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IPCC deadlock threatens timing of next major climate report

Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have failed to reach agreement on a timeline for its next assessment report, according to Nature's Daily Briefing. The impasse raises the possibility that the 2028 UN climate conference, which includes a major stocktake of global progress, could proceed without updated scientific findings to inform negotiations. Panel co-chair Robert Vautard noted that such approvals usually take only minutes, underscoring how unusual the current standoff is.

Amazon FACE experiment nears launch to test forest's CO2 response

Researchers led by climatologist David Lapola of Brazil's State University of Campinas have built six ring-shaped towers rising above the canopy 80 kilometres north of Manaus for the AmazonFACE project. The decade-long experiment will expose sections of rainforest to elevated carbon dioxide levels to observe how trees and the surrounding ecosystem respond.