Climate science
Scientists say east Africa will get wetter, so why is it drying out?
Despite models predicting increased rainfall with climate change, the region has collapsed into drought – a puzzle known as the East African paradox
Universities in global south aim to end reliance on western experts
A cooperative of developing-world universities aim will share curricula on climate change, reducing the need for consultants from wealthy countries
Even Boeing-747 tanker jets can’t win our total war on fires
The more effectively we suppress fires, the worse they become. As climate change makes the world more combustible, we need a new approach
Marine reserves are helping ecosystems cope with climate change: study
International review finds that protected areas are good for adaptation to global warming as well as preventing overfishing and pollution
Pope’s climate essay won’t convince Trump, it didn’t even work on Catholics
Pope’s encyclical on climate change appealed to liberals, but conservative Catholics were driven away by the values it invoked
Ocean acidification is global warming’s forgotten crisis
We have the tools to barricade ecosystems against some impacts of warmer, more acidic oceans. But do we have the political will to use them?
US endorses global action to curb greenhouse gases at Arctic summit
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson signed the Fairbanks Declaration, calling for climate action but holding judgement on the Paris Agreement
Climate negotiators rally to protect IPCC science funding
National delegates in Bonn rejected a proposal by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to stop funding science reports from its core budget
Tillerson to answer climate questions at Arctic Council
US secretary of state will fly to the world’s fastest warming region to join ministers in a statement that could sit uncomfortably with his president’s anti-climate agenda
It’s time for honesty about climate uncertainty
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is right to embrace uncertainty, but not as an argument for inaction on climate change
Rainfall extremes to become the Nile’s new normal
With global warming, the mighty river basin will swing from devastating floods to withering drought, models show
Groundwater recharge offers hope to drought-hit Indian farmers
In Odisha, where late monsoons mean crop failures, poverty and even suicide, a novel scheme aims to boost water access
Dryland expansion to hit food crops as planet warms
Studies warn climate change will bring faster warming to subtropical dry areas, making crops like wheat and potatoes unviable
‘We are praying it rains soon’ – Nairobi on severe water rations
Some districts are receiving just 12 hours of water each week as drought hits the Kenyan capital – home to more than 3 million people
Each degree of warming thaws India-sized area of permafrost – study
Frozen tundra may be more sensitive to rising temperatures than previously thought, releasing methane and worsening global warming
Polar sea ice hits record new low
Northern spring thaw begins with sea ice at a record low. Nasa scientists say the world has lost an expanse of ice larger than Mexico since 1981
Kenyan Met Office predicts rains to fail sparking crisis worse than 2011
Study released on Thursday shows a 2016 drought was made worse by climate change – but with March rains predicted to fail, the Met Office has warned of worse to come
Melting Arctic worsens Beijing’s pollution haze, study finds
Changing weather patterns make winter smog around China’s capital more likely, scientists warn, despite efforts to tackle air pollution at source
Maldives regime imperils coral reefs in dash for cash
Under President Yameen, ministers are quashing environmental concerns to strike opaque resort deals with foreign investors, warn divers, scientists and two EPA insiders
Trump budget: US to stop funding UN climate process
“America First” budget would axe 20% of the UN’s climate body’s funding and $2bn to help developing countries deal with global warming