Pacific
Pacific states face volatile seas as warming intensifies El Nino
NEWS: Scientists warn greenhouse gas emissions will cause bigger swings in ocean levels, threatening vulnerable coastal communities
UN General Assembly offers ‘last chance’ for climate leadership
COMMENT: Maldives minister urges leaders in New York to back tough Paris climate deal and protect small islands
Pacific Islanders call for tougher UN ocean laws
NEWS: Declaration from 16 states to be presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during September climate summit
Mexico signs Majuro climate change declaration
Marshall Islands minister welcomes Mexico as latest signatory to high climate ambition deal
US offers $24 million to climate vulnerable Pacific Islands
Morning summary: US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announces new climate change fund for nations at risk from sea level rise
Pacific ocean cooling explains 15-year slowdown in global warming
Morning summary: Researchers caution that temperatures will rise again when the Pacific swings back to a warmer state
Denmark to fund Pacific Island clean energy research
Danish Government commits US$2 million to clean energy projects in the Pacific as part of wider low carbon initiative
How alien snakes left Guam infested with spiders
In four decades, the brown treesnake, has wiped out Guam’s bird species, and caused a fortyfold increase in the Pacific Island’s spider population.