Climate science
Arctic scientists take climate warning to World Economic Forum
Researchers bring warnings of a rapidly melting North Pole to world leaders in Davos
The data is in: 2016 was hottest year on record
NASA, NOAA and the Met Office independently confirm global temperatures were 1.1C higher than the pre-industrial average
VIDEO: Trump interior pick says climate is no hoax
Asked by Bernie Sanders if he agreed with Donald Trump about climate change, Ryan Zinke said “I don’t believe it is a hoax”
Exxon has ‘excellent future’ in Russia says ex-energy chief
Former Putin minister and CEO of Rosneft says renewed cooperation with US would open up “massive investment” in Arctic oil and gas
Global sea ice at lowest area ever recorded
Scientists mystified by a sudden fall in sea ice around Antarctica, but said there was no evidence it was related to global warming
Carbon sink larger than England found in Congo jungle
A carbon sink as large as 20 years’ worth of US fossil fuel emissions has been identified in peatland in central Africa’s forests
Trump threatens UK climate science, PM May told
Letter signed by 100 UK scientists says Republican plan to de-fund NASA would harm British interests
US opens door for climate geoengineering research
Global Change Research Program indicates support for further exploration of how geoengineering could be used to tackle global warming
WEF: environment dominates threats to global economy
Urgent action to address environmental degradation required says annual risk study, with only nuclear war rated as more damaging
South Asia’s women suffer as climate migration rises
Feminization of environmental migration is already underway in South Asia but governments have been slow to recognise the role of climate change
Climate science is skewed to rich country interests, say researchers
Lack of interest in issues affecting poor countries such as adaptation informs global climate deals, argues international panel of scientists
Global 2C warming limit not feasible, warns top economist
With “extreme policy measures”, a 2.5C limit is in reach, according to latest climate model from William Nordhaus
Trump’s climate impact could be ‘vanishingly small’
Trump has called climate change a hoax, but what’s truly scary, scientists tell ProPublica, is how much larger the problem is than one American president.
2016 mapped: around the world in top climate stories
Look back on a year of weird weather and clean energy breakthroughs around the world
Growing water stress drives desalination push in Kenya
As drought hits crop yields and livelihoods, Kenya approves the first of a planned fleet of plants to get drinking water from the ocean
Obama’s last climate play: US, Canada agree Arctic oil ban
Over 115 million acres of Arctic will be free from oil and gas exploration under decrees by leaders of US and Canada
Global warming linked to plant, animal extinctions
Almost half of plant and animal species have experienced local extinctions due to climate change, research reveals, with the tropics suffering the most pronounced loss
Brazil’s coffee growers face bleak future as world warms
Small-scale farmers who produce most of the world’s coffee beans face reductions in crop yield and quality as a result of rising temperatures and extreme weather
UK Met Office: 2017 to be ‘very warm’ but won’t beat 2016
Temperatures likely to dip slightly next year as El Nino wanes but long term average remains on an upward curve, say UK experts
G20 panel tells energy giants to come clean on climate risks
Voluntary rules for climate disclosure will force companies to evaluate role and strategy in a carbon-constrained world, say experts