Climate science
Climate change could wipe out 1 in 6 of planet’s species
NEWS: Wildlife facing extinction set to accelerate every extra degree world overheats, report finds
Greening Africa’s deserts could stem tragic tide of migrants
NEWS: Initiatives like the Great Green Wall can provide livelihoods in dry regions to support growing populations, say advocates
Pleas to protect Arctic as polar summit begins
NEWS: Arctic Council states handed document signed by scientists and Nobel Laureates urging oil-free future as retreating ice caps attract exploration and industrial fishing
John Kerry urges climate focus, bids to avert Arctic melt
NEWS: Climate change to take centre stage as US assumes leadership of Arctic region’s governing body
Artificial trees and nanotechnology: climate saviours?
NEWS: US scientists are making progress on radical methods to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and neutralise emissions
Earth’s oceans have economic value of $24 trillion, says WWF
NEWS: Green campaign group warns valuable natural resource is threatened by pollution, overfishing and climate change
Ocean acidification triggered mass extinctions 252 million years ago
NEWS: The biggest extinction ever known on Earth resulted from oceans turned acid by CO2, the main gas driving human-caused climate change today
Polar bears hit by twin threats of pollution and climate change
NEWS: Plastic waste, toxic pollutants and climate adding pressures on polar bears in Arctic say researchers
World set for record droughts by 2050 – report
NEWS: US and the Mediterranean among parched regions projected for unprecedented dryness if heat-trapping gases keep rising through century
Permafrost ‘carbon bomb’ unlikely but melt danger rising
NEWS: Arctic’s frozen soil holds billions of tonnes of organic carbon – and global warming could speed its escape
Twitter failing to bridge gap between climate activists and sceptics
NEWS: Opposing groups as far apart as ever says new research based on tweeting habits of those in climate change arena
Canadian glaciers could start to disappear by 2040 – scientists
NEWS: Climate change could cause many glaciers in western Canada to start to disappear by mid century, affecting people and places that depend on their water
Prince Charles: Tropical forests hold key to addressing climate change
COMMENT: New report from Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit highlights vulnerability of world’s rainforests
India turns back clock to save water, as climate concerns mount
NEWS: Rainwater harvesting has transformed Rajasthan, and could be used to combat the effects of climate change
Brazil eyes solar as drought squeezes hydropower resources
NEWS: Drought-hit Brazil is turning to the solar energy source once dubbed a fantasy by the country’s president
East Asia pollution seeps into the heart of Borneo’s rainforest
NEWS: Air quality in Borneo’s rainforests is being affected by pollution from human activities in China
Coral v coal: Is the Great Barrier Reef in danger?
ANALYSIS: Permits for new coal ports on the Queensland coast are at odds with efforts to keep the reef off Unesco’s “endangered” list
Chile faces “critical situation” as floods and droughts batter country
NEWS: Citizens describe environmental catastrophe as rains batter the north while the south suffers drought and wildfires
Tougher climate pledges ‘could save millions of lives’
NEWS: Goals to clean up energy production and transport will also cut air pollution and save countries billions in fossil fuel imports, say scientists
Shrinking Antarctic ice shelf raises sea level concerns
NEWS: Evidence of rapid reduction of West Antarctica’s shelf ice could have serious implications for global sea levels in a warming world