Research
Climate and nuclear threats leave world ‘five minutes to midnight’
Doomsday Clock at ‘five minutes to midnight’ say scientists in letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon
Women and under-30s most concerned about climate change
Survey of 700 global experts offers intriguing glimpse into risk perception in latest World Economic Forum study
Public’s climate change concerns ‘shaped by weather outside’
Research indicates convictions about climate change are largely shaped by the weather outside – because that’s the most immediate data we can find
Europe to suffer more intense droughts by 2100, say scientists
Despite recent floods, research by scientists says droughts are set to increase across Europe due to climate change
Jumping snails could lose ability to jump as CO2 rises
Jumping conch snails could become more vulnerable to predators as rising CO2 damages their nervous systems
Europe’s floods trump Haiyan as the costliest natural disaster of 2013
Natural catastrophes in 2013 incurred an overall bill of US$ 125bn says leading insurer
Funding crisis places future of Keeling Curve in jeopardy
The Keeling Curve has measured atmospheric CO2 since 1958, but without urgent funding climate science would lose a vital tool
US deep freeze sparks fierce climate change exchanges
Donald Trump and Republicans use sub-zero winter temperatures across the US to mock global warming
Australia’s scorcher: why was 2013 so hot?
Last year was Australia’s hottest since records began. Graphs from the Bureau of Meteorology show how the temperature’s rising
Earth on course to warm 4C by 2100
New study suggests warming temperatures will mean fewer clouds, leading to more sunlight heating the planet’s surface
Carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990
The world’s emissions of the main greenhouse gas produced by human activities, carbon dioxide, in 2013 are expected to be nearly two-thirds higher than in 1990
Drought will be 20% more frequent by end of century say scientists
Research team says many more people will go short of water as the world warms, but who and where, remains uncertain
Scientists dismiss solar link to medieval ‘Little Ice Age’
Solar activity unlikely to have caused historic climate change, say University of Edinburgh scientists, who pin changes on volcanic activity instead
Climate change could crush East Africa’s agricultural economy – report
Periods of prolonged drought will mean there will be less food for Africa’s rapidly expanding population, says a new report
West Antarctic ice loss has accelerated over past four years
Rate of ice loss from West Antarctic has accelerated sharply, European scientists say, causing global sea levels to rise by 15% more than previously thought
Arctic melt likely to affect citizens in EU and USA
Weather extremes in temperate countries may be down to melting of Arctic snow and ice, according to Chinese and American scientists
Italian alpine melt confirmed by ice core find
Evidence from high in the Italian Alps confirms that they are warming at twice the global rate, with the region’s glaciers in retreat everywhere
ESA Cryosat reports Arctic sea ice volumes have increased
Scientists say ice thickness has increased, but warn data is not a sign that long-term warming trend has been reversed
Thirsty third of world report water scarcity concerns
Singapore and Western Sahara face toughest competition for water resources, while China and US are equally pushed
Exhausted civil society ‘silent’ on climate change – report
British group says people’s interest in global warming has dwindled and new communication strategies need to be developed