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Extra heat found in oceans explains global warming ‘pause’
NEWS: Much more heat is being absorbed by the world’s oceans in some regions than previously thought, find scientists
Backtracking from 2C goal abandons island states to the waves
ANALYSIS: Negotiators are already distancing themselves from the 2C goal, but it is too important to throw away
Greenland ice melt likely to accelerate say scientists
NEWS: Vast ice sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, say scientists
How climate change affected the world’s weather in 2013
NEWS: Scientific review shows heatwaves in China, Japan, Korea and Australia were made more likely by global warming
New York summit: what it means for climate treaty prospects
ANALYSIS: The world’s superpowers have woken from their climate coma, but there is still much work to do towards a global deal
400,000 people on NY streets trump ‘pledges’ by Cameron and Obama
COMMENT: Sunday’s climate march created a tipping point that leaders failed to achieve inside the UN headquarters, says Jamie Henn
UN climate summit: Mandela’s widow says leaders lack courage
NEWS: Graca Machel, member of the Elders group, attacks world leaders for weak promises at New York summit
Ban Ki-moon climate summit: a bluffer’s guide
ANALYSIS: Leaders from all corners of the globe will be in New York for a one-off climate meeting. Here’s what you need to know
NASA: August 2014 is hottest since records began
NEWS: US Agency confirms further record breaking temperatures for 2014, as California drought continues
America’s heartland wilts under climate change onslaught
NEWS: Researchers say US southwest is expected to become steadily more arid as planetary temperatures soar
Canadian provinces bypass Harper to make climate a “priority”
NEWS: Quebec and Ontario plan joint action to cut carbon emissions
New power plants lock countries in to rapid emissions growth
NEWS: As countries build more fossil fuel power plants, they are committing to rapidly increasing emissions
The end of civilisations: will climate change do for us all?
NEWS: History could repeat itself if global warming is left unchecked, leading to people abandoning once-fertile areas
Spain’s changing climate and economy fuels wildfire risks
NEWS: Climate change is gradually turning Spain into a fire zone – and a change in the economic climate is inflaming the situation
Obama flags wildfire threat as coal states fight climate action
NEWS: Coal states are fighting pollution curbs as Obama highlights costs of wildfire worsened by climate change
How Hurricane Sandy spurred Rhode Island climate action
INTERVIEW: While debate rages across the US over President Obama’s carbon cuts, one small east-coast state has taken a lead
Washington State outlines plans for carbon trading
NEWS: Governor Jay Inslee prepares second attempt at developing cap and trade scheme in north west state
Is Antarctica’s ice cover really increasing?
NEWS: Scientists believe they may have found explanations for two inconsistencies in their understanding of global warming
American cities consider health warnings for fuel pumps
NEWS: A campaign is underway in US and Canada to get stickers on gas pumps warning about the impacts of climate change
No country will escape climate impacts, warns Ministry of Defence
NEWS: Rising sea levels, drought and food shortages likely to increase without cut in climate warming gases