Climate science
Seven things to know about Monday’s Arctic climate summit
BLOG: US president Barack Obama is heading to the Glacier meet in Alaska on Monday, but what is it and why does it matter?
Obama heads to Arctic to hammer climate message
NEWS: President to use Alaska meeting to address melting Arctic’s challenges and forge ahead on global climate deal talks
Middle East faces ‘extreme’ water stress by 2040
NEWS: Shifting rainfall patterns and rising populations could drive conflict in many countries, warns World Resources Institute
NASA: Sea level rise is accelerating as ice melts
NEWS: Scientists form new team to address big uncertainties in the pace of future changes to ice sheets and the ocean
Hi-res models capture West Antarctic ice melt danger
NEWS: Precision mapping of melting glaciers can help predict potentially calamitous effects on sea levels, say scientists
Extreme weather events of 2015: Is climate change to blame?
NEWS: Record temperatures, heatwaves and a brewing El Nino are making this year one of the more unusual in recent history
Brazil’s satellite-dodging loggers recast deforestation fight
NEWS: Hard-to-detect small-scale clearance of Amazon rainforest makes up half of country’s tree-cutting rate, says study
Climate change is worsening California drought – study
NEWS: State could be in “more or less permanent” drought by 2060s, researchers warn as four-year dry spell takes its toll
China carbon emissions overestimated by 14% – report
GUARDIAN: New analysis takes fuel quality into account for first time, but China is still world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases
Hillary Clinton opposes Arctic oil as Shell starts drilling
NEWS: US presidential candidate tweet sets her apart from Barack Obama stance slammed as “hypocritical” by campaigners
Trees at risk in warming Andes upland forests
NEWS: Many plant species cannot migrate uphill fast enough to escape rising temperatures, scientists have found
IPCC chair election: 5 candidates, 8 weeks to go
ANALYSIS: Who will take the most prestigious climate science job in the world? RTCC investigates
Climate alarm bells are ringing, says Arctic-bound Obama
NEWS: President to use Alaska meeting for global climate deal talks; critics say he can lead by stopping Shell drilling for oil
Shell starts Arctic oil drilling amid risk warnings
NEWS: Former BP boss Lord Browne says high cost, environmentally sensitive project could harm Shell’s reputation
Astronomers trash sunspot theory of global warming
NEWS: Solar activity has not increased since 1700, leading scientists conclude after review of diverging datasets
Glacier melt hits record levels, report Zurich-based monitors
NEWS: Scientists say many glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised
BBC lost at sea as Radio 4 mocks climate change science
BLOG: Science drenched with a water pistol as sceptical MPs and weathermen line up to bash Met Office
Russia lays claim to vast Arctic territories
NEWS: Renewed bid for oil-rich polar region comes as US president Obama plans climate change warning at Arctic summit
Arctic ice melt to redraw global shipping routes
NEWS: Receding ice caps will soon make way for year-round passage through the Arctic, shifting the patterns of world trade
Climate cure worse than disease for US water stress – study
NEWS: Bioenergy crops need more irrigation and will put pressure on water resources, models show