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Valérie Masson-Delmotte says the scientists behind the IPCC climate assessment are doing their best to maintain momentum. Credit: Laurence Geai for Nature

Can the world’s most influential climate report carry on?

April 17, 2020

With science around the world grinding to a halt as a result of efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is struggling to keep the world’s next big global-warming report on track.

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A Nasa handout photo obtained 29 March 2020 shows ripples in the surface of Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. Scientists fear the coronavirus crisis may hit projects to gather environmental data. Photograph: NASA/AFP via Getty Images

Climate monitoring and research could fall victim to coronavirus, scientists fear

April 10, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has stalled scientific fieldwork and may even start to affect the monitoring of the climate, scientists have warned.

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