What we learned this week

The European Space Agency reports that new records have been set for ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica.

An unseasonal heatwave has baked large parts of Asia this week, with temperatures reaching as high as 45 degrees Celsius in India, Thailand and Myanmar. Schools closed in many places and the Thai government warned people to stay indoors, as underlying global warming combines with an El Nino year.

Extinction Rebellion rallied some 50,000 people to London this weekend, including myse...