Climate science
21 countries show how to grow GDP while cutting emissions
NEWS: Much of Europe and the US has ‘decoupled’ economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions since 2000
Super CO2-sucking crops could save the world from starving
NEWS: Plants genetically modified to thrive in hotter temperatures and increased carbon dioxide could cut fertiliser use and raise yields to reduce food shortages
Trillions of dollars at risk from climate impacts – study
NEWS: An overheating planet could wreak financial havoc, researchers find in the most comprehensive valuation to date
Australia approval of vast coal mine ‘evil’ says marine scientist
NEWS: Greens, scientists brand leases for $22bn Adani mine irresponsible in face of whitening Great Barrier Reef
WMO: Climate change could outpace mitigation efforts
NEWS: Despite signs that the world will cut its future fossil fuel use, greenhouse gases already emitted are still driving accelerating climate change
Humans have turned soil into a ‘global warming machine’
NEWS: Emissions from cattle, fertilisers, manure and agriculture mean terrestrial biosphere is actually accelerating climate change
Arctic sea ice falls to record low for winter
NEWS: Satellite data shows sea ice cover was the lowest in 37 years after ‘warm, crazy winter’
The G20 needs to lead on deep decarbonisation pathways
COMMENT: For the world to arrive at a collective goal of zero net emissions by the second half of the century, it needs to know where it’s going: charting that route starts in 2016
Framing climate risk: We need more than a few magic words
COMMENT: Finding ways of communicating that resonate with people’s values is a crucial first step in broadening public engagement, says the head of research at Climate Outreach
Global warming ‘hiatus’ row offers lessons to scientists
COMMENT: Scientifically prudent but publicly ill-conceived formulations can be of huge consequence in a fast-changing media landscape
James Hansen’s apocalyptic sea level study lands to mixed reviews
ANALYSIS: Critics accuse prominent climate scientist of unprofessional behaviour and alarmism, in debate over risk of rapid ice sheet melting
Coal and climate threatens India, China water supplies
IN PICTURES: Greenpeace report reveals world’s most polluting form of energy uses as much water as one billion people, urges governments to invest in renewables
UN weather agency pivots to developing countries in warmer era
INTERVIEW: Better forecasting tools to aid farmers and health planners emerging priority, says head of World Meteorological Organization
Back to the future: 2015 offered glimpse of climate to come, says WMO
NEWS: Last year was off the charts says World Meteorological Organization in annual report
Rougher Atlantic storms to pound Western Europe – study
NEWS: Britain, France and Portugal should prepare defences for stronger waves as global warming intensifies, say researchers
2016 on course to be hottest on record, says US climate agency
NEWS: Scientists say global warming is bordering on the ‘astronomical’ as temperatures break new ground driven by a rampant El Nino, says NOAA
Climate hopes raised as global energy emissions stall for second year
NEWS: Early figures show emissions from energy sector stayed flat in 2015 on renewables surge, says influential forecaster
Rising seas could trigger ‘Great Migration’ from US shores
NEWS: Flooded coastlines may affect 13m people by 2100 on a similar scale of African-American exodus from rural South in 20th century
Mediterranean could be in driest spell for 900 years
NEWS: Drought in east spanning Cyprus to Syria the worst in at least half a millennium and may be nearly twice as long, scientists say
Global warming: February temperature rise ‘unprecedented’
NEWS: Temperature surge in February comes within striking distance of goals agreed last year as experts warn of climate emergency