Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system ... vital in gathering a picture of how Earth is being impacted by global warming — and this warming is caused by the greenhouse effect.

"It could be that if Venus went through a warm, wet phase in the past then as runaway global warming took effect [life] would have evolved to survive in the only niche left to it — the clouds ...

"We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty ...

In its report released at COP29 Climate Summit in Baku, the World Meteorological Organization said 2024 is on track to become ...