Afternoon Update: Global heating forecast to hit at least 1.8C, DNAtests to help identify Nepal flood victims, and shark drones
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Miles Herbert2 Sept 2026, 06:53 amUpdated 6h ago1 min readAsiaAustralia
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Afternoon Update: Global heating forecast to hit at least 1.8C, DNA tests to help identify Nepal flood victims, and shark drones
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Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion.
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Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion.
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Source: The Guardian · Miles Herbert. Published 2 Sept 2026, 06:53 am.
