Climate science
Corals face uncertain future as oceans warm – study
NEWS: Marine life seeking to escape warming oceans will find that climate change is damaging potential refuge areas
China could hit emissions peak by 2025 – study
NEWS: Lower economic growth, tighter climate regulations and a decline in heavy industry primed to slow carbon growth
Global warming ‘slowdown’ did not exist, say scientists
WEEKLY WRAP: All you need to know from the last seven days of international climate change and energy politics
India heat wave kills 1,500 in taste of climate change impacts
NEWS: Extremes of heat and rainfall are becoming more common with human caused global warming, scientists warn
Tropical storms get fiercer with climate change – study
NEWS: Typhoons and hurricanes are getting less frequent with human-caused global warming, but more intense, latest research confirms
Shock Antarctic ice loss discovered by European satellite
NEWS: ‘Surprise’ thinning of Antarctic region ice sheet revealed by Cryo-Sat2 after five years of measurements, study finds
El Nino likely to ensure 2015 breaks warming records
ANALYSIS: Rising temperatures linked to phenomenon could add weight to calls for tough new climate deal in Paris this year
1.5C climate goal still in reach, say scientists
NEWS: World must embrace deeper emissions cuts, biofuels and carbon storage in last stab at limiting long term costs for planet, study says
Shell adopts climate plan, defends Arctic oil drilling
NEWS: Oil major agrees at AGM to reveal its exposure to carbon risk, but presses ahead with controversial Arctic plans
Giant Antarctic ice shelf could collapse by end of century
NEWS: Satellite and radar studies show that twin forces causing the vast ice shelf to thin and become less stable
Shell Arctic oil drilling reaction ‘overblown’ – US envoy
NEWS: Admiral Papp says conditional approval to explore polar waters just ‘another step’, as ‘kayaktivists’ protest in Seattle
IPCC meets to review new climate fighting tools
NEWS: World authority on global warming moves to add shifts in population and economies in its forecasts in Vienna meeting
Is climate change driving Brazil’s drought chaos?
ANALYSIS: Experts are divided over the extent of an overheating planet’s role in the South American country’s chronic dry spell
Are climate scientists cowed by sceptics?
ANALYSIS: Academic Stephan Lewandowsky says barrage of criticism has seeped into research, leading experts to frame climate facts as uncertain
Obama guilty of climate denial after Shell green light, says McKibben
NEWS: Allowing oil giant to search for more fossil fuels denies the “meaning” of scientific warnings, writes 350 campaign founder
Sea levels are rising faster than previous estimates
THE GUARDIAN: IPCC modelling proves right as scientists find satellite glitch led to inaccurate sea level rise records in 1990s
US decision to open Arctic to Shell drilling sparks green fury
NEWS: Groups warns US government approval of oil firm’s resumed exploration in risky polar waters spells environmental disaster
Biofuels can take decades to pay off carbon debt – study
NEWS: Researchers have mapped the length of time before energy crops have a positive impact on emissions in different parts of the world
California braces itself for worsening wildfire seasons
NEWS: Years of drought and higher temperatures mean the chance of devastating wildfires in the southwest US is higher than ever
Scientists warn of “runaway” West Antarctic ice melt
NEWS: Satellite data is used to measure the extent and pattern of increased ice loss that threatens to be a “runaway problem”