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The end of civilisations: will climate change do for us all?
NEWS: History could repeat itself if global warming is left unchecked, leading to people abandoning once-fertile areas
Atlantic heat sink explains global warming “pause” – study
NEWS: Heat sinking into the Atlantic Ocean accounts for a slowdown in air temperature rises, scientists find
Banned chemical emissions mar ozone treaty’s success story
NEWS: NASA finds a banned ozone-depleting gas is still being emitted, in a blot on the Montreal Protocol’s record
Antarctic ice melt could boost sea levels 37cm by 2100
NEWS: Arctic warming faster than most of Earth, while Antarctica appears to remain locked in a frigid embrace
Geoengineering creeps from sci-fi to reality
ANALYSIS: Scientists, artists and policymakers pondered whether to hack the planet at a meeting in Berlin this week
Climate change could slash 8.7% from India’s GDP by 2100
NEWS: The Asian Development Bank warns economic cost of climate change will challenge efforts to lift people out of poverty
Warming records fall as July comes in as fourth hottest
NEWS: Last month’s average temperature was 16.44C. That’s 0.64C above the 20th century average
Climate and weather science merge as forecasts improve
INTERVIEW: Climate scientists can learn from weather forecasters about giving practical advice, says meteorological expert
Canada ignores climate warnings in drive for tar sands oil
NEWS: Government report says forests will suffer more due to climate change, but neglects to mention own role in global emissions
We’re f***ed: scientist on danger from ocean methane plumes
NEWS: Swedish study finds “vast methane plumes” coming from the ocean floor, which could accelerate global warming
Alaska fisheries hit by rising acidifiction levels
NEWS: US government researchers say state’s economy is threatened by rise in ocean carbon dioxide levels
Europe’s forests tested by climate change
NEWS: New research shows that forest ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to increasing wind, beetles and wildfires
Tol v Ackerman: Debating the costs of climate change
INTERVIEWS: Leading economists speak to RTCC about the brewing row over how to account for global climate impacts
Sahel food shortage as studies show climate risk to crops
NEWS: UN plea for food aid to the Sahel as scientific studies flag up climate change threat to food production
Rising temperatures hit India’s wheat crop
NEWS: Farming adaptation on agenda as higher average temperatures cause crop yield fall on the Indo-Gangetic plain
Is Antarctica’s ice cover really increasing?
NEWS: Scientists believe they may have found explanations for two inconsistencies in their understanding of global warming
North Sea seals signal approval for offshore wind farms
NEWS: Grey and harbour seals appear to enjoy wind farms, foraging at individual turbines
Climate data from 2013 shows clear signs of warming
NEWS: Greenhouse gases continued to climb, with concentrations of major gases reaching historically high levels say scientists
June 2014 was hottest on record since 1880 – NOAA
NEWS: Latest data shows land and sea temperatures broke records stretching back to 1880
Australian droughts caused by manmade emissions
NEWS: Burning fossil fuels is drying out Australia, new research shows, as government axes carbon tax