Climate science Archives

Arctic summit and interim talks heat up climate agenda

CRIB NOTES 31 AUG – 4 SEP: US president Barack Obama heads to Alaska, while climate negotiators meet in Bonn

BLOG: US president Barack Obama is heading to the Glacier meet in Alaska on Monday, but what is it and why does it matter?

NEWS: President to use Alaska meeting to address melting Arctic’s challenges and forge ahead on global climate deal talks

NEWS: Shifting rainfall patterns and rising populations could drive conflict in many countries, warns World Resources Institute

NEWS: Scientists form new team to address big uncertainties in the pace of future changes to ice sheets and the ocean

NEWS: Precision mapping of melting glaciers can help predict potentially calamitous effects on sea levels, say scientists

NEWS: Record temperatures, heatwaves and a brewing El Nino are making this year one of the more unusual in recent history

NEWS: Hard-to-detect small-scale clearance of Amazon rainforest makes up half of country’s tree-cutting rate, says study

NEWS: State could be in “more or less permanent” drought by 2060s, researchers warn as four-year dry spell takes its toll

GUARDIAN: New analysis takes fuel quality into account for first time, but China is still world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases

NEWS: US presidential candidate tweet sets her apart from Barack Obama stance slammed as “hypocritical” by campaigners

NEWS: Many plant species cannot migrate uphill fast enough to escape rising temperatures, scientists have found

ANALYSIS: Who will take the most prestigious climate science job in the world? RTCC investigates

NEWS: President to use Alaska meeting for global climate deal talks; critics say he can lead by stopping Shell drilling for oil

NEWS: Former BP boss Lord Browne says high cost, environmentally sensitive project could harm Shell’s reputation

NEWS: Solar activity has not increased since 1700, leading scientists conclude after review of diverging datasets

NEWS: Scientists say many glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised

BLOG: Science drenched with a water pistol as sceptical MPs and weathermen line up to bash Met Office

NEWS: Renewed bid for oil-rich polar region comes as US president Obama plans climate change warning at Arctic summit

NEWS: Receding ice caps will soon make way for year-round passage through the Arctic, shifting the patterns of world trade