Research
Michael Mann: attacks on climate science could weaken next IPCC report
Author of iconic hockey stick graph says barrage of invective against scientists means few are willing to state true impacts of man-made climate change
What’s the secret to communicating climate change?
CBD COP11: Tim Hirsch suggests greater focus on biodiversity rather than climate change could be more effective in generating public interest in green issues
VIDEO: A record-breaking year for the Arctic & Antarctic
Sea ice levels in the North and South Poles have dominated the climate change debate this summer – these animations demonstrate why.
Sea levels likely to rise one metre by year 3000
New study finds current greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have triggered an irreversible warming causing melt from glaciers, ice caps, Greenland and Antarctic
Cook Islands’ fisheries at risk from ocean acidification
Study finds island and coastal communities dependant on fish could be hit hardest by a combination of climate change and ocean acidification
Is the Arctic’s loss Antarctica’s gain?
While Arctic sea ice cover plummeted this summer, many suggest this was balanced by gains in ice cover at the Antarctic. So who’s right?
Arctic ice hits record low
National Snow and Ice Center in Colorado reports sea ice levels hit likely minimum on September 16, offering clearest signal yet of climate change
Ranulph Fiennes heads to Antarctic to explore effects of climate change
British explorer’s team will track changes in mass of the polar ice caps during six month journey
World’s coral reefs at risk from warming waters
New study published in Nature Climate Change says a combination of warming temperatures and ocean acidification is putting nearly all of the world’s coral reefs under threat.
Kiwi court rules climate change is a reality
A group of global warming sceptics lose a bid to have temperature readings from New Zealand government agency ruled invalid
Amazon deforestation could reduce tropical rainfall and affect Brazil’s hydro plans
Deforestation of tropical forests could significantly reduced rainfall, having negative impacts for people living in tropical regions, according to research published in Nature.
Arctic ice loss equivalent to 20 years of man-made CO2, says polar scientist
Cambridge University’s Professor Peter Wadhams says polar melt threatens to double mankind’s contribution to global warming, potentially causing irreversible climate change
Bangkok 2012 – UN climate talks leaving world on pathway to 3°C says new report
Latest Climate Action Tracker says more ambition vital from governments if world temperatures are to be controlled
Black carbon could impact atmospheric warming less than previously thought, say researchers
New study questions assumption that tackling black carbon, i.e. soot, could bring relatively quick gains to efforts to combat climate change.
Arctic sea ice reaches record low, says NASA
Arctic sea ice is lower than at any other point since satellite records began, according to NASA, representing a new norm for the region.
Rapid warming in the Antarctic could destabilise thousand year old ice shelves, say scientists
Scientists find rapid warming over last 50-100 years contributed to the collapse of ice shelves witnessed over last 20 years, warning of more occurrences with future warming.
Geoengineering scheme could “balance global warming” in a world with double pre-industrial CO2
“Marine cloud-brightening” method to trigger cloud formation by spraying sea water into the atmosphere could reflect enough solar radiation away from earth to negate effects of climate change.
Nobel prize winning scientist says global tax on emissions vital to deal with climate change
Mario Molina calls for price on global greenhouse gas emissions and warns of possibility of climate ‘catastrophe’
Adaptation focus: How ecosystem based solutions are bearing fruit in Xai Xai, Mozambique
Dr Richard Munang from the UNEP explains how Ecosystem-based Adaptation can help people and communities cope with the negative effects of climate change.
Arctic sea ice could shrink to record lows, says polar scientist
Ted Scambos from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre warns that Arctic sea ice could shrink to record lows next week, and then continue to melt for the rest of the summer months.