Arctic
State Department asks Disney for climate change Frozen spin-off
NEWS: US Arctic representative in talks with film executives over educational climate project starring Frozen characters
Republican mayor will act on climate change – if it is manmade
INTERVIEW: Climate sceptic mayor of New Jersey town goes on Arctic pilgrimage in search for answers about global warming
Arctic oil “unburnable” in 2C world – study
NEWS: UK research shows which regional fossil fuel reserves are unviable if the world is to avoid catastrophic warming
Arctic warming “twice as fast” as anywhere else on Earth
NEWS: Sea ice levels showing signs of recovery, but rising temperatures spell radical change for polar region
Polar bears added to UN protection list as Arctic ice shrinks
NEWS: Threatened by shrinking sea ice, bear is one of 31 endangered species to be given greater protection
Arctic ice melt sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C
NEWS: Scientists in the northern Alaska outpost of Barrow have linked 7C temperature rise to the decline in Arctic sea ice
Greenland ice melt likely to accelerate say scientists
NEWS: Vast ice sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, say scientists
US calls for ‘Sputnik’ style drive to save Arctic
NEWS: The US will make climate change its top priority as chair of the Arctic Council, says US Arctic envoy
Antarctic sea ice reaches record high, as Arctic hits 2014 minimum
NEWS: As Arctic ice reaches its annual low point, scientists puzzle over increasing sea ice in the Antarctic
Yeb Sano sails to the Arctic in “clarion call” for climate
INTERVIEW: Filipino climate commissioner undertakes seven-day trip across the fragile north, highlighting impacts of global warming
Russia exploiting Arctic melt warns NATO
NEWS: Alliance deputy assistant secretary general says warming climate is creating new challenges
Why does NATO still downplay climate threats?
ANALYSIS: With Ukraine and Afghanistan dominating this year’s Summit agenda, will NATO ever take climate change seriously?
5 reasons NATO needs to worry about climate change
ANALYSIS: Climate change raises major security threats that NATO cannot afford to ignore at its summit this week
Shell prepares for 2015 Arctic drilling
NEWS: Shell could drill in fragile environment next year, despite failure to deal with tar sands pollution
Antarctic ice melt could boost sea levels 37cm by 2100
NEWS: Arctic warming faster than most of Earth, while Antarctica appears to remain locked in a frigid embrace
Oil majors gambling US$91bn on 20 high-risk projects
NEWS: Tar sands and deep sea oil projects are bad for business as well as the environment, analysts warn
We’re f***ed: scientist on danger from ocean methane plumes
NEWS: Swedish study finds “vast methane plumes” coming from the ocean floor, which could accelerate global warming
Is Antarctica’s ice cover really increasing?
NEWS: Scientists believe they may have found explanations for two inconsistencies in their understanding of global warming
UN and National Geographic atlases illustrate climate impacts
NEWS: Two new atlases show the retreat of Arctic ice and the human and economic price exacted by extreme weather
Greenland ice sheet reveals past vulnerability
NEWS: Greenland ice melt caused sea levels to rise several metres some 400,000 years ago, at temperatures expected this century