Arctic icecap melt now so fast and certain researchers can confidently predict when the ocean will become ice-free
New research shows rainforests on Borneo have been ravaged by logging companies and palm oil plantations
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists reveal small carbon balls created in wildfires are 10 times as warming as conventional soot
Simple, cheap and quick to construct – small walls trapping seasonal rainwater can save Africa’s dryland regions from desertification
Record breaking extreme weather in 2001-2010 set to continue the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation has warned in a new report
More accurate data on carbon leaking from thawing permafrost uncovers “sleeping climate giant”
Up to 83% of birds, 66% of amphibians and 70% of corals are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change says the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Influential panel of experts call for world leaders to adopt goals to combat desertification, land degradation and drought
Research into one of world’s oldest and driest deserts finds species have evolved to cope with the changes
Local expert tells RTCC lives could have been saved if government had enforced rules banning construction of buildings on flood plans
Greenpeace South Asia says with half the forest clearance fires inside a protected area, responsibility lies at the feet of government
Government asked Monica Araya to leave climate change team after publicly criticising a $1bn deal with China to finance a new oil refinery, a move Araya says could lead to oil exploration in Costa Rica
Workshop concludes with unusual seasons pinned on newly discovered cycle in ocean temperatures, climate change and a number of other factors
After decades of blaming locals, scientists say pollution from Europe and North America responsible for shrinking lake
Global Canopy Programme’s Christina MacFarquhar and Matt Leggett argue climate and trade negotiators must work together to ensure rainforest protection
Writing for RTCC on Desertification Day 2013, UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says it’s time to address this increasingly serious issue
Work by 100 scientists over five years reveal that more than half the species studied are in danger because of a warming planet
New study finds some parts of the world will face frequent catastrophic floods by 2100 while other regions could get less hazardous
Current focus on flood defence instead of prevention is inadequate according to flood resilience expert
Mackenzie River Basin at great risk from climate change and a catastrophic oil spill according to a panel of nine Canadian, American and British scientists