Climate science
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
We already have a magic technology that sucks up carbon
Why have emissions plans that rely on removing carbon from the air with unproven technologies when forests can do it today?
Weekly wrap: Will China turn its back on coal?
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Climate change made NSW’s hottest summer 50 times more likely
Researchers find strong climate signal behind the heatwaves and record average temperatures that beset Australia’s eastern states this summer
It’s 1 March, but spring got started weeks ago
As warmer days wake parts of nature from their winter slumber earlier and earlier, ancient cycles are being broken
World is well placed to stay under 2C – if we have carbon capture
“We are broadly in the right starting position to keep warming below 2C,” but most models require carbon capture to meet the Paris goal, researchers say
100+ species face extinction as warming hits Australia’s southern waters
Scientists tell senate committee that marine animals and plants at Australia’s southern-most point have “nowhere to go” and will disappear this century