-scottish-golf-course-accused-terrorist-connection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/28/britain-railways-struggling-heat-fixed-derailments-explainer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic – new research
https://theconversation.com/why-antarctica-froze-millions-of-years-before-the-arctic-new-research-286589

🤦‍♂️Oh good grief ... this is how one person can make a whole country look daft.
Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-renames-lake-ontario-america?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ESA - MTG-I2 completes Europe’s latest weather trio
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/MTG-I2_completes_Europe_s_latest_weather_trio

The White House goes all in on aliens with new UAP Science Advisory Council | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-white-house-goes-all-in-on-aliens-with-new-uap-science-advisory-council/

Air pollution affects us all, but there is a way we can breathe easier
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/air-pollution-health-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Political donations: Labour should curb the power of big money
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/the-guardian-view-on-political-donations-labour-should-curb-the-power-of-big-money?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/norfolk-islands-unique-corals-under-triple-threat-from-disease-el-nino-and-now-government-approved-dredging?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Scientist restoring Wales' peatlands in climate change fight - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy498d400pro

The US is turning 250 – and Trump is making it all about him
https://theconversation.com/the-us-is-turning-250-and-trump-is-making-it-all-about-him-284563

ESA - Observing Samba and Tango’s reentries
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Observing_Samba_and_Tango_s_reentries

A Cornish wallaby, a frazzled opossum and rare Montagu’s harrier chicks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/aug/28/week-in-wildlife-cornish-wallaby-frazzled-opossum-rare-montagus-harrier-chicks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Cornwall van dwellers face homelessness amid council crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/04/cornwall-van-dwellers-face-homelessness-council-crackdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

An ocean of stars | The Planetary Society
https://www.planetary.org/the-downlink/an-ocean-of-stars

Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/04/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-byzantine-city-in-egypts-western-desert?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Archaeologists uncover new history from the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major battle of the American Revolution | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/archaeologists-uncover-new-history-from-the-battle-of-bunker-hill-the-first-major-battle-of-the-american-revolution/

‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/28/woolston-eyes-cheshire-wetland-black-necked-grebe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

70 years on from the killer smog: what clean air laws teach us about power, pollution and profit
https://theconversation.com/70-years-on-from-the-killer-smog-what-clean-air-laws-teach-us-about-power-pollution-and-profit-284749

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What will happen to the moon in the far future? | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-will-happen-to-the-moon-in-the-far-future/

ESA - Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Watch_live_BepiColombo_begins_its_arrival_at_Mercury

The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-biological-dogma-that-women-dont-make-new-eggs-after-birth-may-be-wrong/

China boosts prestigious grants for young scientists — will it ease competition?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01989-5