Environment

BBC - Fueled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds.Nearly 50 days have smashed existing highs for the time of year by the largest margin in the satellite era.Planet-warming gases are mostly to blame, but the natural weather event El Niño has also helped warm the seas.The super-heated oceans have hit marine life hard and driven a new wave of coral bleaching.The analysis is based on data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Service.

Guardian UK - Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures. A report on the global power system has found that the world may be on the brink of driving down fossil fuel generation, even as overall demand for electricity continues to rise.

BBC - People in southern Brazil have described the unprecedented devastation wreaked by flooding and overflowing rivers which have left swathes of the area under water. The floods are the worst natural calamity ever to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, officials say. At least 95 people have died and more than 130 are still missing. An estimated 1.4 million people have been affected by the floods and aid workers are struggling to provide them with drinking water.Days of torrential rain caused rivers to overflow and have submerged entire towns. 

Amazon's new electric trucks are rolling out in Southern California — part of the company's ambitious goal of going carbon-neutral by 2040, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick reports.

Guardian - Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed. Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met.  Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck. Numerous experts said they had been left feeling hopeless, infuriated and scared by the failure of governments to act despite the clear scientific evidence provided.