The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report today on the impacts of global warming of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels.
The report outlines the considerable challenges of meeting the Paris Agreement’s more ambitious goal of limiting warming to 1.5℃, the global effort needed to achieve the target, and the consequences of not.
The highlights of the report are presented below:



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Parasites are ecological dark matter – and they need protecting
Lake beds are rich environmental records — studying them reveals much about a place’s history
An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker 



