Climate science
Save the Children: Ethiopia drought a ‘wake-up call’ to futureproof crops
NEWS: Chronic dryness shows Horn of Africa is unprepared for onset of changing climate this century, says charity
Scientists pour cold water on ocean geoengineering idea
NEWS: Fertilising algae with iron filings is no easy climate fix, study finds, as benefits in one region will be offset elsewhere
Did Spain’s US conquest trigger a ‘little ice age’?
NEWS: Missionaries caused Native American populations to crash in 1600s, prompting regrowth of carbon-sucking forests, researchers find
Why killing Amazon monkeys is like burning $14 trillion
NEWS: Over-hunting of large mammals for bush meat is degrading forests worth trillions on carbon markets, study finds
21st century warm streak ‘almost certainly’ human caused
NEWS: Chances of record-breaking heat happening without emissions from burning fossil fuels are 1 in 5000 or less, scientists calculate
‘El Nino will fade, but climate change will be with us for decades’
NEWS: UN’s top weather and climate scientist urges governments to prepare for warming impacts after 2015’s record heat
Greenpeace prepares legal challenge to Norway’s Arctic frontier
NEWS: As investors in Davos tout $1trn investment opportunity in thawing ocean, climate lawyers are gearing up for a courtroom battle
Lost at sea: Rising ocean CO2 intoxicates fish – study
NEWS: Burning fossil fuels could change ocean’s chemistry enough by 2050 to disorient and confuse marine life, scientists warn
Global warming passed 1C in 2015 – UK Met Office
NEWS: US agencies NASA and NOAA independently confirm last year as the warmest on record, as El Nino heightens impact of human-caused climate change
Coral IVF offers hope for world’s threatened reefs
INTERVIEW: British scientist Jamie Craggs hopes pioneering project could protect delicate coral organisms from global warming and ocean acidification
Big oil lines up to battle kids in climate court case
NEWS: American fossil fuel lobby takes government’s side against 21 young plaintiffs suing for stronger action on global warming
Climate calamity ‘top threat’ to global economy in 2016
NEWS: Climate disasters seen doing greatest damage for first time, finds World Economic Forum survey of global risks
Human-caused warming postpones next ice age by 50,000 years
NEWS: Scientists forecast long delay to return of glaciers as carbon emissions screw the Earth’s climate systems
Rampant El Nino offers glimpse of future climate risks
ANALYSIS: Weather phenomenon exposes how unprepared world is for economic, security and humanitarian impacts of global warming
Brazil inflames forest fires with pro-deforestation laws
NEWS: New laws under consideration will likely spark more tree-cutting − despite serious drought already contributing to a big increase in vast destructive fires
UK tree-planting push could offset farming footprint – study
NEWS: Country could cut emissions by converting arable land to absorb more carbon dioxide, but risks displacing climate impact of food production overseas
Giant icebergs fertilise the ocean, sucking carbon – study
NEWS: Nutrients in meltwater sustain greater numbers of CO2-absorbing ocean algae than previously thought, researchers find
Greenland ice melt speeds up sea level rise
NEWS: Scientists have found evidence suggesting that melting icecap water from the interior of Greenland is adding to sea level rise faster than previously realised
The Anthropocene: Are humans causing a new geological epoch?
ANALYSIS: Researchers argue greenhouse gases, waste and nuclear fallout are making their mark on rocks, but they still have to convince the traditionalists
US hit by multiple billion-dollar weather disasters in 2015
NEWS: Costly floods and droughts roiled states in 2nd hottest and 3rd wettest year on record, says NOAA