Climate science
Cows, rice and soil are key to farming emissions cuts
More action is needed to cut the carbon footprint of food production in line with a 2C global warming limit
Shockwaves unlock mysteries of Greenland ice sheet
Glaciers are accelerating into the sea, yet interior ice does not seem to be shrinking. Can seismic monitoring explain the paradox?
Norway awards new Arctic oil licences days after drilling pledge
US and Nordic states agree new measures to regulate Arctic oil and gas drilling, but little sign exploitation will slow
Where are climate goals in EIA energy outlook? It’s complicated
US advisory body disregards Paris Agreement in energy projections, to the chagrin of climate campaigners
Can a GIF change the way we think about global warming?
Head of UN’s IPCC climate science panel promises radical new approach to climate comms as simple warming graphic takes twitter by storm
How games are preparing Ethiopian farmers for climate threats
Red Cross/Red Crescent combines maths and theatre in playful ways to boost resilience in a warming world
Ben & Jerry’s, Toyota join science-based targets club
155 major companies have committed to cut emissions in line with 2C global warming threshold
Price water or prepare for a thirstier, poorer planet – World Bank
Value water or face plummeting growth rates, warns World Bank as Africa and Asia suffer from ongoing drought linked to El Nino and climate change
No need to destroy forests to feed growing population – study
Models show saving trees and expanding food supply are compatible, particularly if people avoid meat
Shifting monsoons to hit tea crops, researchers warn
Tea growers in East Asia need to prepare for changing rainfall patterns or face lower yields, studies show
Vulnerable states stress 1.5C goal at UN climate ceremony
Climate Vulnerable Forum calls on all countries to increase their carbon-cutting contributions by 2020, as leaders meet in New York
Five ways 2C global warming is worse than 1.5C
Half a degree makes a significant difference to sea levels, crop yields and coral reefs, find researchers
How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work
As leaders meet in New York to sign the Paris climate deal, a water project is helping remote islands handle drought risk
Is polar cooperation thawing US-Russia tensions?
Low oil prices have reduced pressure to exploit Arctic fossil fuels and boosted hopes that the region’s fragile environment will be better protected
Still time to salvage husky-hugging legacy, Cameron told
WWF reminds the UK prime minister of those good times in the Arctic ten years ago, when he promised to lead the greenest government ever
Global temperatures hit record 11 month hot streak
Average temperatures over the land and oceans in March were nothing short of remarkable, 1.22C above the historic average
Oceans warming too fast for Great Barrier Reef – study
Corals survived bleaching in the past as gradual warming gave time to adapt. That’s not so certain in the future
UN climate science body green-lights 1.5C report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change accepts call for report on tough aspirational global warming threshold agreed in Paris
Scientific consensus on climate change still ‘overwhelmingly high’
NEWS; Review of influential 2013 paper that produced ‘97%’ figure reaches same conclusion: ‘the level of scientific agreement is overwhelmingly high’
Greenland sees record-smashing early ice sheet melt
NEWS: Scientists ‘incredulous’ at abnormally high numbers for April, with melting across nearly 12% of ice sheet