Climate science
Summer melt increasing on the Antarctic Peninsula
Region warming faster than the rest of the continent as meltwater speeds glacier advance and encourage iceberg break up
UK climate panel shreds Mail on Sunday ‘great green con’ story
Committee on Climate Change’s Professor Sir Brian Hoskins says journalist who claimed global warming has ended is “incorrect” and “misunderstood” data
US plans major climate change awareness drive
Government reveals plans to raise public awareness of climate change and the human impacts on the nation’s land and maritime ecosystems
Why Russian doomsday climate predictions may prove prophetic
Catastrophic climate predictions dominated Russian media last week, but despite scepticism over the source they could be worryingly accurate
Oceans offer best clue to understanding climate change
Decreasing levels of Arctic ice and rising temperatures in the world’s oceans make case for action increasingly clear
New tool reveals a latte water needed for your morning coffee
Released for World Water Day, Sustain’s new water calculator warns one latte needs 710 litres of water to produce
Forests hold key to feeding Earth’s growing population
UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says International Day of Forests should be used to highlight importance of land management
Warmer wasps could mean fewer figs
Researchers warn vital relationships between pollinators and plants will be affected by warming average tempereatures
Plankton twice as carbon hungry as thought
Climate models of the world’s oceans could need to be revised after it was discovered that plankton are far richer than previously thought
UNCCD: Vulnerable nations must defend against drought
As climate change exacerbates the problem, there is a danger that drought could sneak up on unprepared governments, warns UNCCD Exec-Secretary Luc Gnacadja
US Interior Sec: We won’t let Shell screw up Arctic drilling
Ken Salazar says Arctic oil is essential to Obama’s energy plan but must be approached with caution
Geoengineering could create more questions than answers
Even if the science brought about a quick fix for climate change, political and ethical obstacles could be hard to overcome
Climate change “greening” the Arctic
NASA funded study finds conditions resemble those found 4-6 degrees of latitude further south just 30 years ago as region warms
Dramatic ice melt predicted in Canadian Arctic
One fifth of Canada’s Arctic Archipelago glaciers could melt by 2100, causing a sea level rise of 3.5cm, according to new research from ice2sea
Soaring CO2 level reports should be treated ‘with caution’
Reports of dramatic rises in levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in atmosphere should be treated with caution, a leading climate scientist tells RTCC
Bangladesh, India & China at ‘high risk’ from natural disasters
Leading emerging markets lack resilience to cope with natural disasters and extreme weather events according to risk analysts Maplecroft
Australia summer heatwave linked to climate change
Climate Commission’s ‘Angry Summer’ report warns record-breaking temperatures and intense rainfall likely to become more frequent
North Pole sea lane open for business by 2050 say experts
Melting sea ice caused by global warming set to offer shipping companies opportunity to exploit new Arctic route
Palm oil: green fuel or rainforest killer?
British campaigners are trying to stop Government plans to allow palm oil to be burnt in power stations to generate electricity
Volcanoes can hide ‘lost’ global warming
Team led by University of Colorado-Boulder suggest emissions from erupting volcanoes could mask the effect of greenhouse gases and keep temperatures low