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German research ship Polarstern amid Arctic sea ice. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut. multimedia.awi.de/mosaic/#1699635434973_1 Faster warming in the Arctic will be responsible for a global 2 C temperature rise being reached eight years earlier than if the region were warming at the average global rate, according to a new modeling study led by UCL researchers. …

This year's Shanghai Auto Show signaled the end of the petrol engine era in China, as domestic electric vehicle brands drive change across the sector and leave foreign companies in the dust, analysts and industry insiders said.Government support for EVs and growing interest from a vast consumer base has assured Chinese companies' dominance of their home market, the world's largest -- and they are now beginning to set their sights overseas. Shanghai has shown Chinese brands "can compete with all of the legacy automakers…