Madeleine Cuff

It’s a real “pinch me” moment today - my first cover feature for @newscientist is out! Find out what life after 1.5C of warming means in this week’s magazine You can also read online: newscientist.com/article/mg2583…

Climate change threatens to dredge up old nuclear fallout from post-War test sites. 80 years since the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan, @rowhoop and @MadeleineCuff discuss the climate concerns... podfollow.com/the-world-the-…

Climate journalist and New Scientist contributor Alec Luhn has gone missing on a Norwegian glacier. His family is asking that anyone hiking in the region share any information with local authorities. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/c…

Delighted to have been shortlisted for science & technology journalist of the year at the Press Awards thepressawards.com/finalists/made…

In th⁠is week’s issue: why extreme weather is here to stay - and what that means for us all. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions.⁠ newscientist.com/issue/3526/

Longer, more intense heatwaves, more slow-moving rainstorms… have we broken the jet stream? My latest cover feature for @newscientist is now live newscientist.com/article/mg2653…

The powerful Santa Ana winds fanning #lafires are the latest in a “very highly improbable sequence of extreme climate and weather events” that have contributed to the fast-moving blazes, says Park Williams at UCLA.🧪 newscientist.com/article/246334…

How to make a giant snowflake, featuring: A crack team of (very game) academics One tarpaulin One kettle One bicycle pump One empty drinks bottle A very, very cold room newscientist.com/article/mg2643…

Come for the feature on farts, stay for the fiendishly difficult word search @newscientist

We might finally know why 2023 & 2024 have seen record breaking temperatures Folks, it’s probably not good news newscientist.com/article/245886…

Mind well and truly blown by this feature, which is also beautifully written by @hvthomson newscientist.com/article/mg2643…

This is fascinating (and not a little terrifying) newscientist.com/article/245723…

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Great story from my colleague @jamesNESW - you can lead a horse to water.... #COP29

Great description from @PeteButtigieg of how disinformation is eroding our democracy.

Billions of dollars of infrastructure - including plenty of fossil fuel kit - set to become stranded assets as water levels in the Caspian Sea drop newscientist.com/article/245643…

Divers thought it was a shipwreck. In fact, it was the world's largest coral newscientist.com/article/245592…

The world’s largest coral has just been discovered by accident in the Solomon Islands. Measuring 34 metres by 32 metres, it is larger than a blue whale – and it might be more than 300 years old. #Echobox=1731576056" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/245592…

We are calling for tighter restrictions on fireworks following the death of Roxie, our endangered red panda kit, on bonfire night. Our expert vet team believe it's likely that three-month-old Roxie died due to stress caused by fireworks in the local area.

@SeabrookClimate 😮

This vegetarian wrap, about the size of my phone, cost £7.5. Not quite the spirit of inclusion that COPs are based on. A black coffee at the venue is £4 - more than a 15min taxi journey, which costs £2.33. The problem is not unique to this cop

CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels in 2024 are set to blow past last year’s record, dashing hopes this year will see the planet-warming emissions peak. #COP29Baku @gcarbonproject newscientist.com/article/245581…