Research
IEA: World on track to miss 2°C warming limit
CO2 emissions are set to rise by 20% but energy efficiency measures could help curb this increase
Scientists deliver ultimatum: adapt to climate change or go under
No silver bullet for tackling climate change, but society needs to accept the urgency to adapt, US scientists say
Rajendra Pachauri: Warsaw summit must take note of IPCC report
Chief of UN climate science body says negotiators should base their discussions on the scientific findings of recent IPCC AR5 report
Rock and pop music increases solar cell efficiency by 40%
Solar cells are more receptive to high pitched sounds including office printers – but not classical music
Salt Lake City faces water shortages as planet warms
Science review: engineers debate climate impacts, NASA starts ice survey & warming links to dwarfism explored
Climate warming gases hit record high in 2012 – WMO
WMO says 2012 a record year for greenhouse gas concentrations, and that the trend continues to accelerate
UNEP: efforts to slow global warming are failing
Deep cuts to global greenhouse gas levels required by 2020 says UN, but says avoiding 2C of warming is still possible
World’s soil moisture could decrease 15% by 2099
Scientists have discovered that a change in atmospheric conditions could have serious consequences for soil chemistry
Global emissions could be heading for ‘permanent slowdown’
Last year’s rise in carbon dioxide less than half average annual increase in previous decade say researchers
Pacific Ocean may be ‘hiding’ global warming – scientists
Pacific is warming ‘faster’ than any time in past 10,000 years say Scientists, who say last 60 years have seen 0.18C rise
Indigenous people key to combating rainforest destruction
Researchers say the people who live in some of the world’s most fragile forests can establish how much carbon they contain as accurately as scientists equipped with hi-tech measuring instruments.
How long until world emits its trillionth tonne of CO2?
Wed, 14 Nov 2040 19:10:40:GMT – the date at which website predicts world will emit trillionth tonne of CO2. And it’s getting closer.
Arctic temperatures hit 44,000 year high
Summer temperatures in Canadian Arctic now higher than 50,000 years, new evidence suggests
Cancer warning over Canada’s tar sand heartland
Air downwind of Canada’s largest oil, gas and tar sands processing zone full of carcinogens and airborne pollutants
UK warming faster than global average – report
Grantham Research Institute study warns UK government needs to be better prepared for extreme weather events
Climate change linked to doubling of Stockholm heat-related deaths
Swedish researchers think the changing climate was responsible for doubling the number of heat-related deaths in the capital, Stockholm, in the 30 years from 1980
US emissions fall to lowest level since 1994
Energy Information Agency report 3.8% drop in 2012, linked to rise in shale gas use and warmer than usual first quarter
UK universities urged to cut fossil fuel funding
NGO report highlights deep ties between universities and fossil fuels, with Imperial receiving £17.3m from Shell and BP in 2013
WHO: air pollution causes cancer
The World Health Organisation has reclassified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans, causing lung and bladder cancer
Natural disasters ‘making poor poorer’ warn ODI
ODI says 325 million poor people will be living in the countries most exposed to natural disasters by 2030