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Climate Live: Shell boss defends Arctic plans and coral reefs under threat from climate change
The latest climate change headlines curated by RTCC, updated daily from 0900-1700 BST
Obama: “Climate change is not a joke”
US President provides hope to climate activists around the world with strong defence of green policies during main speech at the Democrat Convention
Mitt Romney’s plan for climate change? Dial 211
Republican Presidential candidate needs to have a Plan B if his belief that climate change is a hoax proves to be misplaced
The Cook Islands open Pacific Island Forum with announcement of world’s largest marine park
Country is joined by neighbour New Caledonia in pledging projected areas which will together cover 2.5 million square kilometres of ocean.
Youth Profile #9: Young entrepreneurs driving sustainability at US campuses
In the ninth of the RTCC Youth Series we talk to Chris Castro from IDEASforUs about driving sustainability in US campuses, the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship and taking the group global.
Climate Live: Australia to join EU carbon trading scheme, Arctic sea ice reaches historic low
Planned Australian emissions trading platform will be integrated with the EU system; Predicted low in sea ice cover observed during the weekend.
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.
Climate Live: Could a giant umbrella protect the Great Barrier Reef, US Atlantic coast is sea-level rise ‘hotspot’ & UK is urged to improve resource efficiency
Today’s top headlines, scientists calls for novel ways to protect the oceans, US Atlantic Coast ‘hotspot’ for sea-level rise and UK government urged to strengthen resource efficiency
Climate Live: Toyota to launch hydrogen fuelled car in 2015 and Greenpeace steps up Arctic campaign
Growing volumes of freshwater in the oceans linked to increased power of tropical storms and Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell car could hit the market before electric vehicles are fully matured.
Climate Live: Palm trees in Antarctica, IPCC chief works with new Schwarzenegger think tank
New research shows that palm trees were once supported in a tropical Antarctica and Texan power demand hits a new record in July as residents crank up the air conditioning.
Scientists discover how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean
New research examining how the Southern Ocean absorbs CO2 reveals that winds and currents create pathways for carbon to be stored in the deep ocean regions.
RTCC Q&A: Why Shell’s Arctic adventure could have implications for us all
With Shell’s drilling rigs weeks away from entering the Arctic, RTCC takes a look at some of the potential implications of drilling in the region.
NASA reports “extreme melt” of Greenland ice sheet underway but climate change link unconfirmed
Indian/NASA collaboration reveals 97% of ice surface area has begun to melt, more than double the usual extent during summer. However, more data required to attribute melting to climate change.
Climate Live: Great Barrier Reef will be “boring” with climate change, new solutions for nuclear waste in UK and Canada’s scientists march in protest
The latest international climate change news, debate and video from RTCC.
Pacific reefs heading towards regional collapse from climate change
New research warns climate change could be pushing coral reef systems in the Eastern Pacific towards a regional collapse like that witnessed 4000 years ago which took reefs 2500 years to recover from.
Would a CCS leak be as damaging as the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster?
Carbon Capture and Storage still remains on the of the most viable technologies to aid climate change mitigation, but what would be the impacts of a CO2 leakage in the world’s oceans?
Good news: We have four environmental winners from Rio+20
What environmental frontiers emerged as the winners from the Rio+20 outcome document?
Rio+20: The underwater lab that could unlock the secrets of the ocean
A 58m sub-sea laboratory could drastically increase the length of time that scientists can observe the oceans.
Rio+20 Day 4 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
Follow all the latest news and events from Rio+20 with the RTCC team on site.
World leaders must avoid empty ocean commitments at Rio+20, say researchers
New research ahead of the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development has found that commitments made over the last 20 years to protect fisheries have had little success.